Current MMA Champions by age

BFoe said:
Even if you removed Randleman, it would still be 3 fights in that span against good competition, same as Strikeforce.
I’m not trying to be difficult here btw, I’m being sincere. If fighting 3 good fighters in 13 months counts as consistently fighting top competition like you say about the Strikeforce run, then it needs to count every time Fedor did that in his career. That’s all I’m saying.
I totally agree that it’s easier to put together a long win streak if less than stellar comp is included. But you are indicating it has a bearing on how well he performed against good competition— like somehow it’s easier to beat the Nogs, Hunts, and Mirkos of the world if there’s a TK or Nagata fight sandwiched in there too, and that’s what I’m not following.

I get that we disagree, but do you at least see where it coming from? Am I making sense here lol?
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I understand what you're saying, of course, but it seems like excuses or a rationalization. Replace TK, Valavicious, Nagata, Ogawa, Zulu, and Lindland with let's say....Couture, JDS, Barnett, Cain, Overeem, or Mir (Mir that finished Nog 2x) - and how does his record look? Everybody fought more frequently back then, especially the PRIDE guys. That's no special feet exclusive to Fedor either, and there's no rationalization that can excuse the #1 HW in the world from fighting unranked and freakshows 70% of the time. Nada, my dude.
 
Fioretti said:
I understand what you're saying, of course, but it seems like excuses or a rationalization. Replace TK, Valavicious, Nagata, Ogawa, Zulu, and Lindland with let's say....Couture, JDS, Barnett, Cain, Overeem, or Mir (Mir that finished Nog 2x) - and how does his record look? Everybody fought more frequently back then, especially the PRIDE guys. That's no special feet exclusive to Fedor either, and there's no rationalization that can excuse the #1 HW in the world from fighting unranked and freakshows 70% of the time. Nada, my dude.
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Whoa there tiger, now you’re changing the topic. What percentage of Fedor’s record those fights make up is not what we’ve been discussing.
The issue was:
1. did Fedor fight good competition as often as fighters do today? Or put another way: 2. Is the Strikeforce run the first time he consistently faced good competition?

The answer to the first question is yes, Fedor fought good competition as often as people do now. That’s easy to prove.
For number #2, the answer is no, Strikeforce was not the first time he did that. It doesn’t matter if you define consistent as “3 good/ranked opponents in a 13 month span,” or “3 good/ranked opponents in a row with no squashes in between”— no matter which way you define it, Fedor did it successfully before Strikeforce.

There’s no excuses present in anything I just said, just straight up facts about his record my friend.
 
BFoe said:
Whoa there tiger, now you’re changing the topic. What percentage of Fedor’s record those fights make up is not what we’ve been discussing.
The issue was:
1. did Fedor fight good competition as often as fighters do today? Or put another way: 2. Is the Strikeforce run the first time he consistently faced good competition?

The answer to the first question is yes, Fedor fought good competition as often as people do now. That’s easy to prove.
For number #2, the answer is no, Strikeforce was not the first time he did that. It doesn’t matter if you define consistent as “3 good/ranked opponents in a 13 month span,” or “3 good/ranked opponents in a row with no squashes in between”— no matter which way you define it, Fedor did it successfully before Strikeforce.

There’s no excuses present in anything I just said, just straight up facts about his record my friend.
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Well, neither of those were really the topic to me. My statement is him going only 50% the first time in his career that he faced 6 top 10 opponents in a row, and him going 3-1 the very first time he ever faced 4 in a row. That equates to a lower performance when consistently facing top 10 opponents. Your rationalization is his fight frequency with top fighters mixed in with non top fighters. That's not really the premise. What I mean by consistently is exactly that...consistently. Mixing in an Ogata or Zulu is not consistently fighting top 10 guys.

I know you know what I mean, and I get what you're saying. Let's not turn this thread into a Fedor debate, that's honestly not what the thread is about. I plan to keep it updated over time and would like to see how the numbers change.
 
