5 UFC fighters who were unbeaten in their home country

Despite an up and down career, Michael Bisping never lost in the UK during his octagon tenure

The UFC is truly a global promotion with fighters from all over the world. Some of those fighters have definitely used home advantage to help them more than others.

Over the years, we’ve seen a number of UFC fighters who would often suffer losses when fighting outside of their home country, only to produce their best in front of their own fans to remain unbeaten there.

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Whether this was down to blind luck or was actually down to the home support given to these fighters by their countrymen remains a fair question to ask.

Either way, here are five UFC fighters who were unbeaten in their home country.

#5. Charles Oliveira – UFC lightweight champion – unbeaten in Brazil

Charles Oliveira has never fallen to defeat in Brazil

While he’s now undoubtedly the best lightweight on the planet, it’s probably fair to say that Charles Oliveira’s career in the UFC has been an up-and-down one.

‘Do Bronx’ debuted in the promotion as an unbeaten prospect back in 2010, but it didn’t take long for him to lose that unbeaten status. Over the years that have followed, Oliveira has actually fallen to defeat on no fewer than eight occasions, although he hasn’t lost since 2017.

Fascinatingly, all of those losses have come outside of Oliveira’s native Brazil, where he remains unbeaten overall.

11 of Oliveira’s 12 pre-octagon wins came in his home country. Since he arrived in the promotion, he’s won a further six bouts in front of his countrymen, first returning there in February 2014 to submit Andy Ogle.

Oliveira’s biggest win in Brazil was probably his March 2020 victory over Kevin Lee. Interestingly, that bout came in front of no fans at all, as it turned out to be the headliner of the first show to take place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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As for his eight losses? Three took place in the US, but remarkably, ‘Do Bronx’ has lost four times in Canada, meaning that he should probably avoid fighting in that country in the future!