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Joseph Benavidez’s nickname is ‘Joey Two-Times’. Here’s why

UFC flyweight Joseph Benavidez is often called ‘Joey Two-Times’ by his coaches, teammates, etc. But have you ever wondered, why? Where did this nickname come from? Well, in a recent interview, Benavidez finally let everyone in on this secret as he revealed how and why this nickname originated.

Benavidez was recently in a conversation with MMA Fighting. Here’s what he told them about his nickname:

The ‘Joey Two Times’ wasn’t necessarily that, This started a while back when I fought Alex Perez, just my coaches were calling me Joey Two Times because they had that weird stoppage where I had to stop him twice in the night, remember the ref jumped in. So they’re like, ‘Joey Two Times they call you.’ And my wife’s Italian so she loved it and started calling me that. The next fight I fought Dustin Ortiz and I was like, ‘I already beat him once.’ And my coach was like, ‘That’s because you’re Two Times, you’ve got to beat him again.’ ‘Oh yeah, that’s true.’ Then Formiga came on and I was like, ‘Oh my God. And If I fight him, then I have to…’ It’s like a prophecy, in the future then I have to fight Cejudo. So it wasn’t necessarily to get the Cejudo thing, but we’re just trying to be goofy and creative like that. It made sense, prophecy-wise, I guess, now it does too. It made for a fun callout, but the performances I think do the job themselves. I’m not a guy with a schtick or hey, I’m gonna say this and compromise my whole character to be somebody else, it’s just a fun thing. The performances I think speak for themselves as far as getting a shot. The fact is the guy’s on top of the world, I beat him, why wouldn’t he want to come and avenge a loss?

 

 

 

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