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I've been a fan of the sport since VHS. This sport has evolved through so many stages to get where it is at currently...every era had its icons or legends.... I could walk you down memory lane for a minute, but that would be tedious....
It started for me with chuck and fedor and randy.... Quickly going from other worldly to human, in less than a years time. The great fighters of my generation are making their exits in the next few years... Hendo, Wand, shogun, shit even Anderson and gsp won't hold the top of the mtn forever.
I look at this sport now and it seems to be getting younger and younger.... Struve, jbj, Dom Cruz, Aldo, Gustaffson... Idk it's already happened... The franklins, Hughes, penns, are gone... I guess every sport goes through this change.... Do you think with the best fighters gravitating around that 24-28 age range (gsp is 31 now for example, almost bordering "old" for a fighter) do you see another Henderson or randy ever again fighting successfully to 40+?
I think that is a phenomena that may bite the dust when all the old dogs finally leave the sport.
Thoughts in general? Fighters to add to my lists? Observations about the age trend?
It started for me with chuck and fedor and randy.... Quickly going from other worldly to human, in less than a years time. The great fighters of my generation are making their exits in the next few years... Hendo, Wand, shogun, shit even Anderson and gsp won't hold the top of the mtn forever.
I look at this sport now and it seems to be getting younger and younger.... Struve, jbj, Dom Cruz, Aldo, Gustaffson... Idk it's already happened... The franklins, Hughes, penns, are gone... I guess every sport goes through this change.... Do you think with the best fighters gravitating around that 24-28 age range (gsp is 31 now for example, almost bordering "old" for a fighter) do you see another Henderson or randy ever again fighting successfully to 40+?
I think that is a phenomena that may bite the dust when all the old dogs finally leave the sport.
Thoughts in general? Fighters to add to my lists? Observations about the age trend?