Why are all the best mma fighters from the USA?

All sports are made up. At least we're good at our made up sports. You guys suck at soccer any more. All you've got is cricket on which to hang your hats. lol...Cricket....
And what basis do you really have to say how good you are at your sports when there is virtually no competition ? It's a little harder to be the best at football/ soccer when you have pretty much the whole world participating.
Thats kind of the whole point of the argument that you have further proven
 
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

No proof needed for any intelligent individual. There are more American athletes in the UFC, that means there are more Americans doing steroids in the UFC. If the majority of the athletes in the UFC were Brazilian, Canadian, Chinese or whatever, then we would have more athletes doing steroids from any of these nations. It's a sheer number thing.
 
Just a few of the main reasons for more good American fighters are:

1. UFC is an American org. Americans are more exposed to it so more Americans see it as a future and want to join, they fight at home more often than anybody, American athletes have to sacrifice far less to be in the UFC.
2.The number of Americans in the UFC out number even the second most represented nation by several folds. More American representatives in the sport, more good American representatives in the sport. It's a sheer number thing
3. Larger population.
4. The rest of the world doesn't really care for MMA. Most average person in places like Europe and Asia have no idea what MMA is.
5. the rules.
6. This is not a question any intelligent person would ask, because the answer is just too obvious. All the above plus several other points already posted in the thread.
 
American's don't even care about MMA, nor do our best athletes, and yet we are still on top of the MMA world. Our best athletes are playing in A-level paying sports. MMA gets our leftover C and below level athletes. Guys who couldn't make it in our highest paying sports. Guys like Miocic who wanted to play Major League Baseball, but turned to MMA when he couldn't make it in Baseball.

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Miocic failed at MLB and became MMA's premier HW champion.
 
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


Looking at the olympics right now and the US is no where 2 b seen.

Looking at baseball and dominicans n cubans are dominating.

Soo ..... yeah ..... kinda .... kinda awkward right now .... #1 with #alternative facts ?
 
It's not a global sport. Just like most American sports, majority of the world doesn't care about it.

as an american, this is the real answer. a few more things to point out though. there are way more people in the u.s., so by the numbers, americans should have more skilled fighters. and two, americans excel in wrestling, and it's probably the most important base in mma, because you can generally dictate where a fight takes place.
 
If rest of the world had interest in American sports then US wouldn't be as dominant as well. American sports are incredibly stale.

ah, come on. you didn't need to add that insult at the end. i mean lots of americans find football (soccer) boring as hell to watch. to each their own. it all comes down to interest as to which countries excel in which sports.
 
Damn this thread triggered a lot of foreigners I see. Just accept it and move on. Any sport that takes athleticism, Americans dominate! Basketball and football. MMA too!
 
Looking at the olympics right now and the US is no where 2 b seen.

Looking at baseball and dominicans n cubans are dominating.

Soo ..... yeah ..... kinda .... kinda awkward right now .... #1 with #alternative facts ?

Yeah, fucking Norway with a 5 million population steals the show in the Olympics.
 
Size and diversity of the population. Wealth and resources, multiple martial arts traditions.
 
Because most other first world countries offer free or extremely cheap higher education, have better education systems and quite a few don't even have athletic teams at all levels of education.
 
Also, America's mens teams get their shit pushed in on a regular basis when it comes to the most popular sport in the world.

it isn't. nobody in europe cares about baseball. same goes for most of asia except japan.

Koreans love baseball and there some players from there in the MLB.
 
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.
TL;DR - Because that's how sports work, this is a sports forum. We focus on Cerrone's nice performance last night, although early stoppage, and we stop right there, scratch politics.

You're so naive... You really think USADA can catch any sort of steroid in your body, right? And even if they could, why would they go for it? What do they earn? The basic question is: "What's more important to a govt: Fairness in sports or being the best at everything?" (And earning money from merchandising/stuff?)

5 years ago authorities unfold a russian federal program for roiding their athletes, only possible due to a whistleblower pro athlete, now, should USA govt even though they intercept internet traffic from all over the world (allied military/authorities included) be so concerned about PEDs? Yes, but only from others. That's the rule worldwide.

If you ever tried to use a cheat on some online game (in my case Team Fortress 2) you'll see that online cheating forum even take the time to show you how to cheat without getting caught, the cheating software made per se include an option to miss every now and then.

How come that awesome genetics only affects pro athletes, not the average joe, who is usually a fat plump when compared to his <any other place in the world> version? (Not trying to say americans are naturally fat, just not naturally slim)

Don't get me wrong, all countries either do it or want to, USA only has the biggest number of strings to pull.
 
as an american, this is the real answer. a few more things to point out though. there are way more people in the u.s., so by the numbers, americans should have more skilled fighters. and two, americans excel in wrestling, and it's probably the most important base in mma, because you can generally dictate where a fight takes place.
Is not the real answer, there is combat sports in the whole world.. MMA is not a style, is rules you can use almost whatever technique you want
 
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