Poatan is the best combat athlete of all time. The things he is doing at 37 are unheard off. Fedor at this age was done. How is poatan able to compete

[Leon Edwards]

Poatan is the best combat athlete ever his resume is insane. Jones/Andy are better at MMA but they could never compete at such a high level at K1.

Fedor at 37 was getting styled on. Poatan should not waste his gift and give us the biggest fights before father time wins

 

[deman]

Stop calling somebody new the GOAT every 5 minutes. It makes the sport look like a joke.

 

[HoiceNJuicy]

 

[markantony20]

Fedor 37 is very different.

I think people forget the toll that his sambo career also took on him.

 

[markantony20]

Stop calling somebody new the GOAT every 5 minutes. It makes the sport look like a joke.

TS basically just states something controversial to farm engagement.

It’s not an uncommon tactic on message boards.

 

[TheBulge]

I've never seen somebody have an entire conversation with himself in the thread title alone. Amazing.

 

[markantony20]

but they could never compete at such a high level at K1

True, but Andy has a win over a boxing world champ at over 40 and jones has outwrestled olympians.

 

[yodog]

Give it some time. What's with all the hype? He's a decent striker and relatively new MMA fighter. Very new LHW. LHW is a division that barely exists anymore and the GOAT is now pretending to fight at HW.

 

[Trabaho]

True, but Andy has a win over a boxing world champ at over 40 and jones has outwrestled olympians.

A former inactive box champs. So does Artem ?

 

[markantony20]

A former inactive box champs. So does Artem ?

If Andy can hang in that way despite his limitations I don’t see it being unreasonable that he would achieve great heights in kickboxing if he actually committed to that career.

 

[moreorless87]

Age wise I suspect a big issue is Alex started fairly late, his first pro match was at 26 and also that his career didn't really peak until around 2017 were I suspect he upped his commitment to training considerably. My guess is its that which really limits a fighters prime more than anything, the training needed to be truly world class cannot be sustained by most people for all that long.

The way he's approached his UFC career though I think is probably correct, a lot of UFC fighters seem so concerned with not wearing themselves out BUT the end result is they fight so rarely there careers end up dragging on well past their physical prime. Arguably it does make more sense to be fighting every 3-4 months and then when decline does hit you can retire. I strongly suspect that most fighters who have health issues like CTE the biggest factor is carrying on too long.

 

[BigSexy444]

Black magic / Voodoo

 

[Deleted member 585708]

Yeah, he's my friend right now, but for how long?

 

[Leon Edwards]

Fedor 37 is very different.

I think people forget the toll that his sambo career also took on him.

Lol sambo

 

[Human Bass]

Lol sambo

Sambo has plenty of grappling/wrestling, whose training is way harder on the body.

 

[Goatenstein]

Randy at 39 and up was way more impressive than beating up a medicocre striker coming off a PED failure.

 

[moreorless87]

Sambo has plenty of grappling/wrestling, whose training is way harder on the body.

The main difference I'd argue is Alex only really became an elite fighter aged 30 when he started his Glory run in 2017, he's had 7 years at the top of fightsport now, depending on when you judge he hit that level (i'd guess most would say 2001/02) Fedor had 9/10 years at the top.

 

[Hotora86]

I know that TS is trolling but just to compare: Semmy Schilt at 36 was already:

K-1 Super Heavyweight Champion
2009 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion
2007 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion
2006 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion
2005 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion
2005 K-1 World Grand Prix in Paris Champion
Openweight King of Pancrase


And Semmy at 36 beats Poatan at 36.

 

[mister piscadinha]

fight mileage is different than age


fedor first fought in mma by age 24
alex at 24 wasn't even fighting in kickboxing yet, let alone mma

 

[mister piscadinha]

in mma, if you peak early you'll fall early

thats why fedor, gsp, jones all started slowing down by the time they hit 32

cause they been fighting before for more than a decade