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When Does Pereira's Age Become a Factor?

He is 37, but looks and performs like a 30 year old.
...Maybe he has another 5 years in this successful run. I would like to see him get tested by some grapple-wrestlers. And if he has success, then hopefully Jones is still around and we can see what happens.

...Chubby old man Jones performed well in his last fight. Maybe he has another 5 years in him.


Wreckless said:
He's turning 37 in a week.

I think it's a shame this guy didn't join the UFC 5 years earlier.

He went from UFC debut to champion with 2 title defenses in just 2 years. It's insane.
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Iit’s LHW and he has little MMA mileage. If anything he’s gotten better.

Welcome to 2024 bro, athletes perform at a high level well into their 30’s these days. Sports science, training methods, medicine, etc are all more advanced and getting better.
 
Wreckless said:
Imagine if he joined a few years prior and got some wrestling training. Could've carved his path to one of the goats.

For a wrestler if you can't take this guy down you must be shitting your pants.
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Still a helluva career!
 
Fact Checker said:
Iit’s LHW and he has little MMA mileage. If anything he’s gotten better.

Welcome to 2024 bro, athletes perform at a high level well into their 30’s these days. Sports science, training methods, medicine, etc are all more advanced and getting better.
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He had a problem with alcohol in his youth before he discovered kickboxing to lead him on the right path but I'd imagine going completely sober and not doing drugs, booze, smokes has made his body much better too.
 
Equinox Shadow said:
He is 37, but looks and performs like a 30 year old.
...Maybe he has another 5 years in this successful run. I would like to see him get tested by some grapple-wrestlers. And if he has success, then hopefully Jones is still around and we can see what happens.

...Chubby old man Jones performed well in his last fight. Maybe he has another 5 years in him.
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Tbh I don't know why there aren't more people talking about this matchup.

This is a perfect "3 division champ" match for Pereira and the ideal opponent for a HW debut since both are roughly the same size.

And if i'm Jones I see a guy with a high stock, so dollar signs and a massive disadvantage in the wrestling department to exploit.

But it's possible Jones wants nothing to do with this fight after his last performances at LHW and seeing how Pereira is destroying those guys.
 
Age like everything else in biology affects everyone differently. Ever noticed how your parents look younger than your grandparents did when they were the same age? You will look younger than your parents when you're their current age. Then add in other internal differences from person to person. You can't pinpoint any one thing as a deciding factor in decline until it's already happening. So just enjoy Alex while he's around. No need to start hammering the nails in a coffin he's not even in yet.
 
Once he starts to slow he can easily transition to HW - he has the frame for it.
 
Wreckless said:
He's turning 37 in a week.

I think it's a shame this guy didn't join the UFC 5 years earlier.

He went from UFC debut to champion with 2 title defenses in just 2 years. It's insane.
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might have less wear and tear due to not grinding it out for years
 
Fact Checker said:
Iit’s LHW and he has little MMA mileage. If anything he’s gotten better.

Welcome to 2024 bro, athletes perform at a high level well into their 30’s these days. Sports science, training methods, medicine, etc are all more advanced and getting better.
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And it'll only get crazier. There are people allegedly slowing down their biological age massively as it is, maybe even reversing it to an extent. There really is no reason actually for people to get worn down so quickly with proper care.
 
Fact Checker said:
Iit’s LHW and he has little MMA mileage. If anything he’s gotten better.

Welcome to 2024 bro, athletes perform at a high level well into their 30’s these days. Sports science, training methods, medicine, etc are all more advanced and getting better.
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He's training at a little local gym with Glover. There isnt some advanced science going into this. Even more so in his kickboxing days. These guys just do the same things over and over and over again until it's second nature.

He's just min/maxed well. At the start we had "specialists" and "amateurs" competing. After a while they thought, shit we have to cross train. This started to create all-rounders. We're now in a kind of min maxing route. Where you maximize the Stand up Offence and Defence with all weapons and implement with pressure defence and takedown defence.

Or Maximize the Ground Offence and Takedowns with all weapons and implement defensive pressure. and takedown offence.
 
I think he will be fine because of the weight class, lets remember Randy, Cormier and Glover were all well into their 40s at LHW, and then also at HW as the champions. Also the thing is Alex will probably go to HW as well where the age will matter even less. The guys are so slow and flat footed, he will do well there

If he was a flyweight or BW or FW then yeah I would be worried that he is getting older, but at LHW and HW its fine, I think he can fight for another 10 years, especially at HW, lets remember Randy was HW UFC champion at 46 years old, that was after being inactive and retiring as well lol.. the divisions are are not deep and very limited skill and talent.
 
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