Sports history is rife with champions who were somewhat less expressive than the average piece of equipment with which they plied their trade. Bill Russell, Eli Manning, Ivan Lendl and every single golfer and baseball player who has ever lived come to mind. That can be disappointing or inconvenient, especially here in Social Media America, but the fact is that some people and cultures are just plain old not emotional.
That can actually be an advantage in the pressure cooker of big-time pro sports. But the whole thing takes on a different dimension when you’re talking about MMA. It may be even more advantageous in combat sports, given all the violence and adrenaline overdrive and all. As you know, Fedor Emelianenko is one of the sport’s all-time great champions and unemotional fighters.
There’s also the matter of fact that a more robotic fighter is either knee-slappingly hilarious or knee-bucklingly terrifying. No real middle ground there.
Guess which category fits each of these 10 fighters, who I regard as the most robotic, stoic and/or unemotional in the UFC today.