This is how it was in the beginning that's why a lot of the earlier fighters came from college wrestling. All the mma gyms were only in the rich cities. That was the main reason I couldn't train when I was younger, it was too far from where I lived plus LA traffic and too expensive at the time.
That’s not how it works... what schools you go to and what skills you develop from your parents matter. If they come from a wealthy zip code they have many advantages
I was under the impression he's old money. They had already come to the U.S teaching BJJ for movies like Lethal Weapon (1987) and opening schools, doing seminars. That just made them insanely rich.
Not really.
Again, he’s from a family where sport is the family trade, his two brothers are/were all star NFL players.
I mean Colby was a top recruited talent, same with guys like DC, Askren, and Johny Hendricks... Hendricks even still holds one of the best high school and college wrestling records ever, I don’t think he lost a match until his senior year in college. Henry Cejudo’s talent was so beyond ordinary he came from a poor family of undocumented immigrants and went to the Olympics straight out of highschool. There are serious wrestlers that have gained championship status in the UFC
Yeah but not everyone is on scholarships. You are only talking about a select few and not the majority.
Once mma becomes really mainstream and those people get into mma we'll see. They aren't really into mma yet or actively training/pursuing it for the most part. There are some but it's not like how they are pursuing boxing, ball sports, and music. MMA gyms have primarily been in rich cities and monthly/sign-ups fees are expensive. You are not going to get a lot of people from those communities with that price range.
Depends where they live and there a very few wealthy zip codes. The rest is right smack in there with everyone else. If you are talking about Beverly Hills or something than yeah. The thing with perceived advantages, they have to be taken advantage of. Like I said not all rich parents help their kids out. You see lots of stories from celebs children not doing well or not getting help from their parents. People assume since their parents are famous stars with millions that their kids have millions when a lot of times they are broke. Yeah most probably help their children and cover all expenses but I've seen enough examples to know that isn't always the case for everyone. So I don't assume or judge unless I know for sure. If they have no income that they bring in themselves and it's obvious they are just pulling all expenses from their parents, then yeah that's easy life. But a lot also don't help their kids. Like Dr Dres daughter who had a gofund me over and over again asking for money because she was broke and homeless even though she had a full time job and other gig jobs. So it's not the same for everyone.
Can you add that some context should be added with the names in your op? Seriously just saying a name with no context doesn't help.
How did u get dubs brother?
Context please.
Context please
Who and context?
I thought he was poor as fuck unless u at being funny context please.
Agree but u will at some point...... Maybe.
Context please
I agree. I really wish ppl would put some context here as to what they mean by rich. My wife and I pull in $140k together and we are absolutely not rich. We are middle as it gets but lower middle and under think we are rich.
Context please
Context please.
That's what I'm getting. No one is adding context here at all just saying a name.
Look at this shit lol
Wealth has nothing to do with fighting. You either got it or not. How would money determine how tough you are? I get that if you are "rich" you don't "need" to win for the money but that doesn't change your desire and pride.
My aunt and uncle are rich and my cousin lives in poverty as a dog groomer. They won't give her shit bc they are greedy fucks and care more about their money than their daughter. My parents are going through hardship as well and they haven't helped a bit.
