The UFC is an MMA promotion that includes many different fighting events, gathering thousands of people to watch fights with top MMA stars like Conor McGregor, Alex Pereira, Islam Makhachev, and many others.
MMA helps athletes to become international stars, build a significant career, and even create a personal brand. What mostly differs the UFC from any other sports, is its no-holds-barred approach to fighting using both grappling and punching movements.
The UFC stars are more than just athletes, they’re businessmen who know the sport deeply with all its nuances and challenges. They analyse their performance and the opponent’s, they understand how to work with social media, that is crucial for any athlete, as it helps to become famous and get the fandom. Professional Analysis is essential for sports betting too. There are lots of bettors who love the UFC, watch fights, and follow their favourite athletes on Instagram.
In addition, bettors should be aware of handicappers that offer them guides and factors that significantly affect the outcome of placing odds. Handicappers’ knowledge also lets bettors get special insights into different sports.
As it was mentioned above, the UFC athletes are international stars with fandoms and loyal watchers of their fights. Fans like to know more about their favourite’s life to be a part of their path and learn how he has become so strong and successful.
This is very easy to do through social sites like one of the most popular ones – Instagram. Every year there is research and statistics that shows the most popu;ar UFC fighters in the world by the amount of followers of their Instagram accounts. In the era of digital, you can hardly find a person without an Instagram account.
Let’s examine the top 5 of the UFC athletes.
1. Conor McGregor – McGregor has 47.4 million followers on his account, which makes him the most popular UFC fighter in the world. He calls himself “the face of the fight game”, and, of course, he isn’t wrong. McGregor is famous not only for his great fights and wins, but also for his performance in cinema and promo videos. He isn’t an actor but practices it oftenly and really appreciate it.
2. Jon Jones – The second place goes to Jon Jones with 9.2 million followers. In the sports world, he is known as the best fighter of all time. For example, the age of 23 he beat Mauricio Rua and became the youngest UFC champion.
3. Islam Makhachev – Makhachev is a current UFC champion in the lightweight division, and his popularity is only growing. He’s known to have only one loss by knockout and more than 12 wins.
4. Khamzat Chimaev – Chimaev is another UFC fighter that is mostly loved by people around the world. His last victory over Robert Whittaker in Abu Dhabi proved his greatness in the fans’ eyes. He has 8.7 million followers.
5. Israel Adesanya – Adesanya is the fifth UFC athlete in the top 5. His followers are estimated to present 8.6 million people. Before MMA, he practiced kickboxing and boxing, and has become quite successful in both martial arts. His career in the UFC is significant too. One of his most significant victories was in 2018 over Derek Brunson. Adesanya knocked the opponent off and earned the Performance of the Night award.
