Georgia Sweet Georgia.

[markantony20]

Georgia is turning out some great talent in MMA right now while not as abundant as the Dagestani crowd Georgians are natural fighters.

Congratulations to Merab and here’s to more Georgian talent in MMA!

 

[Filter909]

Merab rambling just to avoid talking about Umar. Book it Dana!

 

[markantony20]

They need to use this in the buildup to the Umar fight lol.

 

[payton]

 

[Gilday]

It is crazy how in very short times countries establish themselves in MMA. Georgia was a non entity in MMA, now all of a sudden they have two concurrent champions.
In like a year the Dagestanis popped onto the scene.
We had 3 Mexican champions with a year (Yair as interim)
We had 3 African champions all at one time very quickly.

Take a guess, where's the next country that will establish itself?

 

[markantony20]

@Hellowhosthat & @HuskySamoan you both know a fuck ton about fighters from that region, any fighters you’re keeping an eye on from Georgia?

 

[markantony20]

 

[bartleby929]

merab is a marauder

 

[Pechan]

It is crazy how in very short times countries establish themselves in MMA. Georgia was a non entity in MMA, now all of a sudden they have two concurrent champions.
In like a year the Dagestanis popped onto the scene.
We had 3 Mexican champions with a year (Yair as interim)
We had 3 African champions all at one time very quickly.

Take a guess, where's the next country that will establish itself?

Would be more common if getting an US Visa wasn't so hard for so many countries.

 

[markantony20]

Take a guess, where's the next country that will establish itself?

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, or Azerbaijan would be my guess.

All three have been killing it in the world of combat sports lately.

Japan is also looking very promising with a few prospects and crossovers from other sports.

 

[KarateYeah]

I love Atlanta

 

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[USA!USA!]

Always cool to see a small country get their superstar.. UFC champ is quite an accomplishment. Congrats, Georgia!

 

[markantony20]

Would be more common if getting an US Visa wasn't so hard for so many countries.

Very true. MMA is a very international sport but location limits exposure for some talent.

 

[markantony20]

I love Atlanta

All i know of Atlanta as an Aussie is The Walking Dead.

 

[Pechan]

Very true. MMA is a very international sport but location limits exposure for some talent.

And specially now that for whatever reason the UFC is only going to Brazil, France, UK and Middle East, not even these Noche events are taking place in Mexico.

 

[markantony20]

Always cool to see a small country get their superstar.. UFC champ is quite an accomplishment. Congrats, Georgia!

It is.

It’s also very hard because places like The USA and Brazil are so talent rich that it makes it even more special when an outsider can make it in a sport dominated by North America.

 

[markantony20]

even these Noche events are taking place in Mexico

True lol and Vegas was an odd choice too imo.

I know there is a large Hispanic community in Nevada but I would of thought that Southern California or Texas would be more likely.

 

[ExitLUPin]

Cool to see but highest ranked Georgian WW Levan Chokheli just got KOd in 2 mins by 38yo Larkin. Dolidze is mid. Guram and Giga got exposed.

Great story for Georgia but it has more to do with Ilia and Merab being UNBELIEVABLE talents. Most Georgian fighters are still just okay nothing special

 

[Pechan]

True lol and Vegas was an odd choice too imo.

I know there is a large Hispanic community in Nevada but I would of thought that Southern California or Texas would be more likely.

Its all about the ticket prices, they have become so insane that they can't go to most countries without cutting them by more than 50%, hell there might be some states in America where they would have to cut the prices.