On January 24th, Paulo Costa took to Twitter to ask the MMA community a question: "Name the current most hated UFC fighter."
Name the current most hated ufc fighter
— Paulo Costa ( Borrachinha ) (@BorrachinhaMMA) January 24, 2024
The question sparked a heated discussion, with many sharing their opinions.
Michael Bisping joined the conversation by retweeting Paulo and adding, "Who’s your top 5 most annoying right now?"
Who’s your top 5 most annoying right now? https://t.co/cAeE2ZAzv2
— michael () January 24, 2024
Twitter Poll Methodology
The method employed was to collect a maximum of 5 valid votes per account for active UFC fighters. The results were as follows:
- Paulo received 28 individual names and 242 votes in total.
- Bisping received 68 individual names and 578 votes in total.
- There were 22 instances of names overlapping.
To create a more concise analysis, names that received only 2 mentions were dropped.
Vote Breakdown
For a more detailed breakdown of individual votes, see the chart below:
In the detailed breakdown, you can see the number of votes each fighter received from both Paulo and Bisping's tweets.
Fighter Rankings
Here are the top 5 rankings from both Paulo Costa and Michael Bisping:
| Rank | Paulo Costa | Michael Bisping |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Garry | Ian Garry |
| 2 | Paulo Costa | Colby Covington |
| 3 | Colby Covington | Belal Muhammad |
| 4 | Belal Muhammad | Khamzat Chimaev |
| 5 | Khamzat Chimaev | Juliana Pena |
Analysis
The top 5 lists look similar, with the exception that Paulo received higher marks on his own tweet.
When normalized, Paulo Costa's replies indicated more disdain for Ian Garry than in Bisping's replies, even though Garry received top marks in both.
Bisping's replies showed more animosity towards fighters like Conor McGregor, Jon Jones, and Juliana Pena than Paulo's replies.
In the world of UFC, emotions run high, and love and hate can sometimes mean the same thing: good ratings.
However, one exception seems to be Colby Covington, who seems to have annoyed the fans with his last performance a lot. So much that they don't even care to see him fight.