Current MMA Champions by age

[Fioretti]

UFC

HW: Jon Jones - 36
LHW: Alex Pereira - 36
MW: Dricus du Plessis - 30
WW: Leon Edwards - 32
LW: Islam Makhachev - 32
FW: Ilia Topuria - 27
BW: Sean O'Malley - 29
FLW: Alexandre Pantoja - 33
Women’s FW: Vacant
Women's BW: Raquel Pennington - 35
Women’s FLW: Alexa Grasso - 30
Women’s SW: Zhang Weili - 34

Youngest - 27
Oldest - 36
Average age = 32.18

BELLATOR

HW: Bader - 40
LHW: Vacant
MW: Eblen - 32
WW: Jackson - 33
LW: Nurmagomedov - 25
FW: Freire - 36
BW: Mix - 30
WFW: Cyborg - 38
FLW: Carmouche - 39

Youngest - 25
Oldest - 40
Average age = 34.13

Average age of all champions from both organizations combined = 33


UFC Champions by age - HW
UFC Champions by age - LHW
UFC Champions by age - MW
UFC Champions by age - WW
UFC Champions by age - LW
UFC Champions by age - FW
UFC Champions by age - BW
UFC Champions by age - FLW


The links above are all champions in UFC history.

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

1. Yan is a baby.

2. 32-33 is pretty much prime age for a championship level MMA fighter.

 

[D'z]

Well, there goes the hopes and dreams of so many sherdoggers.

 

[Fioretti]

1. Yan is a baby.

2. 32-33 is pretty much prime age for a championship level MMA fighter.

27-35 is prime, with 31-33 being peak.

 

[DOMMA]

Kudos just for the effort of putting this list together. if you name was Schindler, I would call this Schindler's List 2.0

 

[Croton]

27-35 is prime, with 31-33 being peak.

22 to 36 is prime with 27 to 35 being peak and 31-33 the tip

 

[Fioretti]

22 to 36 is prime with 27 to 35 being peak and 31-33 the tip

You just want the tip? Or the whole 14 spread?

 

[MartinGibson86]

1. Yan is a baby.

2. 32-33 is pretty much prime age for a championship level MMA fighter.

Not if you're a Pride cultist lol.

Also, Yan is only champ because 33 year old cejudo retired.

 

[Fioretti]

Not if you're a Pride cultist lol.

Also, Yan is only champ because 33 year old cejudo retired.

Cejudo is 32, but yes, I concur.

 

[Joseph_McBride]

27-35 is prime, with 31-33 being peak.

Completely depends on the weight class

 

[John makfresshi]

Fedor cucks, explain why Fedor was being emasculated in the states at 33 if everyone seems to be destroying competition at that age? Is it because he went 6-5 under fights sanctioned by a governing body? And that maybe, just maybe PRIDE kept his mystique alive, longer then his skills could?

 

[Sweater of AV]

Peak depends on many variables, including number of fights. There's no set age, especially across weight-classes.

Also HW truly is at an all-time low. Peak HW MMA was 15 years ago.

 

[Fioretti]

Updated the OP with current champions, ages, and averages.

From the top 2 MMA organizations in the world:

• 2 out of 19 champions are in their 20's: Pettis (27) and Namajunas (28)
• 3 out of 19 are exactly 31
• 2 out of 19 are exactly 32
• 17 out of 19 champions are 31+ years old
  
• 12 out of 19 champions are 33+ years old
• Each org has 1 current double champion: Nunes (32), and Pitbull (33)

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Ngannou 34?

 

[Heraclitus]

UFC

HW: Francis Ngannou - 34
LHW: Jan Blachowicz - 38
MW: Israel Adesanya - 31
WW: Kamaru Usman - 34
LW: Charles Oliveira - 31
FW: Alexander Volkanovski - 32
BW: Aljamain Sterling - 31
FLW: Deiveson Figueiredo - 33
Women’s FW/BW: Amanda Nunes - 32
Women’s FLW: Valentina Shevchenko - 33
Women’s SW: Rose Namajunas - 28

Youngest - 28
Oldest - 37
Average age = 32.45

BELLATOR

HW: Bader - 37
LHW: Nemkov - 28
MW: Mousasi - 35
WW: Lima - 33
LW/FW: Freire - 33
BW: Pettis - 27
WFW: Cyborg - 35
FLW: Velasquez - 34

Youngest - 27
Oldest - 37
Average age = 32.75

Average age of all champions from both organizations combined = 32.58


UFC Champions by age - HW
UFC Champions by age - LHW
UFC Champions by age - MW
UFC Champions by age - WW
UFC Champions by age - LW
UFC Champions by age - FW
UFC Champions by age - BW
UFC Champions by age - FLW


The links above are all champions in UFC history.

Interesting statistics, thanks for posting.

 

[randumo24]

Pretty crazy how Rose is already leading the Strawweight GOAT conversation, the only woman in UFC history to regain a lost championship(so a 2 time champion, and only be 28 when everyone else is clear into their 30s there.

Hell, the only woman in that whole stacked division in the top 10 behind her under 30 is Dern. Pretty crazy to think of the potential of what she could accomplish before she retires.

 

[Fioretti]

Ngannou 34?

We all know it's lies, but that's all I've got to go by. Lol

 

[Fioretti]

OP updated with new champs and birthdays.

We have 3 new champions in their 20's:

• Moreno (27) defeated Figueiredo (33) for the UFC FLW championship
• Amosov (28) defeated Lima (33) for the Bellator WW championship
• McKee (26) defeated Freire (33) for the Bellator FW champsionship
• These are currently the three youngest champions, all of whom beat champs that were 33 years old, lowering all three averages in the OP.

 

[DoctorsStoppage]

Fedor cucks, explain why Fedor was being emasculated in the states at 33 if everyone seems to be destroying competition at that age? Is it because he went 6-5 under fights sanctioned by a governing body? And that maybe, just maybe PRIDE kept his mystique alive, longer then his skills could?

So what about GSP, Aldo, Luke, Weirdman, Conor, Cowboy, Cain. All fell down the cliff once they turned 28-32?
Jones at 32 is most likely done too.

 

[Fioretti]

So what about GSP, Aldo, Luke, Weirdman, Conor, Cowboy, Cain. All fell down the cliff once they turned 28-32?
Jones at 32 is most likely done too.

That's not even an entirely true statement, but NSAC enhanced testing and USADA is my guess. Jones is currently 34, by the way, and isn't done.