The only prerequisite of being named after a mythical creature that rocks a battle axe, the former Pride heavyweight champion and one of the hardest dude’s on the planet is that you must get run over by a truck at the age of eleven. Any later and the whole plan just falls apart. Big Nog lost a rib, part of his liver and had to be hospitalized for nearly a year. He emerged with a rawesome scar that serves as a caution that you’re in the presence of greatness. Big Nog opened up to Fight! Magazine about the worst 11 months of his life. [Source]
