GOAT Mexican MMA fighter?

[welcometohavoc]

And I’m gonna include the Mexicans who were born and raised in the states here, otherwise it’ll be a pretty short list.

Mods please add a poll.

Anyway I think there are only 5 legit contenders for this crown:



Tito Ortiz

Dominick Cruz

Cain Velasquez

Henry Cejudo

Brandon Moreno

Personally I would have to say Cejudo.

Gotta be Moreno. The others are red white and blue American

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

Only peripherally related, but Cain's getting arrested for a shoot-out, where he hit the wrong guy/innocent bystander . . . really makes his "Brown Pride" tattoo look bad in retrospect. Just. . . not a good role-model look for someone who could have been a great role-model.

 

[BJpencil]

Only peripherally related, but Cain's getting arrested for a shoot-out, where he hit the wrong guy/innocent bystander . . . really makes his "Brown Pride" tattoo look bad in retrospect. Just. . . not a good role-model look for someone who could have been a great role-model.

Just because he's got bad aim doesn't mean he's a bad role-model.

 

[Randy Fandy Fo Fanders]

What's Cain up to these days? haven't heard anything about him recently. Anyone have an update?

 

[Busgosu]

Ferguson

I don't think Cruz is Mexican. I think he's Spanish from Spain.

He is American of Mexican descent

 

[13Seconds]

Tito came out with a Mexican flag for every fight bro.

Yeah all the time.

That's about it. A flag is just a piece of cloth. The flag shit Tito came out with was part US part Mexico too lol.

Guess which nation he leaned most into?

Actually, show me one video clip or one article or even one quote from Tito talking about his Mexican heritage? There is none because hes american.

 

[Bork Neslar]

Dos Caras Jr.

 

[Abundance]

Tony

 

[Busgosu]

Mexican =/= American of Mexican descent.
Of all the fighters to choose from, only Brandon is Mexican, therefore he's the only eligible

 

[TempleoftheDog]

The title says MEXICAN. I’m pretty sure American fighters don’t qualify.

Wasteland this trash.

 

[pick999]

De la vargas Guadalupe

 

[NoSmilez]

Probably Moreno since he is the only Mexican citizen on the list. Aldana and Grasso are Mexican as well. The rest of the guys are Mexican American. It's like saying Matt Serra is the best Italian fighter in the UFC.

Tito and Cain are guys whose parents speak Spanish to them but they answer in English. These type of people are stuck in the middle and they get hate from both sides. They definitely been called spic or something derogatory growing up and they will defend that heritage. It is unfair to deem them less Mexican in terms of ethnicity though. They are just children of immigrants that want to fit in their host country. Cejudo still has a decent command of Spanish and still come off cringey during a Spanish interview.

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

Yeah, and Paul Felder and Marcus Davis are Irish.

You can be Irish via ethnicity and/or by nationality. Don't think Felder or Davis ever claimed to be born in Ireland.

 

[Benoitthegr8]

Francisco Juarez Jr.

 

[cmw43]

I'd say CCC but Ricco Rodriguez deserves a mention as first Mexican UFC Champ.

 

[Busgosu]

Probably Moreno since he is the only Mexican citizen on the list. Aldana and Grasso are Mexican as well.

I find it surprising that no one has mentioned Yair Rodriguez yet

 

[Game_Bred_Irish]

McGregor is just as Mexican as Tito, if not more so.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Cain obviously.

 

[TonyRolo]

Probably Moreno since he is the only Mexican citizen on the list. Aldana and Grasso are Mexican as well. The rest of the guys are Mexican American. It's like saying Matt Serra is the best Italian fighter in the UFC.

Tito and Cain are guys whose parents speak Spanish to them but they answer in English. These type of people are stuck in the middle and they get hate from both sides. They definitely been called spic or something derogatory growing up and they will defend that heritage. It is unfair to deem them less Mexican in terms of ethnicity though. They are just children of immigrants that want to fit in their host country. Cejudo still has a decent command of Spanish and still come off cringey during a Spanish interview.

I am half hispanic and half white grew up in an all white school and definitely felt stuck in the middle when it came to being around my classmates and being around my 100% hispanic family members who were fluent

 

[NoSmilez]

I find it surprising that no one has mentioned Yair Rodriguez yet

He isn't great though. I am teasing. I am just salty about the Korean Zombie fight where Yair pulled so many timeouts.