Conor McGregor What a startling statistic it is that, since the turn of 2015, the number of European fighters to have won UFC titles over the course of its 22-year history has doubled. When Poland’s Joanna Jedrzejczyk dethroned Carla Esparza as the women’s strawweight champion of UFC 185’s co-main event in March, she became the continent’s third titleholder. It had been just shy of a decade since Andrei Arlovski had beaten Paul Buentello to unify the promotion’s heavyweight title all the way back at UFC 55. Prior to the exploits of the lately resurgent Arlovski, recent UFC Hall of Fame inductee Bas Ruten was the only European to have worn UFC gold
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In wake of McGregor-mania, here are Europe’s other best young hopes for UFC gold – MMA Junkie