You cant use the past his.prime excuse for Machida when Romero is older!

[blkdynamite]

Just sound like you are grasping for straws.

 

[Cam Zink]

fighting years, bro

 

[Arm Barbarian]

Machida actually won a title years ago tho.

 

[DespicablePeep]

fighting years, bro

 

[iwhoopedbatman]

Age has very little to do with it. Fighters peak when they peak. Sometimes it's in their mid 20's, sometimes in their late 30's. Fight years and damage accrued have a lot more to do with it.

 

[Cam Zink]

For example Ramon Dekkers peaked when he was like 23.

 

[blkdynamite]

Sorry no excuse. Experience should be an advantage at that point. Plus he is younger. How many advantages do you want? It is just a bad look.

 

[blaseblah]

Luke Rockhold in his prime at 33 has lost by KO more times than past-his-prime Machida has at 39.

Anyway the argument you are making is retarded. Its like arguing Werdum is a greater heavyweight than Fedor because Fedor went out of his prime at an earlier age.

 

[Yojimbonufc]

Just sound like you are grasping for straws.

Machida just has more miles on the clock.

 

[12ga.]

Yoel is a freak of nature first off so genetics play a huge part when prime is. Then he hasnt been fight so long. Someone like aldo been fighting since teens and peaked at like 30 after too many wars. e.g. fight years matters more.

 

[latoya johnson]

fighting years, bro

 

[HootyMcBoob]

Just sound like you are grasping for straws.

you're a moron brah.

 

[NILLI]

Fedor was past his prime when he hit 30 according to his fanboys

 

[blkdynamite]

What is even worse is Machida has been busted for PEDs and Yoel hasnt. Yoel is just a bad matchup for him regardless of age.

 

[bully4me]

Just sound like you are grasping for straws.

All depends when a fighter starts professionalLy competing. Machida started in his very early twenties whole Romero didn't start till he was well over 30.

This is what people mean by fight years. A study done a few years back showed pro MMA fighters have approx a ten year window to fight before they decline. It's the training, damage , injuries and obviously fights themselves that add up. Once over that ten year point fighters decline fast, they body can only take so much.

Of course like anything there are exceptions to the rule. Very few though.

How many fighters are still at the top of the food chain that started 20 yrs ago? None.

How many fighters are still even relevant that fought on TUF 1? They started in their UFC career 12 yrs ago. Again none, well Diego but that dude needs to retire, how's he done in the last few yrs.

Age has some factor for sure. Fight age is much more important. Your theory about Yoel and Machida is uneducated or your trolling.

 

[Mike]

Everyone's prime is different. People respond differently to injuries, some guys are more resistant to injury. Different styles also age differently. When your style is based on speed and timing you fall off a cliff once you start slowing down.

 

[Iroh]

Not everybody is biologically the same, so not everybody has the same potential prime. And of course totally different carreers.

 

[Deleted member 479811]

Are we really in here pretending the difference between Romero's athleticism and Machida's is because of 'fight years'?

 

[Bumblebeef]

to have many fighing years isnt only the body ware. mental as well.

 

[DeathByCaranos]

Nonsense. Some girls from high school were hot as shit and then grew up to be ugly, and others we ugly in high school and grew up to be hot as shit. People peak at different times. There isn't a universal year and day. Same things with fighters.