India is a very fanatic country, they have alot of celebrity worship going on. All the Ufc needs to conquer the market is an indian mma star, just like the guy said.
It's going to be tough for an Indian fighter to become a champ in the UFC especially in the smaller weight classes because the depth is going to get ridiculous as soon as china,Korea,Japan, fighters make their way 2 the UFC. This is def going 2 be the most interesting season of the UFC.
An Indian wrestler got a silver medal at the Olympics and the day before he wrestled for the gold medal he was vomiting and suffering from dehydration. But even pro wrestling is ahead of MMA there due to the theatrics and entertainment value. In India films and cricket are always going to dominate the conversation.
I still don't really understand this. India per capita was BY FAR the worst country at the Olympics and they are not really top tier in any sport with the exception of Cricket. There are a lot of other countries that have strong wrestling bases or judo bases that the UFC should be trying to jump aboard. I'd like to see a European version of TUF with guys from all over Europe. Not to mention why not try to get some of the guys from the UAE that have been training BJJ for like 15 years now.
I really don't see India as a type of country to be in to MMA and wearing UFC hats and tapout merchandise. Like the poster above me stated practically the whole population of that country is dirt poor.
Ufc is better off targeting Russia or China. Get rid of tha crappy M1
MrMead - Never understood why the UFC thought it would be a great idea to go to India.
me either
i think the thought process went "india has a huge population, lots of young males, lets go there"
theres not really any martial culture in india at all, no sports culture to speak of, no mohawk douchbag culture and no MMA scene to speak of.
There are lots of indians here in Manchester UK where i love. Every SINGLE OF THEM that ive asked says that MMA will not take off there, whether its UFC or whoever. They have no appetite for it and it doesnt really fit their cultural traits
but meh, whatever, UFC can give it a go and see what happens.
Seriously. Canada is the only country without a real history of violence that the UFC has done well in. It's one of those traits you really need to look for in a place where you want to bring the UFC. I would be pushing into central Europe, Turkey, Italy, hell even send some people to the south pacific to train up some Samoans. But I guess India might help supply feeders eventually in the lower weight classes.
MrMead - Never understood why the UFC thought it would be a great idea to go to India.
me either
i think the thought process went "india has a huge population, lots of young males, lets go there"
theres not really any martial culture in india at all, no sports culture to speak of, no mohawk douchbag culture and no MMA scene to speak of.
There are lots of indians here in Manchester UK where i love. Every SINGLE OF THEM that ive asked says that MMA will not take off there, whether its UFC or whoever. They have no appetite for it and it doesnt really fit their cultural traits
but meh, whatever, UFC can give it a go and see what happens.
Seriously. Canada is the only country without a real history of violence that the UFC has done well in. It's one of those traits you really need to look for in a place where you want to bring the UFC. I would be pushing into central Europe, Turkey, Italy, hell even send some people to the south pacific to train up some Samoans. But I guess India might help supply feeders eventually in the lower weight classes.
That is what I meant but didn't want to type anymore. Plus I wanted to see how many people would say, "1 billion people live there, that's why!"
Lobo8 - India is a very fanatic country, they have alot of celebrity worship going on. All the Ufc needs to conquer the market is an indian mma star, just like the guy said.
So the excuse is that Indians have been brought up on Bruce Lee movies? Seriously? That is lame. Americans were brought up on Kunfu Movies with terrible voice over dubs, and the younger generation were brought up with Jacki Chan and Jet Li movies.
Just say Indians are too busy begging in the streets because 1) Their government neglects them or 2) they still have the skin color system that keeps dark skinned Indians segregated and poor.
