With the violent nature of the sport, the utter beatings the competitors take, it’s hard to last that long.
MMA’s Unlikely Success Story Makes Perfect Sense
Richard Wilkins
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Yet in UFC 199, 45 years old Dan Henderson won by KO over Hector Lombardo. MMA fighters have a surprisingly long average career.
An yes, there are «Tom Brady» fighters. It was Fedor Emelianenko in the 2000s, Anderson Silva after that and now Jose Aldo.