Julian Erosa, known as Juicy J, has a grinning face tattoo on the front of his left thigh, just above the knee. His chest and arms look comparatively open in these photos, so the black design is easy to miss beneath his shorts. Tattoo coverage has compared it with The Guy, Disturbed’s mascot, but Erosa hasn’t explained the reference.
The grinning face on the left thigh
The training photo shows the whole design: two uneven eyes above a broad grin with a grid of teeth. The features sit separately on the skin rather than inside a complete head outline. The tattoo is on the lower front of the thigh, where it can be covered when his shorts hang normally.
EssentiallySports describes it as resembling The Guy. That’s a reported comparison, not a confirmed account from Erosa or evidence of when he got it.
A partial view of the thigh tattoo in action
In an April 2023 fight with Fernando Padilla at the APEX, Erosa’s shorts reveal part of the same tattoo during an extended punch. The eyes and some of the grin are visible; the frame cuts off the rest. Padilla’s colored leg tattoo belongs to the other fighter.
The training photo shows the full mouth, while this one shows where the design appears in action.
The Elkins fight in Miami
At UFC 314 in April 2025, Erosa throws a knee against Darren Elkins. The lifted leg and gathered shorts hide the thigh tattoo. The visible shoulder artwork belongs to Elkins, not Erosa.
This image gives the fight setting, but the training photo is the useful view of Erosa’s ink.
After Ramos at the APEX
A portrait after Erosa’s March 2024 win over Ricardo Ramos shows him standing in a cap and fight shorts. His upper body is visible, but the shorts cover the thigh design. UFC’s report noted that Erosa and his wife had recently welcomed their son.
That family context doesn’t establish a connection to the tattoo; Erosa hasn’t given one here.
Against Dawodu at the fence
Against Hakeem Dawodu at UFC 279 in September 2022, Erosa raises a knee near the fence. The camera catches the distance between the fighters, but his turned hips and shorts keep the thigh tattoo out of a clear view.
For a more extensively tattooed fighter, see Alessio Sakara’s tattoos; Erosa’s visible design sits apart from his relatively open upper body.
Career context
At a Rochester weigh-in in May 2019, Erosa flexes in front of the event backdrop. The frame ends before the thigh, so it can’t establish whether the tattoo was already there. It’s a pre-fight appearance, not a result photo.
After the Woodson fight
This close post-fight photo follows Erosa’s June 2020 submission win over Sean Woodson. His thigh is outside the useful part of the frame; the image adds an earlier moment in his career, not a view of the tattoo.
The clearest description remains the uneven eyes and wide, toothy grin. The UFC 314 Octagon interview below gives Erosa’s voice after his fight.