5 UFC fighters who were unbeaten in their home country

#2. Georges St-Pierre – former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion – unbeaten in Canada

None of the great Georges St-Pierre's losses came in his home country of Canada

Given that he’s probably the greatest fighter of all time and easily the greatest fighter ever produced by Canada, it should hardly come as a surprise to learn that former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre never lost at home.

Indeed, ‘Rush’ only lost two fights throughout his epic career, falling to Matt Hughes in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Matt Serra in Houston, Texas.

What makes St-Pierre’s run at home most impressive, though, is that he was such a big star for the UFC that he almost exclusively fought in Canada for the majority of his lengthy five-year reign as welterweight king.

Of his 26 career wins, 11 of them came in front of his countrymen, with five of them coming prior to his octagon career and five of them coming in title fights, including four in a row between 2010 and 2013.

Interestingly, the closest that GSP came to losing in his pomp was against Johny Hendricks in November 2013, which marked his first bout outside of Canada since March 2010. Essentially then, it was hard to defeat St-Pierre anywhere, but it was practically impossible in Canada.

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#1. Michael Bisping – former UFC middleweight champion – unbeaten in the UK

None of Michael Bisping's nine UFC losses came at home in the UK

A former UFC middleweight champion as well as a Hall of Famer, Michael Bisping remains easily the greatest fighter to enter the octagon hailing from the UK. If anything, the fact that ‘The Count’ paved the way for the likes of Dan Hardy, and later Paddy Pimblett and Tom Aspinall, remains the greatest part of his legacy.

However, to say that things were never plain sailing for Bisping in the octagon would be an understatement. He had to fight in the promotion for an entire decade before he finally won gold, famously knocking out Luke Rockhold in June 2016, and suffered a number of brutal losses over the years.

Despite tasting defeat on nine occasions, though, Bisping was always able to win in front of his home fans. After hanging up his gloves at the end of 2017, he did so having never fallen to defeat in the UK.

It wasn’t like Bisping didn’t fight at home, either. In fact, the UFC would regularly visit the UK during his tenure with the promotion, usually with ‘The Count’ either in the headline or co-headline bout.

Of Bisping’s 30 MMA wins, 19 came in the UK. While 10 of those wins came prior to his octagon tenure, most in the Cage Warriors promotion, he also picked up some huge UFC wins at home, including over Anderson Silva, Chris Leben, Yoshihiro Akiyama and his title defense against Dan Henderson.

Overall, then, ‘The Count’ will be remembered as a true great everywhere, but in his native UK, his legacy may never be surpassed.