From Casual POV, Could Dagestan and Chechen dominance make UFC viewership drop?

[Misanthropist]

Dagestan, Chechyna and basically everyone from the North Caucacus and Central Asia region to the lesser extent (they are all cousins ethnic wise).

All fighters have seen the Khabib vs Conor incident and i would imagine they are always very careful in approaching with their opponent who won’t tolerate any bullshit.

As with Pereira and Merab’s case, I strongy suspect many fighters would want to avoid fighting them for the sake of their careers (somebody’s gotta feed the family after all) like what happen in the Lightweight division when Khabib and Islam made all the US fan favourites look like amatuers and killed off all their auras.

Bantamweight - Umar
Featherweight - Evloev
Lightweight - Machachev
Welterweight - Shavkat
Middleweight - Khamzat
Light Heavyweight - Ankalaev

The only reason why the Heavyweight, Featherweight and Bantam have entertainment and dramas outside the octagon that produce hype $$$ is because they’re not from North Caucacus and aren’t champs yet…

What does Dana geniunely think about this?

 

[AldoStillGoat]

I don’t think so. People still watch American sports which are predominantly dominated by African Americans.

 

[HHJ]

who gives a fuck about viewership

Let Dana worry about that

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Khabib has the highest selling UFC PPV of All Time

 

[MarioLemieux]

UFC has enough money I want to see the best compete and the best win. Not happy to see Max and Rob lose tonight but fuck the UFC's viewership, the hardcore will take back the sport.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

I literally don't care if anyone watches this shit. The sport of MMA isn't going anywhere, and if viewership plummets and the UFC folds, there will still be fights

 

[Rationality]

I'm more worried about hometown PED testing, judging and so forth. Some guy making a low hourly wage or whatever is going to risk his life in a Muslim country to turn in a fighter that Kadyrov loves? The risk/reward equation to anyone doing the testing is not very favorable. Plus the Russian region has a terrible history for this stuff.

 

[mister piscadinha]

dagestan and chechenia combined have the same number of ufc champs as georgia has

wtf are you talking about?

 

[octagonation]

Nobody cares but people want to watch someone who can fight and who are creme de la creme of the sport..

It is similar to Boxing, NBA and NFL people made peace with that the whites couldn´t compete so boxing became a black and Latino sport and viewship never dropped because they are the best at it. etc etc" People just want to watch these who are the absolute best at their sport..

If you were envisioning people would want to only watch two white american dudes who can´t fight then you are massively mistaken.. People like to watch legit sportsmen who are at the highest level regardless of race, religion, ethnicity etc etc

 

[b00tysweat]

Nobody cares but people want to watch someone who can fight and who are creme de la creme of the sport..

It is similar to Boxing, NBA and NFL people made peace with that the whites couldn´t compete so boxing became a black and Latino sport and viewship never dropped because they are the best at it. etc etc" People just want to watch these who are the absolute best at their sport..

If you were envisioning people would want to only watch two white american dudes who can´t fight then you are massively mistaken.. People like to watch legit sportsmen who are at the highest level regardless of race, religion, ethnicity etc etc

Anderson Silva didn't speak English out of spite alone and was massively popular in the states

khamzat and the boys all speak English and are wildly violent

the future of mma is very bright

 

[Epsteins Guard]

I'm more worried about hometown PED testing, judging and so forth. Some guy making a low hourly wage or whatever is going to risk his life in a Muslim country to turn in a fighter that Kadyrov loves? The risk/reward equation to anyone doing the testing is not very favorable. Plus the Russian region has a terrible history for this stuff.

Yeah, they're almost as bad as the Americans

 

[KavkazDominance]

Caucasus and Central Asia are NOT cousins ethnic wise lmao. You think somebody like Ilia Topuria or Movsar Evloev has any connection to Orolbai?

 

[KavkazDominance]

dagestan and chechenia combined have the same number of ufc champs as georgia has

wtf are you talking about?

Which is still Caucasus. Chechnya and Georgia are actually close.

 

[Hdfi]

Merab is from the Caucasus, isn't he? I think you mean Muslims. There will be a drop in interest from Western consumers but I guess the UFC can make even more money with the oil Sheiks.

What does Dana geniunely think about this?

He's too rich to give a shit.

 

[JKS]

No, because it doesn’t exist period!

 

[mister piscadinha]

Which is still Caucasus. Chechnya and Georgia are actually close.

yeah, but nobody in sherdog reps the whole caucasus(they should)
they just dickride dagestan for some weird reason

 

[Fergelmince]

Khabib has the highest selling UFC PPV of All Time

That's because Michelle Waterson was on that card.

 

[ragmma]

Khabib has the highest selling UFC PPV of All Time

No, let's be real, Conor has it

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

yeah, but nobody in sherdog reps the whole caucasus(they should)
they just dickride dagestan for some weird reason

No i am on the whole Caucasus bandwagon.

 

[Mittens]

Absolutely. Wrestling a lot will kill the sport and leave the core vievership being former USA high school wrestlers who think Dagestani wrestling validates their life choices, and the muslim world. Financially probably gonna do ok, but the general interest will move back to badmington and curling.