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Potential reality of UFC future
Recent UFC 294 event is a prove that UFC is going into that direction. Makhachev in his recent interview told Dagestani realities. Previously, gyms were full and boys dreamed of becoming wrestling champions. Now gyms are also full, but boys dream of becoming UFC champions. Not the richest region of the world, hardworking and hungry fighters - UFC watch out
P.S. I kinda laughed at Tom Bob
Potential reality of UFC future
Recent UFC 294 event is a prove that UFC is going into that direction. Makhachev in his recent interview told Dagestani realities. Previously, gyms were full and boys dreamed of becoming wrestling champions. Now gyms are also full, but boys dream of becoming UFC champions. Not the richest region of the world, hardworking and hungry fighters - UFC watch out P.S. I kinda laughed at Tom Bob
And if a Dagestan Fighter is fighting a non-Dagestan fighter you can be sure that the odds will be in favor of the Dagestan always, just like what is happening in this event most Dagestan are favorable to win and most of them won their fights in the UFC 294 so it is really not that surprising as Dagestan is a most dominant fighter not only with the UFC but with other fighting company out there so it is a good rule of thumb that most bettors will be on the Dagestan, most of the time,
Dagestan fights wants to be things to be like you say, but reality is different
If the things were as you say, we would see only them in pound-for-pound rating Still, and I am really glad of that, skill determines who is the best, not who and where you are from. As an example - look at light heavy and heavyweight division. Barely we see a guy from Dagestan there. And it does not mean that there are not LHW or HW Dagestan fighters. Other promotions are full of them. Lets guys have a small discussion about recent Francis Ngannou vs Tyson Fury fight. But not about the fight itself, but on the possible changes in UFC or MMA promotion it might cause. Francis has showed, that MMA guys can compete on rather high level against elite boxers. So should we expect fighter migration to professional boxing? Give me your thoughts.
Not every MMA fighter is a good boxer and not all of them would be given the opportunity to compete at the highest level for big money. So no... Maybe a few.
As for Ngannou, I think Dana White could be starting to regret his decision on not allowing Ngannou fight in boxing. In one interview he said that Hunter Campbell regretted the decision because Hunter really wanted to keep Ngannou in the UFC. Dana White said he had no regrets. But as a businessman he prolly did. Ngannou's match vs Fury would've brought the UFC's stock up imho.