Americans 1 - 7 at UFC 311

[Leonard Haid]

An isolated incident, or part of a pattern? Thoughts?

 

[SalvadorAllende]

UFC is dying. With all these russians winning my guess is ACA buys the UFC later this year.

This is the end.

 

[Captain Insano]

Ufc 311 was awesome but this thread sucks balls

 

[loisestrad]

Ufc 311 was awesome but this thread sucks balls

Sucking balls is awesome, so we've got double awesome?

 

[oski]

 

[HHJ]

It really doesnt mean shit. No one really bothers to count shit like this and its just one card. It means nothing. If you wanted to book a card where all the americans won you could.


Ultimatley MMA fan care about who entertains them most more than where they are from

 

[TimeToTrain]

There’s only 1 American champ at the moment and it’s Jones. He’s afraid to fight the Brit.

 

[Doctor Grudge]

How many American fighters were favored to win?

Most of the big stars on this card weren't American.

 

[mister piscadinha]

lots of regional level american bums in the ufc

 

[joy2day]

America is dying, confirmed. 1-7 is indisputable. Let's go ahead and hand it over to foreign powers now before it crumbles further.

 

[VinceArch]

Fuck nationality, the other guy wanted to win more, that's all it is.

 

[ultra321]

Its 2 of 11 but whatever....

 

[azerty]

definitely a pattern, USA have 1 champions (not for long as soon as he stop ducking or retire), MMA is simply becoming a more global sport, it's not USA and brazil anymore
plus the UFC being american it's cheaper and more convenient to have american jobbers/ card fillers than foreign ones. While the non americans in the UFC are the best from their countries

 

[bng]

americans 1-7
brazillian lost in main event
..
bra71L?
might be just a coincidence

 

[AmericanUppercut]

They ALL playing on the Amer1can field, by the Amer1can rules, and for Amer1ca.
'MERICA!!!! #1
UFC = USA.

 

[Hymen Crusher]

Can't win at everything.

 

[Daniel_LaRusso]

There are no American champions in the UFC

125 - Brazil
135 - Georgia
145 - Spain
155 - Russia
170 - Palestine
185 - South Africa
205 - Brazil
265 - Africa

W115 - China
W125 - Kyrgyzstan
W135 - Venezuela

NO American champs. Last champ was O’Malley.

 

[Spiderbite]

America falling behind is only a matter of time as MMA becomes more mainstream elsewhere throughout the world.

Think about it from an amateur perspective.
The costs associated with medical care in every single country on the planet outside of the U.S. are a non-issue, which to me would be a huge advantage from a development point of view considering the rigors of achieving that level.

Now that, coupled with countless other sports that actually pay really well in the U.S. (Shit, NCAA players can now get paid more than nearly the entire UFC roster) leaves only a handful of people, frankly dumb enough to want to fight professionally.

Whereas, somewhere like Dagestan, where combat sports make up the bulk of their cultural exports and is likely subsidized to an extent, fighting professionally is probably pretty desirable after a childhood spent wrestling.

 

[moosaev]

Merab is technically an American citizen.

 

[Tapatio]

USA! USA! USA!