News UFC Signs Chinese Fighter Sasha Palatnikov

[WorkingClassJabroni]

Just like not all Americans are white, not all Chinese people are yellow. This should not be hard to understand, but there are a lot of racists in this board who believe that people of certain ethnic backgrounds should stay in specific parts of the world because that's their "real" home.

 

[CerebralKnievel]

Yeah same here. He's a ginger guy named Sasha repping Hong Kong. Pretty out there lol

It was a British colony for over 100 years. Also, it is an amazing place to experience. Very unfortunate that it's going to be assimilated back into China.

 

[Mr.Maelstrom]

Nah I figured it'd be a dude. Sasha is quite often a man's name in foreign countries

Even names like Jamie or Pat, I always assume it's a chick lol.

I saw sasha, thought of sasha grey and clicked only to see some dweeb with a beard.

 

[VolkHan]

Well the other HK fighter I know is named Alain Ngalani so it’s ok

 

[Colemanstove]

The Chinese Fedor

 

[Mr.Maelstrom]

It was a British colony for over 100 years. Also, it is an amazing place to experience. Very unfortunate that it's going to be assimilated back into China.

I shit you not, I first learned that by seeing Rush Hour when I was 10, lol

 

[Hellowhosthat]

This is like Frances national soccer team
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Something doesn’t look right here!

Why is that any different to America's basketball team all being black dudes?

 

[CerebralKnievel]

I shit you not, I first learned that by seeing Rush Hour when I was 10, lol

I learned about HK from reading Tai Pan, which is an amazing novel.

 

[DarthChen731]

He seems like a white guy with a white name.

He's a Chinese white guy with a white girl's name.

 

[pride_rules]

russians in china is a thing. no shock here

 

[Do The Evolution]

Obviously a Southeast Asian dude like myself.

 

[JohnRam87]

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

It's both

Alex (Alexander/Alexandra)

It's a unisex name. I've met plenty of female Sashas.

Yes. Female =/= unisex

There is mma fighter from Germany named Sascha Sharma and musician named Sascha Konietzko, so I think it's not only for Russians/Slavs.

Yeah, it's a lot of Eastern. It's Greek as well.

 

[tjumper78]

something doesnt match but i like it!

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

He's from Hong Kong, which (until now, I suppose) is not China.

Huh? It's basically always been China, (while also only technically not been). It's been China since BC, but was leased to England as a colony until 1841, and remained a British Colony under China's declaration until 1997, where it was retroceded back to China. The debate is about their independence and operation as a separate system, but their sovereignty has basically always been China, but was technically 'rented' as a British Colony for 150 of the last like 200 years.

 

[CerebralKnievel]

Huh? It's basically always been China, (while also only technically not been). It's been China since BC, but was leased to England as a colony until 1841, and remained a British Colony under China's declaration until 1997, where it was retroceded back to China. The debate is about their independence and operation as a separate system, but their sovereignty has basically always been China, but was technically 'rented' as a British Colony for 150 of the last like 200 years.

Thanks for the superfluous history lesson. My point is that HK is not culturally in sync with China due to the fact that it was overseen by Britain for hundreds of years. It is much more diverse in all aspects, is an epicenter of world finance, and it isnt as odd for a white guy to align with the HK flag as it would be for a white guy to walk to the octagon with a Chinese flag.

Granted, this may all likely change in the future.

 

[Benoitthegr8]

Sasha Palatnikov sounds about as Chinese as Stipe Miocic and Kamaru Usman sounds American... just saying

 

[Post 2 Decision]

This is like Frances national soccer team
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Something doesn’t look right here!

Very athletic and explosive

 

[OldFashion]

This is like Frances national soccer team
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Something doesn’t look right here!

what doesn't look right there to you? Do you think they are not french because they are black? Do you think the same about african americans?

 

[Strychnine]

Thought it would be a girl when I clicked the thread

Sasha is a boy's name.