Non corny American fighters?

[Qays Stetkevich]

Conor?

Non corny???

Troll post lol

Right? Conman is without a doubt one of the corniest, cringiest fighters to ever represent MMA.

I'll add to Hendo and Lawler that Poirier is good stuff, as is Dober (no aura of invincibility there though).

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

Strickland?
Green?
Jamahal?

You literally just named the 3 corniest dudes on the roster, might as well just add Colby and Gerry to round out your top 5.

I love Strickland and Green, but they are very cringey. And Hill!?! LMAO. Some people have weird standards for "cool" or don't understand what corny means.

 

[Fight Professor]

Pretty much every American fighter mentioned in this thread is old school. Some notable exceptions are Max (is he really an American?) and Poirier. The modern culture in the US is bizarre.

I am not sure how Strickland or Hill are put into that category. It is painful to listen to them.

 

[kingmob6]

I'd say Dustin is pretty un-corny.

 

[Substance Abuse]

There's plenty. I'm not sure this is a serious question.

 

[MileHigher]

Strickland?
Green?
Jamahal?

You literally just named the 3 corniest dudes on the roster, might as well just add Colby and Gerry to round out your top 5.

I wouldn’t describe them as corny. I sort of get your point but corny may mean something different to me than it does to you.

I admit I don’t really know that much about Jamahil Hill, he seems pretty vanilla and normal but I could be wrong.

Strickland is crazy, not that bright, and maybe cringey but that doesn’t equal corny. What’s corny about Bobby Green?

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

No lol, there are tons that are not corny. Stipe is one for ya but can't list all of them, would have to type hundreds of names

 

[Koro_11]

I wouldn’t describe them as corny. I sort of get your point but corny may mean something different to me than it does to you.

I admit I don’t really know that much about Jamahil Hill, he seems pretty vanilla and normal but I could be wrong.

Strickland is crazy, not that bright, and maybe cringey but that doesn’t equal corny. What’s corny about Bobby Green?

All 3 are the definition of corny, I don’t know how to explain it to you, it should be pretty obvious.

 

[MileHigher]

All 3 are the definition of corny, I don’t know how to explain it to you, it should be pretty obvious.

Don’t need you too.

 

[Chomsky Honk]

What’s corny about Bobby Green?

That's like asking what is wet about water.

 

[Filter909]

209 mfs

 

[ElLunico]

Why does it feel like American fighters tend to be corny? (I am American) It seems like every time there is a fighter who has a cool aura without being a dork, they are from a different country (ie Fedor, Poatan, Anderson Silva, Conor, GSP, Jiri etc.). It feels like the best we have are Jon Jones* and Derrick Lewis as far as original characters that bring something special.

In honor of the 4th of July let’s compile a list of American fighters who aren’t dorks.

*Jon Jones was initially corny with his clean-cut persona until we learned the depths of his degeneracy.

Lol if Jiri was American he'd be called weirdo nut job, and GSP was a super nice guy and kind of a dork lol.

 

[meast]

There's plenty. I'm not sure this is a serious question.

Holloway was a good answer. I really couldn’t think of many and was wondering if they just seem goofier because we (American fans) understand them fully or because they try too hard to be popular

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Barnett too imo wasn't corny

He was definitely a bad ass, but he leaned a little into the Pro Wrestling territory, which could be considered corny by some.
The throat-slashing celly? Actually any pre-planned and/or "trademarked" celebrations.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Justin Gaethje,

One of the least-corny dudes I've ever seen.

 

[Ares Black]

Wonderboy may be considered corny by some, but i like his style, in and outside of the cage.

Wonderboy is humble and funny and he seems like a genuinely decent human being.

 

[Ares Black]

Lawler and Hendo aren't corny.

Very true. But they are also retired.

 

[Clark Rogers]

Didn't expect this from a 2013 account. Lots of past not corny American fighters. Present day half of em are trying to play the McGregor game but none of em have the charisma, those def feel corny.

 

[Ares Black]

Max Holloway, Justin Gaethje, Anthony Hernandez, Khalil Rountree, Stipe Miocic, these guys would be revered if they were from PRIDE.

These guys are real.

Yeah Max Holloway is as real as it gets.

Hey, that's got a nice ring to it.

 

[supermurph]

Stipe. Being a firefighter, I bet he can give and take a good ball busting and has a bunch of cool stories. I imagine he'd be a cool dude to go drink some beers with away from the cameras.