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

Only way it would happen is if they ended up comprising most of the top 5, but that's unlikely to happen for a few reasons:

  • UFC has a hard cap on Russians
  • Not all of them are made the same (Think Duraev, Yandiev, Gamzatov, Abubakar, etc. They sucked)
  • There's always a killer who comes out of nowhere and starts to make a name for himself every so often. Usually making the UFC think there's untapped potential in the region and sign a bunch of undeserving guys who end up washing out and not amounting to much (Irish takeover, Mexican signings back when Cain was supposed to carry the flag against Werdum, Canadian fighters as a whole).
 
Thesnake101 said:
Only way it would happen is if they ended up comprising most of the top 5, but that's unlikely to happen for a few reasons:

  • UFC has a hard cap on Russians
  • Not all of them are made the same (Think Duraev, Yandiev, Gamzatov, Abubakar, etc. They sucked)
  • There's always a killer who comes out of nowhere and starts to make a name for himself every so often. Usually making the UFC think there's untapped potential in the region and sign a bunch of undeserving guys who end up washing out and not amounting to much (Irish takeover, Mexican signings back when Cain was supposed to carry the flag against Werdum, Canadian fighters as a whole).
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"the hard cap" just means we only see the best they have instead of sign a whole lot of cans that would end the mystique of the region real fast
 
They are all doped to the gills. Anyone who thinks otherwise should look into the history of PED in former Soviet countries.
 
It will, but Dana doesn’t really care because he gets oil money instead.
 
mister piscadinha said:
"the hard cap" just means we only see the best they have instead of sign a whole lot of cans that would end the mystique of the region real fast
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Not really, they've passed on a bunch of guys like Vartanyan, Kerimov, Musaev, Omarov, Timur Khizriev and many others who are by all accounts some of the best guys in the Russian circuit right now.

Also while giving spots to some very mid guys like: Grigory Popov, Omargadzhiev (won on CS but his record was padded as hell), Tiuliulin, Smoliakov, Khandozko.

Sometimes it's because their style isn't the most fan friendly, but guys like Vartanyan and Musaev were more than deserving of getting signed imo. Not just because their body of work but because they're primarily strikers with great understanding of wrestling that lets them keep the fight standing.
 
Not sure what the market share is, but based on convos here on the dog, a lot of other countries outside the US get the PPV’s for dirt cheap. American’s can afford to pay 79.99 for a PPV plus an ESPN+ scrip on top of that. No way Daner is going to alienate his biggest cash cow.
 
World eater said:
Alex Pereira is a Brazilian Muslim who doesn’t speak English and is doing just fine when it comes to attracting interest from westerners. No worries, if they put on a show, people will watch regardless.
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Pereira does a bunch of social media pranks and joke stuff nothing like Islam or Umar who are only spoken about when a fight is coming up.
 
Thesnake101 said:
Not really, they've passed on a bunch of guys like Vartanyan, Kerimov, Musaev, Omarov, Timur Khizriev and many others who are by all accounts some of the best guys in the Russian circuit right now.

Also while giving spots to some very mid guys like: Grigory Popov, Omargadzhiev (won on CS but his record was padded as hell), Tiuliulin, Smoliakov, Khandozko.

Sometimes it's because their style isn't the most fan friendly, but guys like Vartanyan and Musaev were more than deserving of getting signed imo. Not just because their body of work but because they're primarily strikers with great understanding of wrestling that lets them keep the fight standing.
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vartanyam and musaev is probably a money thing

ufc like to get fighters for pennies, vartanyan and musaev have some leverage and must get some good money in the russian market
same reason why we're probably never gonna see malykhin in the ufc
 
mister piscadinha said:
"the hard cap" just means we only see the best they have instead of sign a whole lot of cans that would end the mystique of the region real fast
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Look at DWCS and Russians they signed - Vakhitov made his mma debut in 2023, Pulyaev in 2022 and even in Russia he is not known only Kuniev can be considered more or less top/good fighter. And previous years - guys there are either friends/teammates of Nurmagomedov or Chimaev.
 
People probably won't give a fuck. And if they do give a fuck, I won't give a fuck.
 
GrantB13 said:
People probably won't give a fuck. And if they do give a fuck, I won't give a fuck.
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Even then it‘s a false narrative pushed here by people who hate Caucasian fighters. No American fighter in the UFC has a fraction of Khamzat drawing power. Except Jon Jones.
 
Epsteins Guard said:
Yeah, they're almost as bad as the Americans

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I didn't hear that the entire nation of the United States has been banned from International competitions like the entire nation of Russia has at times. You must know something no one else does?
 
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