Fighter with longest continous career?

[CanadianMMA]

I was just curious which fighter would you guys say has had the longest continously active career? I'm not talking first fight in like 98 then fighting till 2000, taking off 5 years and coming back for a fight. I mean who would have the most years of activity?
My thoughts Valentijn Overeem 96 - current
Travis Fulton was 96-2013 (according to sherdog)
Jeremy Horn 96 - current

 

[sangreporsangre]

Isn't Yuki Kondo still fighting? He's gotta be from like 96 or so as well

 

[ebartlett84]

Pele

 

[Kalmah]

Takafumi Ito fought 10 times in 1995 and he's fought 3 times this year.

 

[Asurah]

Gono ('94), Uno ('96), Takafumi Ito ('95), Pele ('93), and Patino ('95) were the first that came to mind, all 5 still active

 

[zec1234]

Masahiro Oishi 20.5 years (1993-11-25 to 2014-06-08)

Murilo Bustamante 20.5 years (1991-09-26 to 2012-03-31)

Tomohiro Tanaka (1991-03-29 to 2011-09-11)

Jose Landi-Jons (1993-08-29 to 2013-11-30)

Akihiro Gono (1994-04-23 to 2014-05-01)

All more than 20 years between first and last fight.

 

[nostradumbass]

Dan Severn

 

[chunglii]

lol @ guy saying Struve and Kos. Fulton by far.

 

[Which Doctor]

Dan Severn

If he takes another fight this year.

Big Joe Joyce - 55 Years

Spoiler

 

[JacJeanFinger]

Isn't Yuki Kondo still fighting? He's gotta be from like 96 or so as well

Takahashi started before him.

 

[JacJeanFinger]

Takahashi started before him.

I'd personally give it to Severn.

 

[The Clamburglar]

Rickson 1980-2000

 

[Jimmy Tuna**]

Bas Rutten 93-2006

 

[Richard Fannin]

lol @ guy saying Struve and Kos. Fulton by far.

Nobody talked about them... :icon_conf

 

[cheesus]

lol @ guy saying Struve and Kos. Fulton by far.

Well played haha.

 

[Steve4192]

No mention of Vitor?

What the fuck?

Not only did he start in 1996, but unlike the rest of the guys who have been mentioned, he is still ranked and still getting title shots.

 

[Furious George]

Nobody talked about them... :icon_conf

It's an old forum joke

Fulton is still fighting. He's just doing a lot of boxing now [same routine, most of them arent making it to Boxrec] and some MMA now and again for the smallest possible promotions. Most of them arent making it to fight finder.

Hell he probably fought before 96.

 

[Richard Fannin]

It's an old forum joke

Aouch ^^' I made my first account here in 2005 and I manage to miss this one?
I'll do a research to know what it is about, soonds funny.

 

[Mitch Thompson]

I was just curious which fighter would you guys say has had the longest continously active career? I'm not talking first fight in like 98 then fighting till 2000, taking off 5 years and coming back for a fight. I mean who would have the most years of activity?
My thoughts Valentijn Overeem 96 - current
Travis Fulton was 96-2013 (according to sherdog)
Jeremy Horn 96 - current

Horn started in 95, at age 19. His first few fights aren't listed anywhere. But Im sure these other guys are the same way.
ALSO Horn fights next week in Oklahoma, so there's that.

 

[Yoville]

lol @ guy saying Struve and Kos. Fulton by far.

I'm a Struve fan but he uses his head way too much for blocking punches