A Staggering Statistic about Age in MMA.

35 is kind of late too. There aren't many other sports that involve speed where people are in their primes at that age. There's some people who are still very good but how many are at their absolute bests?
 
Interesting stat. Colby is 35 already. Leon will be 32 this summer. Statistically Leon should win but time is running out for him too.

What I want to know is what if a declining 35 year old from that weight bracket moves up. Does he automatically become prime again ?
 
Hellowhosthat said:
35 is kind of late too. There aren't many other sports that involve speed where people are in their primes at that age. There's some people who are still very good but how many are at their absolute bests?
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Very few, it does happen though, late primes. David Taylor seems to be peaking now at nearly 33 in freestyle which is not common. I think Volk is hitting his peak right now at 33-34, but for the most part even the 35 year olds who are ontop, aren't at their absolute peak anymore. I look at primes as a curve though, there's when you enter it, the slow climb to the peak, the peak, the slow descent out of your prime and then when you've actually fallen out of your prime. It's not always a slow climb or a slow descent though, of course it can be quite abrupt and there's a lot of extenuating factors.
 
It gives credibility to ufc match making overall if true. Obviously the guy declines from their past best but they still have to come up against someone relatively as good. I'm sure the elite 35 + fighters could still beat the breaks off of the bums of the division
 
Brit_Brawler said:
Interesting stat. Colby is 35 already. Leon will be 32 this summer. Statistically Leon should win but time is running out for him too.

What I want to know is what if a declining 35 year old from that weight bracket moves up. Does he automatically become prime again ?
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2-3 years as champion isn't running out of time, thay would be a hell of a run if Leon was able to reel off 3-4-5 title defenses, he's good but I don't think he's that good. Usman ruled over a dog shit WW division but I Leon's gonna catch a lot of the new wave with Shavkat, Jack Della and maybe a couple others if he's able to hang on to that belt for a defense or two.

I don't think WWs can just jump up to 185lbs, even the absolutely massive WWs are often smallish at MW, it's a big 15lbs. Whittaker did it when he was like 23 and actually grew into the division over years, Leon won't be doing that. I also think 35 is long in the tooth for MW too and Andersons reign and the shallowness of the division have just skewed the statistics. But MWs definitely hang on a year or two longer at the top more reliably in my opinion.
 
HuskySamoan said:
But MWs definitely hang on a year or two longer at the top more reliably in my opinion.
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Ye, Pereira looks like he's in his prime. About to be 36. I think he can have a new career at LHW and stay there for like 2-3 years. I think he can beat Hill as well. He's gonna be very hard to beat if he improves his wrestling. Seeing how Glover got the belt at 42. Dogshit division.
 
IloveTHIS said:
in 2 years and there would really be no argument against his ATG #1 GOAT
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Well it's fantasy make believe speculation and opinion so there really isn't anything real but there will be arguments
 
ExitLUPin said:
Luke stole this from a guy on Twitter.



Apparently TWood is the only one with wins but 1 win was against a 39yo Maia and the other against Darren Till lol
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So 0 wins for lw and under once reaching 30, pretty significant.
 
HOLA said:
And MW.

Alex Pereira is 35. GSP was like 36 when he won. Bisping was like 37. Anderson didn't lose to Chris until he was 38 or so.

Glover, Jan, Jon Jones, Liddell, Randy, Werdum, Stipe, Smith, etc...all 35 and older when champs.

Yoel beat Rockhold in a title fight over 35, but didn't get it because he missed weight. Also many thought he won the Whittaker rematch. He was like 40.
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Makes absolutely no sense to make an arbitrary distinction like that.
 
Lower weightclasses this is obvious. Speed is such a big factor. Makes sense the only exception was at WW.
 
HuskySamoan said:
I just heard Luke Thomas claim that there's been 30 times in UFC history where a fighter age 35 or older at 170lbs or lower, so from Welterweight to Flyweight fought in a title bout and do you know what the win/loss record is for them apparently? 2 out of 30, that's right, they lost 28 out of 30 times. I think MMA fans don't understand what a fighters prime is or how significant age is. I hear so often "he's only 36" or that a 30 year old is "young" with "plenty of time", no guys, not really.

So here's a fun fact to check. I haven't done the leg work to confirm it but it sounds right, when I compiled the data of every champions age when they won the title and lost the title and created averages...The highest average for the age of a champion when losing the title of any division was Heavyweight and it was roughly 34 years old. The claim that "the heavier weight divisions age slower" I wholeheartedly agree with but I think people fail to mention another huge driving factor why that is, it's because those divisions are incredibly shallow compared to 170lbs and lower.

Credit to Alexander Volkara France of Twitter.

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Wow!

Immense stat!

Wouldn't have seen that!

RIP Colby.
 
Siver! said:
Wow!

Immense stat!

Wouldn't have seen that!

RIP Colby.
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Yeah I was digging to see if the stat was wrong, it's not. I thought maybe Sherk was LW champ at 35 but it was 33 years and 11 months and then I wanted to check Deiveson Figueiredo but he was 34 years and 1 month.

Not just Colby but it makes you look at Henry Cejudo coming back at 36 to fight Aljo a little differently huh? And Volkanovski will be 35 this September. Or maybe Gilbert's chances of fighting for a title again when he's 36 already. Fun stuff, really.
 
I'd sacrifice my favorite fighter (Volkanovski) just to see Alga beltless. Please Triple Clown, get it done!
 
HuskySamoan said:
Yeah I was digging to see if the stat was wrong, it's not. I thought maybe Sherk was LW champ at 35 but it was 33 years and 11 months and then I wanted to check Deiveson Figueiredo but he was 34 years and 1 month.

Not just Colby but it makes you look at Henry Cejudo coming back at 36 to fight Aljo a little differently huh? And Volkanovski will be 35 this September. Or maybe Gilbert's chances of fighting for a title again when he's 36 already. Fun stuff, really.
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I like Volk's chances of improving tha stat, but hate Cejudo's chances. Can't afford that level of inactivity at such a competitive set of weight classes imo

Will be very interesting to keep an eye on, great job my man!
 
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