Biggest age difference in a fight, where the older fighter won?

capnlarge said:
Diego Sanchez is 10 years older than Mickey Gall but feels at least 20 years older
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In only 12 fights, Mickey Gall fought
  • CM Punk
  • Sage Northcutt
  • Diego Sanchez
  • Mike Perry
That alone must have been a lifetime of experience and must have prematurely aged him. If he'd been around a few years earlier and fought Junie Browning as well, he might have become immortal or something.
 
I remember Frankie vs Yair when the older fighter down right embarrassed the young one. Guessing age difference must have been like 20 years.
 
Dandy Chiggins said:
I remember Frankie vs Yair when the older fighter down right embarrassed the young one. Guessing age difference must have been like 20 years.
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36 vs. 24-year old. Frankie just turned 40 a year or two ago, though it seems he's been around forever
 
Not even joking, but If it's just age gap, a Sherdog may be one half of the fight.

I can't remember his username but he had a match against Skip something (he was the oldest MMA fighter at the time.
The sherdogger name I wanna say was Evan?

Any old school Sherdog users have any idea?
 
I was going to bring up Roy Nelson's recent win in Masvidal's bare knuckle MMA, but found out his opponent was only 5 years younger at age 41...with only 3 prior fights, lol
 
Nathan LaMontagne said:
Not even joking, but If it's just age gap, a Sherdog may be one half of the fight.

I can't remember his username but he had a match against Skip something (he was the oldest MMA fighter at the time.
The sherdogger name I wanna say was Evan?

Any old school Sherdog users have any idea?
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I kind of remember that...the Skip part. I didn't know anything about his opponent. I though all Sherdoggers stood 6"7 and were 350 pounds with black belts in multiple disciplines + D1 or Dagestani wrestling experience.
 
mkt said:
I kind of remember that...the Skip part. I didn't know anything about his opponent. I though all Sherdoggers stood 6"7 and were 350 pounds with black belts in multiple disciplines + D1 or Dagestani wrestling experience.
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I used to talk on AIM with the non skip half all the time. I'm pretty sure if we can figure out the skip fellows last name, I can probably figure out the rest.


Related to old Sherdog and AIM but not this thread.

Anyone remember or keep in touch with Vindaturk?

Last I heard from him, he called me, left a voicemail, I got it late, was gonna call the next day, phone broke and the voicemail with callback number was gone. Sad times...
 
It was SKIP Hall

Debuted at 57 fought for 6 years.

Will report back

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Dan Severn (42) was 21 years older than Forrest Griffin (21) in 2001. Severn took him down at will for 3 rounds and stayed in his guard

I'm sure he beat a lot of younger fighters than that too, but none of them have wikipedias.
 
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Nathan LaMontagne said:
It was SKIP Hall

Debuted at 57 fought for 6 years.

Will report back

Edit: auto correct
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Skip Hall (martial artist) - Wikipedia

He has a Frank Dux thing going with inflated accomplishments in the military...but did win a few fights at a very old age. I'm not sure if any of them are suspected works. People have said that about both Travis Fulton and Dan Severn, who had a ton of wins in small circuit fights.
 
mkt said:
Skip Hall (martial artist) - Wikipedia

He has a Frank Dux thing going with inflated accomplishments in the military...but did win a few fights at a very old age. I'm not sure if any of them are suspected works. People have said that about both Travis Fulton and Dan Severn, who had a ton of wins in small circuit fights.
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I think the fact that he ended up with a 3-5 record probably leans away to fights being fixed. I think just the attraction of his age was probably attention enough.

I think my ol Sherdog buddy beat him in amateur. I DID see the video and distinctly remember details about getting said video.
Wish I remembered more. Memory is a fickle bastard.
 
mkt said:
Skip Hall (martial artist) - Wikipedia

He has a Frank Dux thing going with inflated accomplishments in the military...but did win a few fights at a very old age. I'm not sure if any of them are suspected works. People have said that about both Travis Fulton and Dan Severn, who had a ton of wins in small circuit fights.
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Travis Fulton basically picked out people with zero fighting experience out of small hillbilly bars out west. 90% of the time Travis Fulton would just take them down and pummel them in one round. Other times the kids were scrappy and survived a round or two until he KO'd them. And then like 2-3% of the time the guys put up a fight and actually won. A good majority of the fights are recorded.

They were legit fights, but they were mismatches and shouldn't have been sanctioned. He basically did it as a circus act to pad his record. How they are recognized as professional fights are beyond me. He was a professional fighter, but most of his opponents weren't. So are they considered professional fights?

Forgot that he was facing major time in prison for child porn/exploitation before hanging himself. Sad ending for almost an urban legend in MMA.
 
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