Why are all the best mma fighters from the USA?

[AnthonyrumbleJoshua]

Look at all the top UFC guys in the present and also in the past. Most are American. It seems to be the same in boxing. Why is this?

It seems in general that USA produces better athletes in most sports. Is it because the US funds athletes more than other countries? I mean the only other country that really produces any good fighters is Brazil and it has come to light that most Brazilian fighters failed USADA testing.

Why is it that most other countries can’t really reach the standard of skills and toughness that USA fighters have? Will it ever change? It would be nice if other countries could produce fighters who could keep up with the American guys.

 

[Jerry the mouse]

I mean the only other country that really produces any good fighters is Brazil and it has come to light that most Brazilian fighters failed USADA testing.

Pretty sure Americans have failed more USADA tests than Brazilians, bud.

 

[La Elefante]

GOAT Nation

#MAGA

 

[AnthonyrumbleJoshua]

Pretty sure Americans have failed more USADA tests than Brazilians, bud.

Any proof there? Even with the ones that have failed. There are still plenty of fighters from the USA that dominate and completely out class fighters from other nations

 

[danny23]

It's not a global sport. Just like most American sports, majority of the world doesn't care about it.

 

[Megatronlee]

Jesus makes us win

 

[LcBR]

It's not a global sport. Just like most American sports, majority of the world doesn't care about it.

This

 

[AnthonyrumbleJoshua]

It's not a global sport. Just like most American sports, majority of the world doesn't care about it.

Even if it was. USA would most likely still be at the top of it. America dominates most other sports internationally. Look at the Olympics or baseball

 

[Hairrow]

Population size, popularity of the sport and availability of training and free time to dedicate to training.

 

[Your Account]

Why are all the best mma fighters from the USA?

Becase they are not.

 

[Leinster Rugby]

Even if it was. USA would most likely still be at the top of it. America dominates most other sports internationally. Look at the Olympics or baseball

List every country that baseball is played in.

 

[DonFrye4Life]

Because 95% of the best training camps are in America.

 

[Hairrow]

Even if it was. USA would most likely still be at the top of it. America dominates most other sports internationally. Look at the Olympics or baseball

There are major sports that the US isn't dominant at--soccer, hockey. I think it boils down to interest level.

 

[AnthonyrumbleJoshua]

There are major sports that the US isn't dominant at--soccer, hockey. I think it boils down to interest level.

If USA had more interest in soccer we would dominate. Its pretty safe to say that. Look at our college level athletes

 

[AnthonyrumbleJoshua]

List every country that baseball is played in.

Pretty sure it’s played all over the world. Why don’t you use google and find out for yourself?

 

[danny23]

Even if it was. USA would most likely still be at the top of it. America dominates most other sports internationally. Look at the Olympics or baseball

Most popular sports are:

Football
Cricket
Field Hockey
Tennis
Volleyball.

America sucks at all of them.

 

[GoldenAzazel]

GSP and Fedor say hi.

 

[bambammccoy]

Fuck man how many accounts do you have?

 

[jeremyemilio]

Because the UFC is an American organization, most of the fights take place in the US, and the sport itself is not lucrative enough to draw athletes to move their entire lives and families to the US, which is what would be needed for most if they were truly going to chase success in the UFC.

There are also great, MLB ballplayers playing in Japan instead of America for similar reasons.

And the alternative of training at home, and then flying half way around the world every six months, with whatever couple of people from your team could make it, on a shoe string budget, to stay in a hotel room, while you cut weight and deal with jet lag in preparation for a fight in the middle of the night, with a guy who slept in his own bed last night or the night before, worked out in his own gym yesterday or the day before, has lived in that time zone his entire life, and has his entire team and family there to support him, does not a promising career make.

(This is also where I like to remind people that Fedor is 4-4 when traveling to the US, and is undefeated in Eastern Europe / Asia, with the exception of the cut... and that Mike Tyson, for whatever else was happening in his life, lost to Buster Douglass on a road trip to Japan.)

 

[FedorFanBoy]

MMA is not so popular yet in whole world. Its a still niche sport.