It's a damn shame Yoel is 41 years of age

[OrigFan255]

Such a shame that we have to see old man Yoel against prime Luke and not a prime Yoel. Hope Yoel pulls it off. Fighting at this level at in your forties is extremely hard to do, and Yoel has been doing an amzing job while doing it.

It's a damn shame he didn't start mma ealier and we haven't seen him compete in MMA at his physical prime, that would have been one of the scariest fighters ever.

OLD?

All you we can see is a fighter's age as if the body goes on auto shutdown exactly at age 40.
YOU cannot see their heart.

Fu*k Dat!

 

[X Factor]

Physical prime is between 19-23 I don't understand why most mma fans don't understand that, doesn't mean you're at your best as an athlete because of things like experience and skill but physically you're never at your peak

 

[jeff7b9]

You're naming skill positions though (those examples are still amazing). Now tell me about the 40 year old running back who is still at the top of their game.

Also those guys started playing that sport before their physical prime and right through it, allowing them to maximally hone their ability.

Part of the TS's point is that Yoel started super late and was already out of prime when developing his skills aside from wrestling.

Fighters peak at different ages.

Lennox Lewis was born in 1965
Mike Tyson was born in 1966.

Even though Lewis is younger it was Tyson who was champ in the mid 80s winning the belt at merely 20, Lewis became unified champ in 1999, 13 years later.

The point is, fighters peak differently.

Yoel had not yet fought in MMA at 31, so he didn't have the sparring miles typical of a 31 year old fighter nor did he have the experience.

It is a shame that shitty matchmaking has deprived us of matches between the most talented group of MW ladies the sport has ever seen...

But even if Yoel is past his absolute fighting peak, he is pretty damn close still. He still has speed, power and explosiveness that 99% of fighters never had on their best day.

His best performances could be over or could be yet to come, we will see.

 

[GSPenn1991]

A 41-year-old is surely not in his prime, lmfao.

That was Randy Couture's prime.