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

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

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the way dipshits on this site keep valuing win streaks over WHO YOU ACTUALLY beat, yea, it's going to become like fucking boxing. Give it time.
 
If 30 of them were complete cans than sure.
 
Jason Reinhardt just fought a bunch of cans to get into ufc. Got embarrassed and did it all over again for second chance…. But got embarrassed again
 
There are enough countries out there happy to feed cans to stars, so it's possible, but I doubt it.

They'd kinda have to amass a 35-0 record before a major promotion snapped them up, and the scouting system is a little too sharp to let that happen.

It might happen one day if the fighter market gets completely oversaturated, so 'never' is probably a bit much, but no. I don't see it happening any time soon.
 
Takes Two To Tango said:
Regional circuit? It's possible but incredibly hard imo. Too many variables even if your fighting weaker competition.

But if you want be elite and excel against the best, it's pretty much impossible to go 50-0. If it does happen than bump this thread again. lol I'll be happy eat crow and be happy to see someone that amazing that probably be the GOAT if it ever happened.
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They would be the GOAT of "lost potential" because it will only happen on the circuit.
 
It's possible if they stay on the regional scene and are just better than anyone. You had guys like Renen Barao go 34 straight without losing after dropping his first fight. Miguel Torres went 37-1. But if fighters are going 20-0 on the regional scene, they will sign with bigger promotions. No one is staying regional just cause they keep winning.

It's hard and nearly impossible go do that and get 50 wins without losing.

Even guys like Khabib and Jones would need to win another 20 fights.
 
Siver! said:
There are enough countries out there happy to feed cans to stars, so it's possible, but I doubt it.

They'd kinda have to amass a 35-0 record before a major promotion snapped them up, and the scouting system is a little too sharp to let that happen.

It might happen one day if the fighter market gets completely oversaturated, so 'never' is probably a bit much, but no. I don't see it happening any time soon.
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We need to check some records
Didn't did any research but Japa actually amassed a 31-0 record before losing. I'm not sure if there's any guy who achieved something better (with details lol. If not, Rickson 400-0) though.

 
Yes it will happen.. you say "MMA Fighter", that encompasses amateur, regional, local, etc etc.. a local fighter who only fights small pop up shows, never intending to make it to the bigger shows, can conceivably do it. As could a big name fighter in the future.
 
If you fought like once a mo th to start in a garbage league pulling up 25 n 0 record . Then went to UFC. And fought 2-3 times a year - its possible. But more tou fight more people pick up on ways to beat you though too
 
Siver! said:
Yeah that team has a couple of guys who had massive numerical records - but they all just stopped being active lol

Good shout with Japa
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They had "Morceguinho", who got 29-0 with them.
Then, he fought against a decent test in Bellator, going 30-0.
After that he fought another decent prospect in Jordan Parsons (RIP), lost, got cut and disappeared for years.
He returned recently in KSW, going 0-2 so far there.

His brother also had a decent record (without cancrushing)
 
In only 4 months (April to August 2008,) JBJ won 7 MMA fights including his UFC debut.

If we start seeing more world class athletes being the norm, then I imagine that eventually some high level wrestler (or something) will fight a similar schedule for 1-2 years.

Might be like 50 years from now, though.
 
Takes Two To Tango said:
I mean Khabib is the closest to that, I wonder if he kept on fighting how long it would have took him to lose finally.

He would pretty much have to beat a top 5 guy till he reached 50-0.

I don't think it could ever happen, not like in boxing.

It's just too many variables and uncertainties for it to manifest.

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It can be done. If someone fights cans for like 35 fights slowly builds up to top 10 from there facing maybe 6 or 6 top 10 at the end it can totally be done. Especially if those top opponents are perfect matchups.
 
jitzmonkey said:
In only 4 months (April to August 2008,) JBJ won 7 MMA fights including his UFC debut.

If we start seeing more world class athletes being the norm, then I imagine that eventually some high level wrestler (or something) will fight a similar schedule for 1-2 years.

Might be like 50 years from now, though.
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IMO Jones is a horrible example. As soon as he faced a few good guys within a couple of years he slowed down his activity to nearly nothing.

Its taken him 16 years or something to get to 30 fights.

Fedor did 32 in 10yrs having faced roughly the same number of top 10 opponents. In that time

They both started facing top opponents early on.

I think it's a matter of facing weak opponents for many fights in a short span of time and only facing top comp toward the end. Similar to Khabib but extending the easy comp to 30 or 35 fights before facing the top guys.

Fun fact had Fedor retired at 32 fights he'd have a clearly better resume than both Jones and Khabib
 
Impossible. Even Petrosyan eventually got slept in kickboxing. Won't ever happen in muay thai either. And even Mayweather's last one was against Conor which is ridiculous.

But then again, if you fight enough cans, maybe it's not impossible lol. Chavez went almost went 90-0 in boxing, so i guess it just depends on who you fight too.
 
I'd like to think it's possible with the right combination of early regional victories, age, skill level, and a bit of luck to avoid encountering bad refs/judges along the way.

There's examples like like Julio Cesar Neves Jr., who racked up a 30-0 record before finally being handed some defeats in higher echelon promotions like Bellator and KSW.

Or Jason Reinhardt, who is 20-0 outside of the UFC and 0-3 in the UFC. It'll just take someone with that number of early wins who can still consistently get it done at the highest level.
 
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Jason Reinhardt just fought a bunch of cans to get into ufc. Got embarrassed and did it all over again for second chance…. But got embarrassed again.

UFC made it too easy to get into ufc these days. Padding is essential to help one’s career if they’re actually got the talent. It also used to be a process to get back. You either needed to work on something, plus get a win streak with atleast 1 ufc veteran. Now if you get cut, might as well say your career is over
 
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