Who is the most popular current UFC champ?

[Geniusss]

Zhang?
Shevchenko?
Nunes?
Moreno?
Aljo?
Volkanovski?
Islam?
Edwards?
Pereira?
Hill?

It's kind if crazy but I don't see any current champion as super popular, who is the most popular one among them all? Islam maybe?

 

[SharpasaRazor]

Depends whether you mean popular with hardcore fight fans or popular with a wider audience -

FIght fans - Volkanovski and all 3 womens champs are broadly respected I'd say

Mainstream - None really have any particular star power, maybe Islam a bit from Khabib in certain parts of the world. If I had to guess then Islam, followed by Pereira probably the biggest 'draws' right now but neither world beaters

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

Probably Islam, Pereira

 

[13Seconds]

I think Volk has the least amount of haters? Which is incredible because that really wasn't the case after the second Holloway fight.

Normally i would pick Moreno as the biggest fan favourite but It seems like people are annoyed with him simply because of the Figgy fights.

If course im strictly talking in sherdog.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Tbh, the current heavyweight champ is more popular than all of those people...

 

[ALAN PARTRIDGE]

Damn, thats a poor mans list.

compared to 10 years back etc

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

Tbh, the current heavyweight champ is more popular than all of those people...

Who?

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Who?

 

[machidafan99]

Aljo

 

[IndyCovaHart]

That’s some sad ass star power right there.

wow.

 

[Goutfather]

volk has the least amount of haters because he went through the long process of silencing them, and he seems to be a good dude. then pereira, moreno. everyone else generates massive amounts of ambivalence so there are no haters.

 

[JumJum]

Damn, thats a poor mans list.

compared to 10 years back etc

Those guys would have wiped the floor with the former 10 years ago champs. If you want trashtalks go watch WWE.

 

[ThePimblettEra]

Damn.

I wonder why the pink goof has a hard-on for slap fighting, lol.

 

[TheTickG]

Jiri

 

[BlackGirlLover]

Islam has millions of followers on IG, gonna go with him.

 

[Rio Ferdinand]

Easily Islam.

All the khabob fans need to have a place to go

 

[ALAN PARTRIDGE]

Those guys would have wiped the floor with the former 10 years ago champs. If you want trashtalks go watch WWE.

 

[Natural Order]

Islam and Zhang

 

[Codburn]

Pereira is the one most interesting but probably not most popular so Zhang by a billion of people.

 

[Dacha]

Arguably 12 years ago, single weight division had more star power than all ufc together now.