good points, except the age thing. however I don't think a background in sports makes any difference at all honestly. How many former NFL players tried to fight... "Big Baby" didn;t have any type of background did he? not that he was great or anything but sometime brute strength can be just as good of a foundation as "skills" from 20 years ago...
Then you have Lesner, look at his background... and IMO, not an impressive MMA fighter...
No but what im getting at is this.. What did Lesnar have right off the bat ?? As well as Couture, Hughes, and so on... An amazing amateur career.. They are the ppl that have the chance to be good and devoted because they were so motivated at a younger age to learn the ropes and responsibilities faster.. I guess you could say " gifted athletes" that just have that "it" in them .. SOrry I cant explain it better.. But look at anderson silva.. Do you think if you trained 15 yrs MMA you would be as good as him? 99% chance of hell no, Why? Natural talent, ability
