How well do Koreans do in the UFC?

[Ogata]

I trained at an authentic Korean run dojang that was in middle of nowhere. The training was hell but my cardio was insane and I could bounce for hours and before I have had years of boxing experience.

I always wondered how well Koreans do since they are good with cardio it seems.

 

[Luthien]

Hamderlei is a favorite, they don't come more aggressive I think she will do amazing in another UFC run

 

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

They do about mid

No better than your average roster guy trading wins and losses

Korean Zombie and Ham are exceptions because they have reached the elite level in their divisions

 

[Carrotman23]

Have never heard someone say Koreans have particularly good cardio in fact I'm skeptical that any nationality has a consistent cardio advantage over others....

And like a casual the only South Korean I know of off the top of my head is Zombie, they haven't done particularly well or I suppose particularly bad.

Now if you wanna pick a nationality that has somewhat disappointed in the UFC I gotta be real I'd pick Japan .
(Go Japan and their local martial arts scene is amazing shout-out to Rizin as well as the recent K-1 news but yeah..)

Edit : I mean here's the P4P South Korean Tapology list
https://www.tapology.com/rankings/1664-best-p4p-south-korean-mma-fighters
They have Dong Hyum Kim as number 1 but overall it's nothing particularly special.

 

[Thesnake101]

Not very. Pretty much every recent Korean prospect hasn't panned out, which is why they always try to roll out KZ for the korean cards.

Doo Ho Choi was supposed to take the mantle of KZ as a FW contender but he's looked worse and worse since the Cub fight, Da Un Jung hit a wall, DHK has been retired for years, Hyun Gyu Lim got exposed, Jin Soo Son went 0-2 against Yan and Bautista and is still MIA (probably released), Kwan Ho Kwak also went 0-2 and cut.

Iron Turtle and Kyung Ho Kang are probably the best Korean guys right now, Jeong Yeong Lee also has potential. There's probably a couple I'm missing as well, but those were the ones that came to mind.

 

[witt1021]

the real talent are north koreans. kim jong has refused to let them fight as they are to dangerous to release to the world.

 

[BanWMMA]

Some Asian cultures don’t view mma as a career so you’ll see less in high level mma.

 

[StonedLemur]

I trained at an authentic Korean run dojang that was in middle of nowhere. The training was hell but my cardio was insane and I could bounce for hours and before I have had years of boxing experience.

I always wondered how well Koreans do since they are good with cardio it seems.

Korean Zombie and Stun Gun did ok in the UFC.

 

[StonedLemur]

Not very. Pretty much every recent Korean prospect hasn't panned out, which is why they always try to roll out KZ for the korean cards.

Doo Ho Choi was supposed to take the mantle of KZ as a FW contender but he's looked worse and worse since the Cub fight, Da Un Jung hit a wall, DHK has been retired for years, Hyun Gyu Lim got exposed, Jin Soo Son went 0-2 against Yan and Bautista and is still MIA (probably released), Kwan Ho Kwak also went 0-2 and cut.

Iron Turtle and Kyung Ho Kang are probably the best Korean guys right now, Jeong Yeong Lee also has potential. There's probably a couple I'm missing as well, but those were the ones that came to mind.

Iron Turtle is fun to watch.

 

[GrantB13]

Well, ask yourself this: how many Korean fighters can you name?

 

[VinceArch]

Well, all yourself this: how many Korean fighters can you name?

Yushin Okami
Takanori Gomi
Michihiro Omigawa
Kevin Lee

 

[Pequeño Corey]

I trained at an authentic Korean run dojang that was in middle of nowhere. The training was hell but my cardio was insane and I could bounce for hours and before I have had years of boxing experience.

I always wondered how well Koreans do since they are good with cardio it seems.

U stationed there?

 

[bartleby929]

Korean Superboy had such good potential before he lost his mojo

 

[Thesnake101]

Iron Turtle is fun to watch.

He's been a pleasant surprise, came out of nowhere with little expectations and is slowly settling into a gatekeeper role.

 

[StonedLemur]

He's been a pleasant surprise, came out of nowhere with little expectations and is slowly settling into a gatekeeper role.

Yeah I find myself looking forward to his fights, that's a good sign sir.

 

[Uber_Noober]

 

[Harlekin]

They often have small shoulders and backs, don't see many having long arms nor fast twitch muscles.
Going out on a limb and saying genetics wise, people with an african heritage have an advantage on the average and even caucasians are better built for fighting than most asians.

Jones, Sterling, Edwards, Adesanya, Hill
Moreno mexican, great nation for fighting, because of tradition and poverty
Islam, also from a nation that does nothing but fighting and is very poor.

 

[djacobox372]

They often have small shoulders and backs, don't see many having long arms nor fast twitch muscles.
Going out on a limb and saying genetics wise, people with an african heritage have an advantage on the average and even caucasians are better built for fighting than most asians.

Jones, Sterling, Edwards, Adesanya, Hill
Moreno mexican, great nation for fighting, because of tradition and poverty
Islam, also from a nation that does nothing but fighting and is very poor.

"African Heritage" is far to broad a statement, as Africa has more genetic diversity than the rest of the world combined. People grouped them all together because of their skin color (racist), but ignore the fact that if you were to pick two groups of people who were the most different physically they'd both be from Africa.

The reason you see so many African's dominating sports is because the continent contains so many different types of people that they cover all of the extremes of physical performance. But you can't claim to a pigmy that he'd be great at basketball because he's black. Or tell the average Nigerian that he should be able to run a marathon because the black guys from Kenya are so good at it.

Koreans do seem fairly suited to MMA, but it's a small country, and the sport and related sports like wrestling and boxing aren't as popular over there.

 

[Deleted member 513083]

They often have small shoulders and backs, don't see many having long arms nor fast twitch muscles.
Going out on a limb and saying genetics wise, people with an african heritage have an advantage on the average and even caucasians are better built for fighting than most asians.

Jones, Sterling, Edwards, Adesanya, Hill
Moreno mexican, great nation for fighting, because of tradition and poverty
Islam, also from a nation that does nothing but fighting and is very poor.

Did you really just write asians having small shoulders and back and not having long arms and fast twitch muscles is the reason they are not succesfull but then write mexican are great because of tradition and poverty?


They are very similar in build, it is just in east/southeast asia if you are 5lbs overweight you are considered a disgusting slob.


Back to the topic. If the governments in east asia weren't to busy with driving their population into suicidal thoughts with academic torture and south east asian politicans weren't too busy with poisining their population and taking all the money for themselves and would invest more into sports like central asian countries do we would see a lot more fighters out of that region. I met Koreans from kazakhstan and they are nothing like Koreans from south korea.
Culture thing more likely.

 

[Silverhawk]

They are very similar in build, it is just in east/southeast asia if you are 5lbs overweight you are considered a disgusting slob.