Why is it GOATs disproportionately lose to guys named Matt?

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GSP's only two losses on record are to Matt Hughes and Matt Serra.
Fedor's only stiff KO is from Matt Mitrione.
Jones's only loss on record is to Matt Hamill. He also had an embarasing loss in wrestling to Matt Riddle of all fucking people.
Royce Gracie also lost to Matt Hughes.

also, i am told that Pat Miletich, who used to be the badass in UFC before the guys above, lost to Matt Hume and Later to Matt Lindland.

BJ Penn is the only big one i can find that has a positive Matt record (beat Matt Hughes twice and Matt Serra once, losing only once to Hughes)


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Its common first name
 
Anderson KO'ed stiff by Matt Weidman.
Fedor demolished by Mattfoot Silva
BJ Penn beaten twice by MattSP
Aldo put down in Matteen seconds by MattGregor
 
Anderson KO'ed stiff by Matt Weidman.
Matt Weidman's a beast
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Because out of 3 billion men in the world, about 2 billion are named Matt.

The rest are named Muhammad.
 
lol, Royce Gracie also lost to Matt Hughes.
 
If you are going into MMA, you should change your name to Matt and only challenge a GOAT in one of the weight classes.
 
GSP's only two losses on record are to Matt Hughes and Matt Serra.
Fedor's only stiff KO if from Matt Mitrione.
Jones's only loss on record is to Matt Hamill.


<TheWire1>
Fedor got face down ass up KO'd by a guy named Dan.
 
Relatedly, I've wondered why the GOAT candidates disproportionately have weird things happen to them in the cage/ring:

Fedor: BS cut "loss" early in his career and near double-KO late in his career.
Anderson: DQ loss from upkick (Okami), Victim of a once-in-a-lifetime submission, breaking his leg on a checked kick....
Jones: DQ loss to Hamill

It's all a conspiracy. Probably by Matt.
 
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GSP's only two losses on record are to Matt Hughes and Matt Serra.
Fedor's only stiff KO if from Matt Mitrione.
Jones's only loss on record is to Matt Hamill.


<TheWire1>

Matt, in ancient Greek Mythology (adopted from earlier Egyptian, adopted from earlier Nubian mythology) was "Matteus" - the lord of goats.

He was commonly pictured holding up a severed head of a goat in one hand and a club in the other. In the epic battles he typically beat the goat's neck like a pinata until the head ripped off for him to hoist up to the sky in defiance of goatkind everywhere.

Draw any conclusions you like but it would be weird if the mythology was 100% unrelated to MMA championship fights...
 
Some fighters are great on the matt, others aren't.
 
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