The Theory of “The Eminem Curse” in MMA.
There’s an interesting theory in MMA about the Eminem Curse which states that the fighters who walk out with a song of the Detroit Rapper tend to lose more of their fights. There are around 189 results where an Eminem song has been used by one of the fighters, since the first one which happened on 5th, February 2005, when Tito Ortiz walked out to Eminem’s controversial song ‘Mosh’.
In a post on Sherdog forums, creator Jei describes the details behind the Eminem MMA curse, which stands at 86-98-3 after the last result at UFC Fight Night 164. He made a complete database that suggests that fighters using Eminem songs win just 45% of their fights. Jei has been writing about this theory for years.
The inventor of the spreadsheet, “Jei,” previously disclosed the details of the alleged Eminem MMA curse.“This is a culmination of my work with the UFC Entrance Music and Fight Result database that I have put together,” he wrote.
“I released a version of the Eminem Curse in 2012 but gathered a lot more data since then. As the thread was lost due to the migration, I cannot remember exactly when I posted my curse data but it was at least before July 2012.”
“To those of you unfamiliar, for years, there has been speculation that UFC fighters walkout out to an Eminem song have lost. I wanted to put that curse to the test.”
After the most recent match, the alleged Eminem curse stands at 86-98-3 (86 loses when Eminem’s music is used, against 98 wins [the figure 3 is unknown]): 164th UFC Fight Night.
Check out the full database here.
