Will an Indian ever hold a UFC strap?

[vishal-ajj]

When Super Fight League started, they had many promising prospects, but unfortunately, most ended up having a mediocre career. It's when the UFC was going to do a TUF: India, and break into the Indian market.

They never did though, because the talent wasn't there. One of India's best fighters actually fought for OneFC a year or two ago, and tapped to strikes in the first round of his debut, if I can remember correctly.

However, they have a solid fighter who's undefeated training at Greg Jacksons.

His name is Rajinder Meena he is a Wushu/kick boxing guy with no ground game. He fought thrice in OneFC I think and has been finished by subs and TKO in his last 5 fights. The guy who was training @ Jacksons is Chaitanya Gavali. He lost his last fight @ Brave combat ... was a very close fight.

 

[potemkin723]

As long as they can fix their hygiene, then they got a chance.

 

[Ironnuts]

I dated a cute indian woman, they all listen to there parents and there parents don't want them doing anything that has a slight chance of not being successful, she said thats why you don't see alot of famous musicians or actors that are indian because its a high chance of failure

*their

 

[FlyingDeathKick]

Who's that? Looks like David Teymur on steroids.

 

[Maiji]

I work with a ton of Indians and they don't seem to be into MMA much. That said, India is a massive country with over a billion people. One would think they'd be able to produce a top tier fighter or two.

However all the Indians I work with don't seem to possess an athletic bone in their body. I'm confident that if my office had an open weight tournament I'd at least make it to the finals.

So, will we ever see Dana putting the belt on an Indian fighter?

Why, why does race have to come into everything. If you said this statement in many other context it would be racist. Why does it matter what race they are? As a whole we are race obsessed.

 

[Bacco]

 

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[Aggro]

LMAO

In India , with 1+ billion people, the fastest ever 100 meter time is...10.37 sec

10.37 sec in 2017 !!!

That speaks of Indians' athletic ability. LOL
A basic measure, admittedly. But objective numbers (time) don't lie

Even a Chinese & Japanese have broken 10.00 sec for the 100m sprint.
So have the rest of the world...everyone EXCEPT Indians

You really don't need money or gov support to do the 100 m.
The potential if you are truly fast is apparent from day 1.
You just run fast.

It's not like a high "skill sport" like golf, baseball, tennis or basketball where you need shoes, equipment etc & years of practice to reach full potential.

 

[TheRassler]

Who's that? Looks like David Teymur on steroids.

he went from a jobber (left), came back jacked, and now he's the current WWE Champion (right).

Jinder Mahal.

 

[The Natural Born Runner]

Fuck no.

 

[Sakuraba7]

Dude, Amir Khan vs. any random Indian would make billions, possibly trillions, and quadrillions might not be out of the picture.

Nationalism is a funny thing.

Yeah, but when the guy inevitably loses, then they'll cry foul. Might cause a couple rallies/protest, accusations at Khan for playing dirty, maybe some Pakistani flags being burned and shit talking.

 

[Shidlord]

I work with a ton of Indians and they don't seem to be into MMA much. That said, India is a massive country with over a billion people. One would think they'd be able to produce a top tier fighter or two.

However all the Indians I work with don't seem to possess an athletic bone in their body. I'm confident that if my office had an open weight tournament I'd at least make it to the finals.

So, will we ever see Dana putting the belt on an Indian fighter?

About as likely as a heavyweight boxing champ

 

[dfoster]

well, they're pretty athletic in their own way

 

[elfeliz]

UFC strep*

 

[elfeliz]

 

[AusMMAfan]

An Indian already fucked Arianny so I'd say thats just as, if not more, impressive.

I was going to comment but this thread is over lol. 10/10

 

[dfoster]

 

[Paradigm]

As long as they can fix their hygiene, then they got a chance.

Never stopped Lindland from competing...some even say it helped him in the cage.

 

[Strategery]

I work with a ton of Indians and they don't seem to be into MMA much. That said, India is a massive country with over a billion people. One would think they'd be able to produce a top tier fighter or two.

However all the Indians I work with don't seem to possess an athletic bone in their body. I'm confident that if my office had an open weight tournament I'd at least make it to the finals.

So, will we ever see Dana putting the belt on an Indian fighter?

Apparently you have not actually worked with Indians like I have. The topic should be zombied.

 

[SuperNerd]

If the move to USA and train there, maybe