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Forget picking on somebody his own size. Skip Hall's greatest challenge is finding someone his own age to fight.

"A lot of guys don't want to fight me," said Hall, a 60-year-old professional mixed martial arts fighter from Columbiana. More than one younger would-be opponent has said fighting a senior citizen isn't good for his career.

"I'm too old. I don't even have a career," the 5-foot-8, 205-pound Hall quipped. "I just fight because I still enjoy it."

****. And I've been worrying whether or not I'm too old to start training for amateur local tournaments at 30..

I just got a mental image of popeye for some reason. We should figure out if that guy has the internet.

He is fighting tonight at Undisputed Production's event Atlanta's Friday Night Fights. He will be fighting Tony Ross, 44 years old, from Indianapolis, IN. Skip looks very muscular for his age and one wonders how he fights atrophy :P.

One of our purple belts is also fighting tonight, so I am biased to think this is a good event. Unfortuantely it sold out, except for the expensive seats, too soon for me to be able to go.

former SF, huh?

says he learned from a little korean guy who was owning some GIs.

Fuqqin awesome.

Locu5 you got any fighters at next weeks show at Wild Bills?

As it stands now, no, though IIRC some of the Velocity guys used to train under Jacare. In particular I would like to see the Headden v. Sutton fight, but family duties will prevent me from going.

http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterid=2750

dan severn is still more impressive.

http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterid=2750

dan severn is still more impressive.

geesh...3 losses in a row, two by TKO...it's great that he works out and all, and keeps at his training, but this seems like a good way to get killed doing a younger man's game

daamn 51 and still fuckin people up

I remember a MMA event in Sioux City a couple years back - they had a couple 50+ y.o. with a long-standing grudge lined up to compete. Never did hear how that worked out.

I don't think they were trained or anything, they just wanted to beat on each other.

i weouldnt fight him. talk about a lose/lose situation, you either beat up an old guy which isnt much of an accomplishement or you get your **** ruined by someones grandad which would be fucking embarassing

no, you have a win win situation available - Just don't punch him at all.
Just submit him, that is, if your good enough to tdo that to a sixty year old ;)

i weouldnt fight him. talk about a lose/lose situation, you either beat up an old guy which isnt much of an accomplishement or you get your **** ruined by someones grandad which would be fucking embarassing


I would just treat it like I would wrestling a girl in high school. Go out and be completely merciless. No quarter whatsoever. Absolutely destroy them, so that there was never a doubt in anyone's mind.

Yeah, you walk away a jerk, but at least you weren't the jerk that was "almost" beaten up by a girl/old guy.

yeah... but what if he beat you.

:/

I'd follow him home and win for real...in t3h str33t!