So I'm turning 39. I did karate as a little kid for a year or two. I ran a lot in highschool and did boxing classes, a lot of heavy bag, sparred a bit. My jab is decent. I did fencing for a few years and got good linear footwork. I've watched most UFCs so I know the moves, and have rolled a few times.
So I'm thinking of training hard for a year to get in shape, and then fighting when I'm 40. Has this been done before?
I was a very young 40, in fantastic shape, played sports, martial arts background, lifted my whole life had been in a few fights . Not sherdog level but still . I started mma training at almost 41. Sub wrestling, BJJ, MT, boxing. I had the money , the time on my hands and the rage.
2 years later I took a smoker. Won it easy with a counter left on the button about 2 mins in, ko.
I thought that this is fun.
My next smoker was a 26 year old wrestler. I had 4-5 inches in him, he looked like a fire plug. He was very respectful to me unlike the asshole who got knocked out that called me grand pa as we touched up
I lit his ass up on the feet. Floating like a butterfly, sting in those hands. He didn't hit me once for the first 2 or so mins. I was fucking him up and was feeling myself
Then the little bastard shot on me with a double, I managed to pull one leflg out and hopped around for awhile..he took he down and landed in side control and it felt like the Moon was laying on me. I landed hard when I went, down air almost went out . He was trying to relate space so he could punch/elbow my face in. I managed to hang on to his neck and pull him close no chance at any sub whatsoever, his limbs were short and he was strong as fuck.
I shrimped and then it gets fuzzy. Somehow I managed to grab a guard kimura.in a scramble / chaos and hung on for dear life. I put everything I had into it, I was gassing, I was in trouble. . He verbally tapped after eternity had passed.. I had an andreneline dump right about the same time. I laid there for I don't know how long, 30 seconds? and some dudes and my "corner " came over to congratulate me and help me up. It was fucking awful.
I realized I had no business in that cage.
Thx for letting me share. I still think about it all the time.
It's a young man's game