Are American fighters the only real Champion / belt holders at the moment?

[mmacasualviewer]

265-Stipe
205 - DC / or Jones
170 - Woodley. Even if he lost it would have been Wonderboy.

145- Holloway
135- Dillashaw. If not Dillashaw would be necktatts or Dom.
125 - Mighty Mouse.

 

[Hatecopter]

Nunes is Brazilian and her belt is legit.

 

[Bend NvR Break]

Finally someone who knows Stipe is American.

 

[ortizgnp]

Finally someone who knows Stipe is American.

It was his immigrant mentality that won him the belt though.

 

[Kvolcom]

Minakov
Gus
GSP
GSP
Conor
Conor
Max(hawaii)


manlets don't count

 

[HelloJapan]

Pointless thread is pointless.

 

[shoorik1987]

-_-

 

[MayhemMonkey]

265-Stipe
205 - DC / or Jones
170 - Woodley. Even if he lost it would have been Wonderboy.

145- Holloway
135- Dillashaw. If not Dillashaw would be necktatts or Dom.
125 - Mighty Mouse.

 

[The Moloko man]

American HS/Collegiate Wrestling (Folkstyle) is the #1 combat sport on the planet. Nothing else really comes close.

The numbas don't lie!

 

[NotA CleverName]

It was his immigrant mentality that won him the belt though.

 

[FrontNakedChoke]

U S A

U S A

 

[mmacasualviewer]

TRT Chappelle getting Roid Gut.


He looked better when he was in the 170 division beating up Hector Lombard.

 

[BTard]

 

[Leoooo]

American HS/Collegiate Wrestling (Folkstyle) is the #1 combat sport on the planet. Nothing else really comes close.

Yeah, when the unified rules are tailored to your advantage and make you look good, it would be pretty embarrasing, if they didn't hold a couple of titles ...

 

[Pequeño Corey]

As far the men's divisions are concerned, I'd say yes.

Middleweight and lightweight don't have lineal champs at the moment. In other words, Whitaker and Khabib did not beat champions for their belts. Neither have defended. It would be hard for me to call either "undisputed."

USA killin' the game right now. GOAT country for MMA.

 

[superpunch]

Interesting how 3/6, about to be 4/6 champs are African American. It's probably going to be 4/6 after UFC 226 with only 1/6 white American champions. I thought wrestlings the best base for MMA and wrestlings a mostly white sport?

 

[superpunch]

Yeah, when the unified rules are tailored to your advantage and make you look good, it would be pretty embarrasing, if they didn't hold a couple of titles ...

No spikes, no head slams, no spinal strikes, no headbutts, no knees to the head, matted floors, etc.

In real fighting, wrestlers would be killing dudes with spikes and hard slams onto concrete. Regular takedowns with just a bit more emphasis on putting weight on the upper body would result in KOs. In UFC rules the guys just get right back up with no damage wtf?

Wrestling is still the best base despite all that. So much so that people think hte rules are stacked in favor of it. That couldn't be further from the truth.

The rules are stacked against wrestling more than any other martial art.

 

[KYS]

Everything else would be embarrassing given that the UFC is not too big in most countries apart from the US.

 

[wigglestick]

GSP/ Rory both probably still beat Woodley. Khabib 155 before that conor. But mostly american yes. Dat wrestling background

 

[Son of Werdum]

You average American could easily beat up your average dude from another country.

It's not really fair to compare the two