Why not black champions in UFC?

[txbudoka]

Let's see...Rich is fighting who this next time.......He fought who last time.....

WoW, Dana is really trying to keep blacks out of that weight class!

[scottsec]

Originally Posted by chungt79

Koscheck is shit. i am sorry but he is absolute shit.

?????????????? Shit????? Have you watched him fight?? Kos is on the way up. P.S. This thread is retarded. Take a look a the racial make-up of ufc/ pride before you even ask this question.

[Afro]

Originally Posted by txbudoka

Let's see...Rich is fighting who this next time.......He fought who last time.....

WoW, Dana is really trying to keep blacks out of that weight class!

nope Dana isnt tryna keep blacks out of the weight class or the UFC

hes tryna keep good fighters, and those who can beat his boys out of the UFC

[FCardelle]

Yes, there are black fighters, but I think that they are not the best ones.

For example, Anderson Silva is a great striker and he is one of my favourite fighters with Muay Thai rules. But he isn't strong enough for UFC rules and I am afraid that he will lose clearly.

[BigBanda]

Well there are a good number of black people in MMA already and there really is no conspiracy or anything surrounding it. This is kind of a dumb post and could start a racist debate which is not a good idea. Fact is if you are the best then you will have the belt no matter what the color. I love MMA cause you get to see a wide variety of fighting from all different races.

[LethalStriker]

In the history of UFC there has been several non white champions Maurice Smith, Kevin Randleman, Carlos Newton, Royce Gracie, Caol Uno, BJ Penn

Caol Uno was never a champ in UFC. He had a few title shots though, against Pulver at UFC 30 and Penn at 41.

[Afro]

Originally Posted by LethalStriker

Caol Uno was never a champ in UFC. He had a few title shots though, against Pulver at UFC 30 and Penn at 41.

whats the deal with Uno? is he retired or somethin, nevermind just looked up his recent fights

[Boo]

What the hell are you guys getting so excited about. The guy says he's from Europe, he's made an observation and he wants to know why. Relax

I watch a lot of Pro Basketball and it IS dominated by black athletes. Just making that observation, doesn't make it a racist comment. It's just a fact. Frankly, I don't watch enough of the other sports, so I can't comment on those.

FCardelle, this is just one persons opinion, but I doubt there not being any current black champions has any one cause.

As someone mentioned there have been black champions in the past, but you are right, there are a lot more white people in the UFC.

Like Afro mentioned, MMA is a young sport, and this is a very big country. One of the reasons for the predominance of whites is probably caused by where in the country MMA has evolved from. I'll give you one example. One of the best training camps in MMA is the Miletich Camp. It is located in the state of Iowa. In comparison to the rest of the country, Iowa has a small black population, thus you would just naturally see more white fighters come out of that camp. I can assure you that if a talented black/asian/latino fighter wanted the opportunity to train there, he would be given it.

I'm sure there are other reasons, I've just thrown out one. I think you will see over time more ethinic diversity in the sport.

Just to be very clear, I do NOT believe it is because of racism.

[Hypergit]

Originally Posted by Afro Samurai

Rashad Evans is undefeated, Melvin Guillard looks like a contender, Anderson Silva could be champ, Chiek Kongo is on his way up, GSP is about to fight for a title

I think to count as being black you need to actually be black, not just have black friends lol jk

With regards to the thread title, there are and will always be lots of different races at all levels of mma. The amount of styles available to utilize in this sport mean that no race should have any physical advantage over any other. Also, UFC would certainly like some high profile black fighters to increase their ppv figures etc so that's nothing to do with it (obviously).

git.

[Afro]

ya im black and I dont see the racism in the thread, its just an observation.