that woman is an athlete who is American and also an Olympic gold medal winner. what have you done besides quote 2005-era shitty old memes?I responded to a thread about American athletes, and someone brought up women who have no business fighting and should be making me a sandwich instead. Just pointing out obvious thread derailment sherbro.
I know you didn't just say music?? Lol. England smashes you in music.
I stopped reading at “woman”.that woman is an athlete who is American and also an Olympic gold medal winner. what have you done besides quote 2005-era shitty old memes?
oh i can tell. how long ago? 4th grade?I stopped reading at “woman”.
That's why most of the world watches the Olympics, because no one cares.Sorry, mate. Olympic games is just a bunch of sports that nobody cares. Sorry
OP you're comparing the entire world's population against just the US. The EU alone has 1.5 times our population.
The pool of athletes in the entire world is much larger than just the US.
That's a pretty good point. I mean theres another thread saying Joshua Van is why the UFC should raid Myanmar for talent ignoring that Van left the country at 10 years old and obviously learned MMA in USA."cant compete"
yet Merab trains in the USA
Pantoja trains in the USA
Harrison trains in the USA
not to mention
jon jones
kamaru
Khabib
Joanna
demetrious johnson
Ronda
Dillasnake
Rose
"Cant Compete"
America competes just fine, the question is, would these foreigners be champ if they only trained in their native countries?
Dont agree with the troll thread but thats a retarded take.Americans couldn't give a fuck less about kickball, tennis, F1, cricket or countless other sports. If they did, they'd be running that shit too. This country is filled with fucking imbeciles, but they do sport well.
Wrestling recruitment is also another issue. Wrestling as a sport started paying elite wrestlers to workout at their regional training centers (RTC). These wrestlers don't need to transition into MMA or work another job to survive. They can just wrestle at the camp and do seminars for extra cash. Not many elite wrestlers are willing to make the transition into MMA.I think this touches on the main thing.
America still mostly draws its fighters from wrestling. They're naturally going to be way behind if they don't start trying to develop other skills until their 20s.
Meanwhile, fighters from other countries are getting more MMA specific training and experience much younger, especially the Caucasus fighters with their combat sambo.
only 10th world shit holes care about futball.Sorry, mate. Olympic games is just a bunch of sports that nobody cares. Sorry
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UFC is booming, but is MMA collapsing around it? The data is concerning
The UFC has never been richer, but the sport around it appears to be struggling to survive in a behemoth shadow.sports.yahoo.com
Here's that article again. Writer and Tapology are obviously just coping though.
Take scroll down to the charts by nation. Look at the US' peak MMA event count circa 2012 compared to the bottom out in 2020. Compared to the rest our peak was FAR higher, fell further, and didn't rebound quite as well as others. It's not just happening in the US, either.
But yes all those statistical facts that show a global decline in MMA, and the US decline being higher on average, were just to help us Sherdoggers cope with Ilia winning another and John retiring in the same week. Makes sense.
Dont agree with the troll thread but thats a retarded take.