Fioretti said:
Well, neither of those were really the topic to me. My statement is him going only 50% the first time in his career that he faced 6 top 10 opponents in a row, and him going 3-1 the very first time he ever faced 4 in a row. That equates to a lower performance when consistently facing top 10 opponents. Your rationalization is his fight frequency with top fighters mixed in with non top fighters. That's not really the premise. What I mean by consistently is exactly that...consistently. Mixing in an Ogata or Zulu is not consistently fighting top 10 guys.

I know you know what I mean, and I get what you're saying. Let's not turn this thread into a Fedor debate, that's honestly not what the thread is about. I plan to keep it updated over time and would like to see how the numbers change.
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Fair enough, we’ll let this topic die :)
 
IngaVovchanchyn said:
Right, and both of those guys are outliers. Isn't Jon the youngest champ ever?
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So... you want more examples?

Benson Henderson's longest ufc win streak which includes winning and defending the title multiple times was stopped in those years I replied about too.

Shogun became a walking corpse at the years mentioned too(i don't wanna hear excuses about how hard they used to go there at his gym)

I think I can stop now with the examples... I was basically replying to a guy(can't be bother to check if ur the same guy) who didn't even give any examples. Just made up a statistic.

I think whenever somebody makes such a bald claim(or any claim like that for that matter), they should bring 4 or 5 examples. and it should only take 2 examples to nullify it if there was no argument to begin with.
 
KillerIsBack V2 said:
So... you want more examples?

Benson Henderson's longest ufc win streak which includes winning and defending the title multiple times was stopped in those years I replied about too.

Shogun became a walking corpse at the years mentioned too(i don't wanna hear excuses about how hard they used to go there at his gym)

I think I can stop now with the examples... I was basically replying to a guy(can't be bother to check if ur the same guy) who didn't even give any examples. Just made up a statistic.

I think whenever somebody makes such a bald claim(or any claim like that for that matter), they should bring 4 or 5 examples. and it should only take 2 examples to nullify it if there was no argument to begin with.
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Just look at all the divisional champ threads. There's no need for examples, they're all there. Young champs are outliers across the board.
 
In sports that require skill early 30s is typically the prime. You still have close to as good athleticism (assuming no injuries, wear and tear etc) but you have had a long time to practice. In pure athletic sports like track and field it's typically younger because there isn't the same level of skill involved.
 
OP updated for new LHW champ Glover Teixeira - 42 years old!!
 
Glover bumped the UFC average from 32.42 to 32.75 and the combined average from 32.29 to 32.62.

Forgot to include that in my update!
 
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**Updated the OP with a few birthdays: Oliveira, Volk, Freire, and Velasquez**

Changes:

  • UFC average went from 32.75 to 32.92
  • Bellator went from 32.27 to 32.33
  • Combined went from 32.62 to 32.67
 
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Updated the OP with the new UFC Women's BW champ Julianna Pena (32) - who submitted Amanda Nunes (33) in round 2 with a RNC.

  • UFC average went from 32.92 to 32.83
  • Combined went from 32.67 to 32.62
 
Doctor Stoppage said:
Glover giving us old boys hope
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Updated the OP to reflect Brandon Moreno's birthday, he is now 28 years old, bringing the youngest UFC champion from 27 to 28 and causing these changes:

  • Average age of all UFC champions went from 32.83 to 33
  • Average age of all champions from UFC and Bellator combined went from 32.62 to 32.71

2021 ends and 2022 will start with these numbers:
  • UFC: 33
  • BELLATOR: 32.33
  • COMBINED: 32.71
  • 9 out of 21 (42.86%) total champions are between 32 and 34 years old
  • 7 out of 21 (33.33%) total champions are 35+
  • 5 out of 21 (23.8%) total champions are in their 20's
  • 1 out of 21 (4.76%) total champions is 40+
  • 0 champions are between 30 and 31 years old
  • Youngest champion: AJ Mckee - 26
  • Oldest champion: Glover Texeira - 42
 
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Fioretti said:
Reading through the thread and realized you called that shit.

Mystic Machine Gun!!
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He was on a mish. If he beats Jiri and then rematches and beats Jan thats pretty incredible. Glad to see the Pit get another champ
 
this sport is old. anyone who say 30 years old + still is his prime is out of hins mind
 
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