The Romans' legacy exists through Italic-speaking countries. In order of peak GDP, the most powerful have been:
France
Brazil
Italy
Spain
Mexico
Argentina
Stipe wrestled at 197 lbs in college.
Poatan came up from 185 lbs.
Strickland came up from 170 lbs.
Leon came up from 155 lbs.
Do Bronx came up from 145 lbs.
Topuria came up from 135 lbs.
Nunes came up from 135 lbs.
No he wasn't. He wasn't as tall as advertised, plus he had a relatively narrow waist with thin wrists and ankles, when compared to proper heavyweights like Ngannou and Blaydes.
His natural build was comparable with other former 170 lb fighters like Jailton and Thiago Santos.
Arlovski was a UFC champ at 265 lbs, but lost a UD to former 170 lb fighter Rumble Johnson.
Jon Jones is a UFC champ at 265 lbs, but many people think he lost to former 170 lb fighter Thiago Santos.
GSP was a UFC champ at 185 lbs, but got taken to a split decision by BJ Penn, who fought at 145...
It's funny you should mention Overeem. I reckon in an openweight scenario, the best MMA fighters born in Europe, excluding Eastern Europe are easily:
Gane - France
Aspinall - UK
Overeem - UK
Gustafsson - Sweden
I'm surprised Aspinall is the betting fav. He has the thinnest resume of anybody who fought for the UFC HW title since Mark Hunt almost 9 years ago.
Guys like Blaydes, Volkov and Tuivasa have done far more in the sport than him without ever getting close to a title shot.
I reckon Pav will...
They began properly tracking that stuff in 1968.
In terms of TV market size, Rangers vs D-backs is the the 5th largest vs the 11th largest, so it wasn't a horrible match-up.
Here's the last 30 years...
China isn't rich, and countries like Saudi Arabia and UAE take massive amounts of poor immigrants, relative to their native populations; more than Western countries.
Japan and South Korea both have unique languages that are extremely difficult for non-native speakers to learn in adulthood...
Strickland - lost UD 5
Poatan II - won KO 2
Poatan I - lost TKO 5
Cannonier - won UD 5
Jan - lost UD 5
Anderson - won UD 3
Brunson - won TKO 1
Wilkinson - won TKO 2
...a 75" reach is pretty normal for a UFC MW, by the way, it isn't anything exceptional.
In terms of biggest annual competitor, biggest-to-smallest:
WWE - AEW - many would argue it's already a better product.
NFL - XFL - the top level guys are interchangeable with lower level NFL guys.
NBA - EuroLeague - the top level guys are interchangeable with lower level NBA guys.
NHL - KHL*...
65 Power Five schools, 85 scholarship players allowed on each roster at any given time; that's 5,525.
262 picks in the NFL draft, that means you have to be in the top 4.7% of scholarship players in the Power Five even to get picked last in the NFL draft; Mr. Irrelevant is actually Mr. Beast.
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