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Fighting on Home Turf in the UFC: Advantage or Disadvantage?

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dreamtect
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08.31.2015 | 11:09 AM ET

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txmmafan1985
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08.31.2015 | 12:28 PM ET

I think it differs between each individual fighter. For some guys, fighting in front of a hometown crowd is a great confidence booster and drives them to perform better.

For other guys it's a burden. There was one fighter in a recent article somewhere (I'll try to find it) who said he doesn't like fighting in his hometown due to the fact that it puts more pressure on him. Again, I guess some guys handle it better than others, but that's just my opinion.
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08.31.2015 | 3:49 PM ET

Typically judges are biased with hometown fighters with the exception of a few fights *cough* *cough*Machida vs. Davis *cough*

"You fight midgets" - Nate Diaz


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