MMA vs. Hockey: Which is the more popular sport?

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

Yeah, superstars affect this stuff, that's why Zhang has been so good for MMA in China, and while Canada looked like a rising sun in MMA there for a hot minute with Tri-Star tidal wave, like they might gain a strangehold on being the #3 nation despite their small population, they really haven't produced shit in the last 5-6 years, have they? Sticking to the Standard ELO with the Fight Matrix:

Not a single Canadian on the P4P list.
HW: None in the Top #100 (37-year-old Arjan Singh Bhullar is the highest ranked at #107...the baddest man in Canada? Yikes)
LHW: #64 Tanner Boser
MW: #38 Marc Andre-Barriault
WW: #80 Mike Malott
LW: #85 Claudio Puelles
FW: #12 Jesus Pinedo
BW: #34 Daniel Marcos
FLY: #90 Oscar Miguel


Well, goddamn, no wonder MMA might be sagging in Canada. Canada fucking sucks. If this thread brings nothing else to my attention, I will have learned this. I was oblivious. I thought you Canucks were still kicking ass. Obviously not.

Yeah, I’m not sure what happened exactly, but aside from not having a p4p great like GSP we don’t even seem to have any would-be contenders like we had 10-15 years ago like Rory MacDonald, David Louiseau or Mark Hominick or even decent/not-so decent gatekeepers like Jason MacDonald, Ryan Jimmo (RIP) or Tim Hague (RIP).

 

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