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This is what has happened this week PART 2
31 Aug 2009 02:47
MMA noise
Let's talk about fighters growing old. It happens in lots of sports, unfortunately in combat sports it can happen over night. The level of training, the weight cutting and the impact of fighting, often means that fighters are right on the edge of blade when it comes to peak performance. The downside of that is that even the best of fighters suddenly drop off the edge. Even though they see it coming one day, fighters are rarely able to see the exact moment that they are simply "too old". It's a painful time. It hurts to realise that, even though the mind is sharp and you train hard, the body simply isn't capable of doing what is asked of it. Recently there are a few fighters that concern me, some may prove my concern unfounded, but other may have to realise that the time to stop is here. If you look at fighters like Coleman, Kerr, Ortiz, Liddell etc they are all at that stage. yet all of these guys are actively competing. This weekends UFC saw Randy Cou...
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