Jun 8, 2015 Some of you may be familiar with this "curse" that everyone talks about. Many of you may have read this before. I'm looking at the Eminem Curse, which for those of you unfamiliar with it, is the curse where UFC (no significant data for other orgs) fighters that enter to an Eminem song do not do well in their fights. So, I've collected information from all over the internet as well as watching old events to catch intro songs and put together this list. Event - Fighter - W/L - Song Title UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Boetsch - Christos Giagos - Loss - Not Afraid UFC 187 - Andrei Arlovski - WIN - Soldier UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs Lamas - Milena Dudieva - Loss - Till I Collapse UFC Fight Night: Maia vs LaFlare - Godofredo Pepey - WIN - Till I Collapse UFC Fight Night: Maia vs LaFlare - Christos Giagos - WIN - Not Afraid UFC Fight Night: Mir vs Bigfoot - Jessica Andrade - Loss - Lose Yourself UFC on FOX 14: Gustafsson vs Johnson - Sultan Aliev - Loss - Lose Yourself UFC on FOX 13: Dos Santos vs Miocic - Joe Riggs - Loss - Cinderella Man UFC on FOX 13: Dos Santos vs Miocic - Garett Whiteley - Loss - Bad Meets Evil UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Bisping - Vagner Rocha - Loss - Lose Yourself UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs Story - Gasan Umalatov - Loss - Not Afraid UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs Silva - Andrei Arlovski - WIN - Soldier UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs Silva - Jessica Andrade - WIN - Till I Collapse (the same song twice in one event?) UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs Silva - Godofredo Pepey - WIN - Till ICollapse UFC 177 - Chris Wade - WIN - Rap God UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Dos Anjos - Chris Heatherly - Loss -Beautiful UFC on FOX 12: Lawler vs Brown - Robbie Lawler - WIN - Beautiful UFC 174 - Andrei Arlovski - WIN - Soldier UFC 174 - Daniel Sarafian - Loss - Till I Collapse UFC 173 - Robbie Lawler - WIN - Beautiful UFC Fight Night: Brown vs Silva - Erik Koch - Loss - Survival UFC Fight Night: Brown vs Silva - Ruan Potts - Loss - Lose Yourself UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Henderson 2 - Cezar Ferreira - Loss -Not Afraid UFC 171 - Robbie Lawler - Loss - Beautiful UFC 170 - Erik Koch - WIN - Survival UFC on Fox: Henderson vs Thompson - Mike Rio - Loss - CinderellaMan UFC 167 - Robbie Lawler - WIN - Beautiful UFC on Fox: Johnson vs Moraga - Robbie Lawler - WIN - Beautiful UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Silva - Justin Scoggins - WIN - Berzerk UFC 157 - Robbie Lawler - WIN - Beautiful UFC 153 - Reza Madadi - Loss - Till I Collapse UFC 153 - Joey Gambino - Loss - Not Afraid UFC 152 - Seth Baczynski - WIN - Cinderella Man UFC 148 - Tito Ortiz - Loss - Mosh UFC on FX 4 - Joey Gambino - Loss - Cinderella Man TUF 15 Finale - Jake Ellenberger - Loss - Till I Collapse UFC 146 - Bigfoot Silva - Loss - Lose Yourself UFC on Fox 3 - Mike Massenzio - Loss - Rabbit Run UFC 142 - Mike Massenzio - Loss - Lose Yourself UFC 140 - Tito Ortiz - Loss - Cinderella Man UFC 135 - Cole Escovedo - Loss - Won't Back Down UFC 134 - Brendan Schaub - Loss - Square Dance UFC 133 - Tito Ortiz - Loss - Cinderella Man UFC 132 - Tito Ortiz - WIN - Not Afraid UFC 131 - Shane Carwin - Loss - Till I Collapse UFC 128 - Brendan Schaub - WIN - Square Dance UFC 124 - Mark Bocek - WIN - Not Afraid UFC 121 - Tito Ortiz - Loss - Mosh UFC 121 - Brendan Schaub - WIN - Square Dance UFC 121 - Sam Stout - WIN - Go to Sleep UFC 120 - Mark Holst - Loss - Not Afraid UFC 116 - Brendan Schaub - WIN - Square Dance UFC 116 - Kurt Pellegrino - Loss - Not Afraid UFC 115 - Chuck Liddell - Loss - Won't Back Down UFC 114 - Joe Brammer - Loss - Not Afraid UFC 113 - Sam Stout - Loss - Go to Sleep UFC 111 - Fabricio Camoes - Loss - Lose Yourself UFC 108 - Sam Stout - WIN - Go to Sleep UFC 106 - Tito Ortiz - Loss - Mosh UFC 101 - Dan Cramer - Loss - Go to Sleep UFC 99 - Mostapha Al Turk - Loss - Lose Yourself UFC 89 - Sam Stout - Loss - Go to Sleep UFC 88 - Martin Kampmann - Loss - Till I Collapse UFC 73 - Tito Ortiz - DRAW - Mosh UFC 66 - Tito Ortiz - Loss - Mosh UFC 61 - Tito Ortiz - WIN - Mosh UFC 55 - Paul Buentello - Loss - Toy Soldiers UFC 51 - Tito Ortiz - WIN - Mosh So, from the data I have to work with, from Sherdog's Walkmen, FighterXFashion, MMAFighting.com, MSN/Fox Sports, and MMAJunkie's Fight Tracks, fighters walking in to Eminem are now a combined 25-42-1 in the Octagon. If you have more that I don't have posted, I'll update this list as the events progress. I've been working on this list since 2012. As of 6/7/2015, no fighter has won a fight when they enter to the track Lose Yourself. They are 0-8 with that song behind them. The moral of the story: Don't walk in to a fight with the song Lose Yourself playing behind you. As of the posting of this thread, fighters have roughly a 38% win percentage when entering to an Eminem song. Don't tempt fate, it could be the difference between a glorious win and a bitter defeat. http://www.reddit.com/r/MMA/comments/38ycpd/the_eminem_curse_ufc_entrance_music_notes/
Jun 9, 2015 UFC 133 - Tito Ortiz - Loss - Cinderella Man. You have no idea how much I hate that chorus.
Jun 9, 2015 All the Till I collapse losers are forgiven. All the Mosh losers shouldn't have been allowed to fight in the first place
