Do you think an MMA fighter can ever get a 50-0 record?

[Chaotic Progressor]

Khabib's record padded af. He only fought like 3 top guys out of those 29.

 

[deviake]

I'm hesitant to say, "No, never." However, it would be extremely difficult to the point of being nigh impossible even if not technically impossible, so I'll go with that option as even if it's not scientific law, I see it as effectively true.

It's a lot of brutal, varied training with a lot of potential for injury and setbacks just in training, never mind the fights themselves. As others have said, there's just so much that could go wrong. Plus, there's a ticking clock and that career would have to be extremely well managed atop the other factors.

 

[skylolow]

No, MMA goes from rookie, mid level, to big show very quickly if you have those type of skills.

By 15 fights in you could easily be a UFC champ in most divisions if you truly have the skill set to go 50-0. Even if you won the belt at 20 fights. The UFC pays to well today for you to stick around for 30 more fights. Not too mention other sponsors and doors that would be open for you that would pay you well outside the cage also.


P.S.: Maybe this could occur in some small regional kind of show somewhere on earth and for whatever reason the fighter never leaves. But never will happen on the big stages of the sport.

 

[GrantB13]

At the rate in which fighters fight, I very seriously doubt it would ever happen. Not only would they have to HAVE 50 fights to begin with which isn't all that common, but they would have to be a truly elite of the elite fighter in order to remain undefeated assuming there wasn't extensive record padding.

 

[evergreenrider]

I see many doubt the power a sports father wields. Earl Woods? Richard Williams? Marv Marinovich? All we need is a father who never achieved his dreams and lives them vicariously through child beginning at birth. Or a father that believes with proper guidance and shaping, a child that will drag them out of abject poverty. All it takes is a dream baby

 

[OmegaRugal]

50-0 in MMA is possible but not against top competition. Too many variables against high level fighters.

Even Khabib’s 29-0 is really just 13-0 in the UFC

Could he have kept it going for 11 more straight wins in the UFC and against only top fighters?

I doubt it.