Published 22:25 IST, November 28th 2019
UFC faces Eminem curse; fan creates compelling theory to prove it
UFC News: There is an interesting theory in MMA — The Eminem Curse; a fan study claims that MMA fighters who walk out to Eminem songs tend to lose their fights
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MMA fighters, who often use music by Eminem for walkouts, are supposedly destined to lose ir fights. An MMA fan has decided to put toger a record of all fighters who walked out to Eminem songs and lost ir bouts. This was an attempt to prove that Eminem curse is real in MMA. spresheet has a total of 188 entries recorded till date and it keeps an account of all fighters who have used Eminem’s music.
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Eminem curse - A myth or a superstition?
It is a detailed excel sheet that was created some years ago with first entry being that of 2005 clash between Tito Ortiz and Vitor Belfort at UFC 51. former scored a victory after walking out to Mosh by Eminem. latest entry is that of UFC FN 164 where Andre Muniz walked out to Lose Yourself by Eminem and defeated Antonio Arroyo. data features some of most table names which involve likes of Nate Diaz, Francis Nganu, Jeremy Stephens, and Anthony Pettis amongst many ors.
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Eminem curse runs wild on UFC fighters
sheet has been created by a fan named Jei who has explained Eminem MMA curse in great detail on his forum. According to data, fighters who have used Eminem songs have won only 45% of ir fights. That's less than half ir fights! It seems like Real Slim Shy has been unlucky and put down a lot of good fighters over years who decided to walk out to his music.
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While it may just happen to be a superstition, it does seem to hold some truth (unfortunately for Eminem and fighters).
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19:37 IST, November 28th 2019