Although focused on the middleweight title fight Champion Anderson Silva vs. Chael Saturday's UFC-117-card can Sun - probably the most virulent outspoken challenger in the promotion's history - and USA hot vs. Brazil. ? for the first time in the promotion's story, are each fight on the main map between an American and a Brazilian.It is appropriate that modern mixed martial arts owes much of its framework of the Gracie family of Brazil, and the sport become a worldwide phenomenon thanks largely to the promotion and the marketing machine that is the UFC in America.
At Saturday's pre-fight press conference said UFC President Dana white, there was no strategy, to build a map to fighters from the two countries.
"It just kind of worked so", said White."I would love to tell you we are the brilliant and this is how we this thing, but it is just the way which it out am sure it will be fun for Brazil wirkten.Ich your guys win or what to see, but the manner, I think, mixed martial arts is, people from all over the world care about guys from other Ländern.Sie have people in the United States who want to see dos Santos Silva or (junior) or who it is from Brazil win, too.Das is not really one such sport."
Although the sport of mixed martial arts vs suitable fighter, regardless of the country of origin to fighters more than it does to all geographical boundaries if there is a rivalry, USA vs. Brazil the Yankees-red become Sox, Celtics-Lakers, Packers bears or Liverpool Manchester United in the MMA world.
In 221 UFC fights between Brazilian and American Brazil currently holds a 117 102 lead, there two draws.
During lists of the greatest fighters included in the certainly names outside these two countries - Fedor Emelianenko, Mirko Filipovic, Bas Rutten, Takanori Gomi, Oleg Taktarov and Georges St-Pierre, name sport's story a few - an overwhelming number of MMA big originate or in Brazil and in the USA
So is not Brazilian that is surprising apart from Americans, were the mainstays in the UFC.157 Total events, including Saturday's UFC 117 map have only 21 Brasilianer - amazing 87% not included.
But go further within the numbers when it comes to the Brazilians faced Americans, including more than five times on Saturday will happen but it is the percentage close, Brazil has a significant lead before the USAIn between Brazilian and American Brazil 221 UFC is currently a 117-102-lead, there were two draws.
UFC pre Zuffa infancy Hall of Famer Royce Gracie led that victories over who won Brazilian kostenlos.Mit like Ken Shamrock and Dan Severn Gracie his first eight fights against American fighters before finally to fight to a draw with Shamrock. 8-1: 1 against US competition was his only loss of Matt Hughes at UFC 60.Gracie out helped Brazil to a 10-1-1 lead against the Americans - although no such official statistics are kept by the UFC.It was not until UFC fight night 2 that it has in the United States its first lead.And the United States went to fight night 7, 48-47-1.But since regained the top on the fight night 8, Brazil still not repented - 101-82-1 at UFC 98, his largest lead in the rivalry up.
Modern, is Silva, which has dominated.He is 8-0 against Americans and it looks nine straight against Sun Saturday machen.Auch on Saturday's-an American fighter against test card, DOS which calls Santos his first career; Rafael dos Anjos, taking clay Guida, is 2: 2 against Americans Hughes is an impressive 5-1 in the UFC opponents, Ricardo Almeida, against U.S. fighters; and Thiago Alves, despite a loss for Jon Fitch earlier in his career, sees his 4-2 record against the States in the pair's rematch added.
Other remarkable Brazilian fighters against Americans in UFC history include Pedro Rizzo (7: 4), Vitor Belfort (6), Gabriel Gonzaga (5-2) and something surprisingly plays given his last exit from promoting, Thales, who is a perfect 5-0 against American competition in the UFC.
On the U.S. side, the two most successful American Brazilian opponents are two Hall of Fame, Chuck Liddell (5-1) and Randy is couture (5-2) .Hughes, fellow Hall of Fame, 4-1, his only loss coming Alves.Und Tyson Griffin is 4-0.Liddell's only loss came in to Mauricio Rua UFC 97.Couture lost Belfort and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.
With all his main map Saturday with Brazil vs. the USA fights, the UFC is new - type treten.UFC 58 Canada was called vs. dominant USA waren.Den USA went all eight fights on the map between fighters from these two countries 5-3, under the leadership of then Middleweight Champion rich Franklin's decision on David Loiseau.
But not even a company record for most Brazil US games on a Karte.Diese is deserves honor 117 UFC UFC 85, the six battles between Americans and Brazilian featured.
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