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It has in its hole
You look at all the notable fighters that came from Japan. Sakuraba, Genki Sudo, Hayato Sakurai, Kid Yamamoto, Kazuo Misaki, Yushin Okami and many more I'd say China has some catching up to do but they've taken a good first step.
I'm going with fighters throughout MMA history. Japan has China beat in that regard.OP said he felt like Japan was past it's prime. Dunno how that translates to guys that are retired...
I dunno, if Current Kyoji tries to fight the best fighters from CHN/KOR it might not go well for him.
It's not just Chinese fighters, it's any striker with an "eXcItInG" style.
What you see is what the UFC wants you to see not the reality
The UFC failed to conquer the japanese MMA's market thats why you no longer see competitive japanese fighters in the UFC.
On another hand you see plenty of sucessful chinese fighters when the UFC is trying to sell in China because learning from the experience they know they need some local champion or at least challenger to sell in a said country.
They are matched against opponents who have the right style to make them shine.
Thats why I'm losing interest for the UFC, this is just a scripted real tv show made to look like its really real
There is actually a reason for this. The UFC has recently built a performance institute in China like the one in Vegas. However the PI in Vegas has full training staff to help develop a fighters technique along with ohysical conditioning.
The UFC is essentially training its own team China as way of ensuring a new generation of Chinese fighters can move up the UFC ranks. Every couple of months they hold tryouts at the PI and then they enroll the promising candidates into a PI training class that has a full on curriculum. It's college for fighters.
So as the years go expect to see more fighter emerging from China.
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There is actually a reason for this. The UFC has recently built a performance institute in China like the one in Vegas. However the PI in Vegas has full training staff to help develop a fighters technique along with ohysical conditioning.
The UFC is essentially training its own team China as way of ensuring a new generation of Chinese fighters can move up the UFC ranks. Every couple of months they hold tryouts at the PI and then they enroll the promising candidates into a PI training class that has a full on curriculum. It's college for fighters.
So as the years go expect to see more fighter emerging from China.
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This. Even the independent rankings are missleading because they all measure it in terms of western fighters.
What you see is what the UFC wants you to see not the reality
The UFC failed to conquer the japanese MMA's market thats why you no longer see competitive japanese fighters in the UFC.
On another hand you see plenty of sucessful chinese fighters when the UFC is trying to sell in China because learning from the experience they know they need some local champion or at least challenger to sell in a said country.
They are matched against opponents who have the right style to make them shine.
Thats why I'm losing interest for the UFC, this is just a scripted real tv show made to look like its really real
What we call “conflict of interest” is, in China, the way things are supposed to work.I didn't realize that.... is there not a massive conflict of interest in having UFC gyms fielding UFC fighters??
As the OP I was asking about the actual photo, current fighters. Of course Japan got the top fighters in MMA history, it's not even close.I'm going with fighters throughout MMA history. Japan has China beat in that regard.
There is actually a reason for this. The UFC has recently built a performance institute in China like the one in Vegas. However the PI in Vegas has full training staff to help develop a fighters technique along with ohysical conditioning.
The UFC is essentially training its own team China as way of ensuring a new generation of Chinese fighters can move up the UFC ranks. Every couple of months they hold tryouts at the PI and then they enroll the promising candidates into a PI training class that has a full on curriculum. It's college for fighters.
So as the years go expect to see more fighter emerging from China.
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I'm going with fighters throughout MMA history. Japan has China beat in that regard.
You look at all the notable fighters that came from Japan. Sakuraba, Genki Sudo, Hayato Sakurai, Kid Yamamoto, Kazuo Misaki, Yushin Okami and many more I'd say China has some catching up to do but they've taken a good first step.
I mean, has there even been a truly great fighter out of Japan outside of Sakuraba? Don't you dare say Gomi.
Korean Zombie kills those 3 with first round knockouts consecutively in the same night
Every time I hear this he loses the fight coming up In fact I don't really remember the guy winning It's always losing Whether here or the new Asian promotion he's in He's been disappointing given the hypeHoriguchi is the best fighter out of all 3 of those countries currently.