Average lifespan of a striker?

[CinemaKingdom]

What is the average fighting lifespan of a striker? Not just how long they fight, but how what age do they tend to become washed up with glass chins from taking all of those punches in fights and training? Guys like Wand, Liddell, Cro Cop, they all seem to go out the same way.

 

[myxallion]

MMA is still a young sport so I don't think we have a definite answer for this yet. I would also want to know if someone has answers for this Q.

 

[snoop dogg***]

id say the same as everyone else.. guys are usually done in their mid 30s (35-38). unless they have TRT

 

[PivotPunch]

Wrestlers/grapplers have longer careers they take less punches and can still compete at a high level when their reflexes, speed and chin fades

 

[Gawd]

Well, Lidell and A. Silva was both Champions well into their thirties, so i'd guess it's about the same as any fighters.

 

[CinemaKingdom]

Wanderlei's chin has been much worse for a few years now, Liddell's was bad for the last few years he fought, so while these guys were still around, the abuse obviously caught up to them. Cro Cop's was gone as well. Machida still has his chin it seems but he has only really taken any damage against Shogun and little against Jones. Henderson still has his but he has been getting dropped more in recent years and has TRT help (yes, he came from wrestling but he strikes almost exclusively).

 

[DesertStomper**]

Well Silva was #1 p4p up until 38.

George Foreman was older than Jesus when he became champ.

Dan Henderson is old as fuck and these days is primarily a striker.

Bernard Hopkins is older as fuck.


It's more so the individual than simply the style.

There are strikers who don't get hit much, who have great defense, who take care of their bodies, who last a really long time.

 

[Edgar Allan Hoe]

It depends on how much punishment they are willing to take and the rest is simply genetic.

As for there overall lifespan. Striking is probably the most similar to Basketball. You peak in your late 20's, early 30's and decline rapidly after 33. If you do not rely on speed and reflexes but mainly power and your ability to absorb damage then you can peak later on ala George Foreman.

Anderson Silva seems like a freakish anomaly but in reality he is just that much better at striking than 99.9% of MMA fighters and so he was able to coast comfortably in his late 30's. Bernard Hopkins is the real freak.

 

[DesertStomper**]

Wrestlers/grapplers have longer careers they take less punches and can still compete at a high level when their reflexes, speed and chin fades

Not really true.

Because they generally lack in the striking, so when they fail to grapple someone to decision they end up getting brutalized in the striking and damaged far worse than someone who is naturally a striker would.

Couture lasted so long because he didn't start till he was in like his 30's and he was by most accounts on TRT/HGH

 

[Edgar Allan Hoe]

Not really true.

Because they generally lack in the striking, so when they fail to grapple someone to decision they end up getting brutalized in the striking and damaged far worse than someone who is naturally a striker would.

Couture lasted so long because he didn't start till he was in like his 30's and he was by most accounts on TRT/HGH

That only became a factor 2 years ago when the average grappling in MMA skyrocketed.

 

[Glen S]

completely depends on amount of damage taken....defensive strikers last longer than pure brawlers....

 

[red whip**]

Wanderlei deserves a medal for lasting as long as he has. He must be like 1000 years old in fighting years.

 

[RawDawgBob]

57 years , its a fact. I read it on wikipedia.

 

[nobre arte]

57 years , its a fact. I read it on wikipedia.

Are you sure? i think you inverted, the right answer and most obvious one is 75

 

[ali2013champ]

depends if they love to take hard shots

 

[CinemaKingdom]

Wanderlei deserves a medal for lasting as long as he has. He must be like 1000 years old in fighting years.

He really does, his chin also looked better in the Stann fight. He was dropped several times but recovered, instead of going out cold. He looked more like he used too. Perhaps fighting less has helped him?

 

[TheMadHatter]

the average lifespan of a striker is 64.7 years