The 35 Year Old Curse compiled

I see people post about the 35 and up curse a lot but I can never find the exact list of fights they're referencing, so I attempted to compile my own. If I've missed any fights, please let me know. In the lighter weight classes (125-155), fighters aged 35 or older have competed for a belt 16 times Lightweight: Justin Gaethje def. Tony Ferguson Islam Makhachev def. Alexander Volkanovski 2 Islam Makhachev def. Dustin Poirier Islam Makhachev def. Renato Moicano Featherweight: Jose Aldo def. Kenny Florian Max Holloway def. Frankie Edgar Alexander Volkanovski def. TKZ Yair Rodriguez def. Josh Emmett Ilia Topuria def. Alexander Volkanovski Alexander Volkanovski def. Diego Lopes (only successful attempt) Bantaweight: Dominic Cruz def. Urijah Faber 3 Henry Cejudo def. Dominic Cruz Aljamain Sterling def. TJ Dillashaw Aljamain Sterling def. Henry Cejudo Flyweight: Deiveson Figueiredo def. Joseph Benevidez 2 Brandon Moreno def. Deiveson Figueiredo 4 submitted by /u/Shadowdoge26 [link] [comments]

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I see people post about the 35 and up curse a lot but I can never find the exact list of fights they're referencing, so I attempted to compile my own. If I've missed any fights, please let me know.

In the lighter weight classes (125-155), fighters aged 35 or older have competed for a belt 16 times

Lightweight:

  1. Justin Gaethje def. Tony Ferguson
  2. Islam Makhachev def. Alexander Volkanovski 2
  3. Islam Makhachev def. Dustin Poirier
  4. Islam Makhachev def. Renato Moicano

Featherweight:

  1. Jose Aldo def. Kenny Florian
  2. Max Holloway def. Frankie Edgar
  3. Alexander Volkanovski def. TKZ
  4. Yair Rodriguez def. Josh Emmett
  5. Ilia Topuria def. Alexander Volkanovski
  6. Alexander Volkanovski def. Diego Lopes (only successful attempt)

Bantaweight:

  1. Dominic Cruz def. Urijah Faber 3
  2. Henry Cejudo def. Dominic Cruz
  3. Aljamain Sterling def. TJ Dillashaw
  4. Aljamain Sterling def. Henry Cejudo

Flyweight:

  1. Deiveson Figueiredo def. Joseph Benevidez 2
  2. Brandon Moreno def. Deiveson Figueiredo 4
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