Fighter's peak

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So as of recently I have decided to go through fighters careers and pin point there prime, their Peak, the begining of their decline, and the end of their Prime so I figured I would start with 4 of the greatest of all time.

Anderson Silva
Prime: 2006-2012
Peak: UFC 101
Decline: UFC 117
End of Prime: UFC 153

GSP
Prime: 2005-2012
Peak: UFC 100
Decline: UFC 129
EOP: First ACL tear

Fedor
Prime: 2001-2009
peak: Final conflict 2005
Decline: Hand injury 2006
EOP: strikeforce Fedor vs. Rodgers

BJ Penn
Prime: 2006-2011
Peak: UFC 107
Decline: UFC 118
EOP: UFC 137

Do you agree with these assessments? If not tell me where I went wrong. Also what other fighters do you guys want to do?
 
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Someone's "prime" is subjective.
 
Generally, Fighters start to slow down once they hit their mid to late thirties. The exception being heavyweights, since losing their speed has less of an impact.
 
kingkshon73 said:
Its is but its also very obvious when one is no longer in said prime. That being said that is the part of the point of this thread.
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Right, but whose to say when one's prime begins?
 
I think boredom and lack of interest play a part also. It isn't all physical decline.
 
I'm of the opinion that a fighter's prime only lasts about a year, and whether the fighter wins or loses inside that prime is completely irrelevant.
Prime is that perfect balance between athletic prime, skill, and experience. The window for that is small.
 
Taric said:
I'm of the opinion that a fighter's prime only lasts about a year, and whether the fighter wins or loses inside that prime is completely irrelevant.
Prime is that perfect balance between athletic prime, skill, and experience. The window for that is small.
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That would be a fighters Peak.
 
Taric said:
Both words have the exact same meaning, in both combat sports and everywhere else. Consult a dictionary for confirmation
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A on can be in there prime with out being in there peak but you can not be at your peak with out being in your prime. So its not the same thing.
 
Swift said:
Generally, Fighters start to slow down once they hit their mid to late thirties. The exception being heavyweights, since losing their speed has less of an impact.
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Tbh depend on wich HW, example for Fedor speed was a big deal and first Voronov thought on his decline was "he's slowing down"
 
Taric said:
I'm of the opinion that a fighter's prime only lasts about a year, and whether the fighter wins or loses inside that prime is completely irrelevant.
Prime is that perfect balance between athletic prime, skill, and experience. The window for that is small.
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I've similar idea, maybe a lil more like 2 or 3 years

Think is with goats is harder see that decline start because they're so good that for a while they keep winning
 
Bacco said:
I've similar idea, maybe a lil more like 2 or 3 years

Think is with goats is harder see that decline start because they're so good that for a while they keep winning
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Ugh idk silva's, GSP's, and BJ's where all very apperent to me.
 
FFS buddy. You're here how long ? Pulling this shit ? Yeah, that thread yesterday with pretty much the same title covered it.

Do fucking ppl literally pull a Florian every fucking day ? Oh, I like that thread. I'll start the same one anywhere from 6 - 24 hrs from now.

What in the blue fuck ?
 
Sage Northcutt
Prime:2015-2016
Peak: ufc 192
Decline: ufc on fox
EOP:strep throat
 
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