Why doesn't the UFC have any Arab fighters?

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I mean the Middle East has a long history and great tradition with combat sports such as wrestling and boxing. People there tend to have aggression and a winning mentality so it's strange to me that there aren't any fighters from countries like Egypt, Morocco, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, or Palestine, etc.

Is it the lack of gyms/MMA teams in that region?
Is MMA an unknown sport in that part of the world?
Lack of TV coverage for the sport? Who has the UFC rights in the middle East?
 
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Ramsey Nijem is Palestinian I think.
 
Beniel Dariush is Iranian also.

The guy that took that brutal flying knee from Edson Barboza.

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This thread is going to be deleted like my gay mma fighter thread was.
 
True Arab badasses like Abu Azraele are busy ridding the world of isis scum
 
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