UFC Champions by age - BW

[Fioretti]

*= interim champion

BANTAMWEIGHTS

Dominick Cruz - 25W - 26 vacated
Renan Barao - 25*/27 - 27L
T.J. Dillashaw - 28W - 30L
Dominick Cruz - 31W - 32L
Cody Garbrandt - 25W - 26L
T.J. Dillashaw - 31W - 33 stripped
Henry Cejudo - 32W - 33 vacated
Petr Yan - 27W - 28L
Aljamain Sterling - 31W - 34L
Petr Yan* - 29W/L
Sean O'Malley - 28W

Youngest - 25
Oldest - 32
Average age when they won the title = 28.45
Average age when they were stripped of, lost, or vacated the title = 29.8

Current MMA Champions by age
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 - FLW


If they were within a few months (2-3) of their next birthday, I rounded up.

 

[sampuncher]

Crazy that even when Cruz won the belt the 2nd time around after years of injuries he was still younger than Cejudo.

 

[Wreckless]

Why don't you put them all in one thread instead of making seperate threads?

 

[Gio]

I think the WEC days should be counted? Or the year the merge happened.

 

[pride_rules]

I think the WEC days should be counted? Or the year the merge happened.

there was a wec marathon yesterday on ufc.tv
i indulged as i missed alot of the fights live. such a blast.

 

[Fioretti]

Why don't you put them all in one thread instead of making seperate threads?

For obvious reasons...

 

[Gio]

there was a wec marathon yesterday on ufc.tv
i indulged as i missed alot of the fights live. such a blast.

What a time it is when the merge happened around 2010-11. Lot's of fun match ups. Faber, Cruz, Aldo, etc. And you got guys like Cowboy who fought 5 times in one year (2011). Became a huge fan of him that time.

 

[Fioretti]

I think the WEC days should be counted? Or the year the merge happened.

I counted them when the merger happened since it wasn't *UFC* prior to that.

 

[Wreckless]

For obvious reasons...

Not obvious... It could have easily been made in one thread with spoilers.

 

[pride_rules]

What a time it is when the merge happened around 2010-11. Lot's of fun match ups. Faber, Cruz, Aldo, etc. And you got guys like Cowboy who fought 5 times in one year (2011). Became a huge fan of him that time.

the true tough guy/attitude era of mma
even illegal strikes were praised and the guy who was fouled was immediately shunned for being kneed to the head while grounded.
commentators then- it was just a thigh , he is 100% fine and they need to make him fight
commentators now - it was conors hip, he is 10000% out on his feet

 

[FIghtxIQ]

the true tough guy/attitude era of mma
even illegal strikes were praised and the guy who was fouled was immediately shunned for being kneed to the head while grounded.
commentators then- it was just a thigh , he is 100% fine and they need to make him fight
commentators now - it was conors hip, he is 10000% out on his feet

They just put too much restrictions on strikers. It's always striking moves that are banned and not wrestling/grappling moves. Original rules were adapted to give grapplers the advantage and the rules just evolved from there. The strikes are banned because they are deemed too dangerous, which in fighting means it is too effective.

 

[Fioretti]

Not obvious... It could have easily been made in one thread with spoilers.

Nope.

 

[mkt]

Just wait...Brian Bowles is going to be released from prison at age 45, come back to MMA and get the belt at age 47...then they'll make a movie about him starring Mark Wahlberg.

 

[Fioretti]

Reluctantly updated to add Sterling.

Don't agree with it, but it is what it is...

 

[Shay Brennan]

Reluctantly updated to add Sterling.

Don't agree with it, but it is what it is...

He seems like a good guy but he really is an epytome of a paper champ.

Good post. Cruz really was levels above his peers before injuries robbed him of his prime.

 

[Fioretti]

Updated the OP to show their age when they were stripped of, lost, or vacated the title.

This number is a bit deceptive at the moment because we have two current champions who have not lost their title yet.

 

[Fioretti]

Updated the OP to show Sterling (34) losing his title to Sean O'Malley (28)

• Average age when they won the belt went from 28.27 to 28.45
• Average age when they lost the belt went from 29.38 to 29.8
• O'Malley is the 11th BW champion in UFC history

 

[jeff7b9]

I think the WEC days should be counted? Or the year the merge happened.

Personally I consider WEC 135 & 145 titles to be equally as prestigious as UFC titles.

Those champs were king of the best division of MMA in the world at their weight class at that time.

Same for PrideFC belts.

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You can make a case for WEC 155 as well, especially the tail end as Bendo and Pettis both claimed UFC gold. If Frankie and Gray Maynard had not have tied, they were planning a unification between Frankie and Pettis but the tie yielded a rematch and Pettis lost his "stay busy" fight to Clay Guida.


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