Explain to me "charisma" or "aura"

[Rubios]

First things first: for me, a fighter is exciting or not depending on what he does inside the cage.

That said, after following the sport for many years, I've watched many "face-offs" in press conferences and YT throws at me tons of reels and whatnot of fighters not fighting.
Plus the post-fight interviews, obviously.

Maybe it's something cultural, I'm Spaniard, or I'm missing nuances because English is not even my second language.
I'm approaching 40, so I was young enough at some of the times I'm referring to.

Conor (prime Conor, not... the current junkie one) never struck me as charismatic. Pre-Aldo fight he was overly loud, histrionic, annoying and disrespectful to a true legend.
Pre-Khabib, I think Khabib was the charismatic one, not even a contest.

I like some flex when you are smart, witty and can deliver a joke: DDP.
Chael Sonnen (back then), obviously. Fedor.
JG is lots of fun.
Khabib and now Islam are comedy gold and have charisma over 9000. I'm not a muslim and couldn't care less about religion.

Leon is boring as a fighter, but calling his mom in tears after KOing Usman and right next being cold enough for the "headshot, dead" punchline was pure magic.

For context, IMO Jokic is the most charismatic NBA player right now by a mile.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

The actual definitions, or what they mean as zoomer buzzwords?

 

[Neck&Neck]

That’s a Job for Dr. Joe Rogan to do

 

[Chomsky Honk]

Charisma you gonna need to invest in Intense Training to increase that, which may not always be worth it depending on the perks available to you at the time. There is also the bobblehead found in Vault 108 which is an alternative way of increasing it.

Aura thats from Dragon Ball Z. Watch the scenes with Piccolo in order to understand.

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

I thought it was just a new term/way of saying a fighter is cool

 

[ninja boot]

You don't need "charisma" or "aura" to extend 4 knuckles to a face.
This is just shit Anik says to fill the dead spots between the Joe and DC babble.

 

[DiazSlap]

The answer to your question is:



Fedor

 

[theincognito]

Conor was the literal definition of charismatic (i.e. people were drawn to him). More so than anyone in MMA history.

Aura was what Fedor had before his losing streak. What Pereira had a bit of before his recent loss.

 

[Your Salad]

Charisma is a base level stat.
Aura takes charisma and uses a 3rd person perception modifier to increase or decrease the level.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[IndyCovaHart]

U lost me at habib having charisma

 

[jko1355]

… this is an actual thread?

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

First things first: for me, a fighter is exciting or not depending on what he does inside the cage.

That said, after following the sport for many years, I've watched many "face-offs" in press conferences and YT throws at me tons of reels and whatnot of fighters not fighting.
Plus the post-fight interviews, obviously.

Maybe it's something cultural, I'm Spaniard, or I'm missing nuances because English is not even my second language.
I'm approaching 40, so I was young enough at some of the times I'm referring to.

Conor (prime Conor, not... the current junkie one) never struck me as charismatic. Pre-Aldo fight he was overly loud, histrionic, annoying and disrespectful to a true legend.
Pre-Khabib, I think Khabib was the charismatic one, not even a contest.

I like some flex when you are smart, witty and can deliver a joke: DDP.
Chael Sonnen (back then), obviously. Fedor.
JG is lots of fun.
Khabib and now Islam are comedy gold and have charisma over 9000. I'm not a muslim and couldn't care less about religion.

Leon is boring as a fighter, but calling his mom in tears after KOing Usman and right next being cold enough for the "headshot, dead" punchline was pure magic.

For context, IMO Jokic is the most charismatic NBA player right now by a mile.

To put it simply I'd say it's guys who are draws. Conor isn't the best fighter we've had in the UFC but the biggest draw, Lesnar is similar and Ronda Rousey. So for a fighter to be a draw like that they are probably considered to be charismatic or to have an aura.

Conversely guys like Belal and Kamaru Usman probably don't have this.

 

[Last Falconry]

I wish I could remember who said this but the best and most succinct definition of charisma I've ever heard is "innate appeal". It's something that people have or they don't, and it's very easy to tell. If you want a great illustration of this in action there was a short interview maybe 5 or 7 years ago where Bisping was interviewing Colby for some reason and it kind of explains the concept better than I could

 

[GoWokeGoBroke]

 

[g*r*b]

Aura and charisma are a form of mass hysteria IMO. Some people are more able to provoke it, and all it proves is that we are all sheep.

 

[Hymen Crusher]

Charisma is Conor and the Diaz brothers. Neither of those people should be popular, they suck as humans and are not smart but something about them draws people in.

 

[RockyLockridge]

you either get it or you dont

 

[Ube]

Charisma depends on the audience. Obviously to a portion of the country, our dear King Trump is charismatic. To the other half, he’s a fucking turd.

Charisma is that certain quality in a person that taps into the egos and aspirations of other people. The more you can show someone a personality that they themself want to possess, the more charisma you have.

Basically: if you’re a guy, you want to be like him. If you’re a girl, you want to fuck him. (Not taking about Trump btw. Just in general)

 

[HHJ]

Obviously Conor had the "IT" factor.

I cant think of anyone in MMA who would have the balls to go to a boxing card and yell "I AM boxing!!!!!' as confidently as he did it. You have to have a bit of madness to do something like that, and charisma to pull it off.

Love him or hate him, he's got charisma. Dont fool yourself, not everything he did was loud yelling.

Today though, thats mostly what's left.