Sports
Most Popular Sports in Tennessee

Depending on which state you are living or visiting in the US, the most popular sport among the population will differ. However, a recent study completed in 2020 shows that American Football is the most popular sport in 19 of the 50 states, with the NFL dominating. However, that is not the case in Tennessee and the most popular sport as voted in the study done by Myprotein is College Football.
The Tennessee Volunteers are the biggest college football team in Tennessee. They represent the University of Tennessee and participate in the Southeastern Conference as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. If you need convincing as to exactly how popular the Tennessee Volunteers are in the state, you need just one glance at their stadium and fans on a game to understand. The Neyland Stadium has a capacity of over 100,000 people and is an awesome sight when it is full of fans dressed in orange and white on a game day. Neyland Stadium is the fifth largest stadium in the United States and the seventh largest stadium in the world.
The average attendance for Tennessee Volunteers games at the Neyland Stadium since 1946 is 68,925 fans per game. You must only go back to September 2004 to find the record attendance at the venue for a Tennessee Volunteers game and that was 109,061 when Tennessee defeated Florida. So, based on the incredible attendance figures alone, it is easy to conclude that College Football is one of the most popular sports in Tennessee.
The good news is that it is now possible to have a wager on the Tennessee Volunteers throughout the football season. There are many fantastic online sportsbooks operating in the state, including William Hill, with the app available to download in Tennessee. William Hill is one of the biggest names in sports betting across the globe and you will find a huge range of sports and betting markets available on a daily basis, including football, basketball, and ice hockey.
Interestingly, ice hockey is fast becoming one of the most popular sports in Tennessee. The Nashville Predators are one the favorite teams to follow among Tennessee’s professional sports franchises. A survey conducted by the Middle Tennessee State University in 2017 showed the Predators enjoyed a significant chunk of the fanbase. However, it is worth noting the Predators had a successful 2016/17 season, during which they reached the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in their history, so that achievement may have skewed the figures somewhat.
Another of the most popular sports in Tennessee is basketball and the Memphis Grizzlies represent the state in the National Basketball Association. During the course of a NBA season, over 600,000 fans will attend games at the FedExForum and in 2018/19, the average attendance per game was 15,578. Clearly this figure only shows the number of people inside the venue and they are thousands of basketball fans in Tennessee who are watching games in bars and homes.
In addition to the Memphis Grizzlies, the Tennessee Volunteers men’s basketball are extremely popular and soccer has also started to gain a good fanbase, thanks to the introduction of Nashville SC. The team play in Major League Soccer at the Nissan Stadium, having been founded in 2017.
Sports
The Soccer Master Who Became MMA Legend – Pawel Kozlowski

Pawel Kozlowski was born in 1992, in Gniezno, Poland. The footballer-turned-MMA fighter was born to rule the ring. He was destined to achieve greatness, and he did that in style. Early in his life, at 17, he played soccer to mesmerize the world with his natural talent, but his love and passion for Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) never faded. His life took a significant turn during a break from soccer training, triggering an unrelenting interest in MMA. Taking advantage of his football break, he enrolled in a club with facilities for boxing, Thai boxing, wrestling, and Jiu Jitsu. It was a decisive moment in his life. After playing soccer for nine years, he decided to make a professional career in MMA.
The Shift – Training For MMA
When preparing for a professional MMA fight, Pawel takes a strategic approach, planning all the tactics eight weeks ahead of the event. Usually, he trains 2-3 times a day and maintains a balanced and nutritious diet for this purpose. Before going into the ring, he follows a special diet to maintain weight.
The MMA Early Days – Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
In 2010, Pawel Kozlowski started training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. After a year of toil and hard work, he finally tasted success at the Austrian National Championship. Since then, he has never looked back, winning the World Pro Jiu Jitsu Trials and the European Championship. In 2016, Paweł Kozłowski became the national champion of Poland and Austria in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. At the WKF World Championships in Italy, he won the runners-up medal in the Sanda category and a Bronze Medal in the MMA category. He also won the Qualification for the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Championship, which took place in Abu Dhabi. BJJ Fanatics website lists Pawel among the three best BJJ players from Poland for 2016. In 2014, he joined the Vienna edition of the charity action “You will not keep the Master – Sportsmen for Children.” In July 2016, he established the Alpha Jiu-Jitsu Academy to train aspirant individuals.
Greatest Achievements
Pawel’s most significant career moments came at the WKF World Championship, where he won Silver in Sanda and Bronze in MMA. He is a multiple Austrian and Polish National Champion and has won the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam twice. In MMA, he has 5 professional bouts, all of which he won in the first round and all by Submission. Pawel has also defeated the 2012 European champion twice.
The Pride Of His Parents
Pawel’s father always wanted him to become a soccer player, and he was not very happy with him not playing football anymore. Still, he continued to make a name for himself in MMA, making his parents proud of his unprecedented achievements.
Fighting with an injured knee
The most challenging fight for Pawel was the fight in the final of the Open Championship, held in Croatia in 2012. It was his first fight after sustaining a knee injury, and he only had 10 days to prepare for it. In the final, he was leading his opponent with a 2:0 score line. Unfortunately, his stamina was running out, and the opponent took full advantage and won back-to-back points to lead with a 2: 6 score line. However, he got two more points and eventually won the fight with a 7:6 score line, with only 10 seconds to go for the final whistle.
Pawel Kozlowski – The Legend
At pro-MMA, Pawel Kozlowski is unbeaten with a record of 5-0-0, securing all his wins in the first round. He is also a six-time European Championship medalist in Jiu Jitsu, having won over 400 matches with another 500 Jiu Jitsu fights worldwide. He has won three European titles and the Grand Slam in Abu Dhabi, the most prestigious tournament in this sport. Pawel released an instructional DVD about a technique he has developed called the “GremlinLock,” thus becoming a legend of the sport.
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