Leon Edward made a career out of fighting old men.

[JAL]

RDA 35
Nate diaz 36
Usman 35
Colby 35
and now belal 36-37...

y'all call out Colby for fighting old men...but forget Edward also made a career out of fighting old men.

 

[TheMaster]

This isn't boxing son. 35 is not old in MMA, Cormier and Randy were world champions in this sport in their early 40's.

 

[TheBulge]

Leon will be right in that age bracket soon. It's wild how humans can become a century old, yet for a sport like this the difference of only 2-3 years can make or break you.

 

[Rio Ferdinand]

Well his next fight is belal so the streak continues.

 

[JAL]

This isn't boxing son. 35 is not old in MMA, Cornier and Randy

HW dont count

 

[IronGolem007]

RDA 35
Nate diaz 36
Usman 35
Colby 35
and now belal 36-37...

y'all call out Colby for fighting old men...but forget Edward also made a career out of fighting old men.

Of those you named, only Usman was Champion-quality in the WW division.

The others were never-beens.

 

[TheMaster]

HW dont count

That's at HW, 35 is old at WW.

Randy and Cormier both did it at LHW, so it does count.

 

[cmw43]

This isn't boxing son. 35 is not old in MMA, Cormier and Randy were world champions in this sport in their early 40's.

That's at HW, 35 is old at WW.

 

[kingofthecans]

What's wrong with beating up old guys? Helps em retire early.

 

[AstralPanda]

This isn't boxing son. 35 is not old in MMA, Cormier and Randy were world champions in this sport in their early 40's.

all of those guys were past their prime when they fought him.

So yeah, it's still pretty old..Welterweight and below are younger man divisions.

 

[Young Calf Kick]

So did Colby. A lot of WWs are just old

 

[cmw43]

RDA 35
Nate diaz 36
Usman 35
Colby 35
and now belal 36-37...

y'all call out Colby for fighting old men...but forget Edward also made a career out of fighting old men.

You can say that about a lot of guys, look at UFC HW GOAT Stipe.

Stipe 33 Vs Werdum 38
Stipe 36 Vs Cormier 40
Stipe 33 Vs Arlovski 36
Stipe 32 Vs Hunt 40
Stipe 30 vs Big Country 36

 

[Chivas GDL]

I always found Belal so uninteresting

 

[bjdiaz]

So was he supposed to turn down a title fight because usman was too old?

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

What's the average age of a UFC fighter? Does anyone know? I'm just curious.

 

[chinarice]

RDA 35
Nate diaz 36
Usman 35
Colby 35
and now belal 36-37...

y'all call out Colby for fighting old men...but forget Edward also made a career out of fighting old men.

Usman basically has the same resume as Colby so really, the whole WW division has been overrated since GSP retired.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

35, Old Men? This isn't the 1700's... 30's is still prime

 

[CPH]

Usman was champ and the rematch + Colby were mandatories. You can’t hold those against him unless you are a foaming-at-the-mouth hater.

Before he got to RDA, he fought young Usman, Tumenov, Gunnar, Luque, Barberena. He only fought RDA and Nate because Dana had parked him at the gate (to let Colby and Masvidal fight Usman twice).

Colby meanwhile chooses to fight washed up guys closing on 40 while avoiding the real contenders. Him calling out WB just now is the cherry on top.

 

[orca]

well jones at a higher weightclass fought fighters with an average age of 29-32 yrs old
thats pretty young for a LHW

but guess what
people still call them old lmao
thats normal ts its always a trend when u win and hate the succes of a certain fighter

 

[Blayt7hh]

I guess beating high ranked fighters doesn’t count if they’re in their mid 30s now?