2. Hometown Heroes
TwitterSometimes, its a little difficult to get into a sport without having someone to properly support. Lets face it: no one gets into football and doesnt support one particular team. You either support your hometowns team or another youre affiliated with in some way (provided youre not a glory hunter). Of course, if youre an idiot youll have watched Green Street and decided to become a West Ham fan because you think it makes you hard but regardless, theres always a team or an individual youll support to heighten your emotional investment in the sport. People have their favourite fighters in MMA too and its much easier to get behind a guy whos from the same place as you are. After all, youve both walked the same streets, eaten the same sort of food and thrown up in the same dingy club toilets after too many drinks on a night out. Unfortunately, the hometown heroes from the UK are few and far between but we have a few up and comers from various cities in the UK so there should be someone for everyone so to speak. The best active fighter of English origin in the UFC is Michael Bisping, one of the promotions greatest heels. Bisping is noted for being involved in some of the best rivalries in UFC history. If he was from anywhere else wed probably hate him, but the Manchester-natives aggressive, in-your-face style forces us Brits to get behind him.