68-Year-Old Granny Makes MMA Debut Against 24-Year-Old And Proves Age Is Just A Number!–JK, She Gets Throttled

 

At the spry age of 68, Ann Perez made her MMA debut in Sparta Combat League. Her opponent: 24-year-old Laura Dettman. If you’re looking for a good underdog story, go throw on Rudy or something, because this is a good old-fashioned SLAUGHTERING. It would be like instead of Rudy making that meaningless tackle, he got trucked and ended up with a spinal chord injury.

Hey, don’t look at me like that, I’m not the one who sanctioned a fight between a senior citizen and someone in her physical prime. Take it up with them. After you watch the fight footage, of course:

While watching this video, I found myself going back and forth between “C’mon take it easy on her” to “please please please connect on a haymaker.” It’s a weird conundrum to want someone to escape safely, while also wanting to see their knees buckle and bite the canvas. If you think I’m being insensitive, please know that I admire this lady. Envy even. At 68-years-old, I just want to make it through a day without shitting myself, nevermind testing my physical prowess against someone a third my age. Props to this lady. Please retire.

[h/t Unilad]

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Matt’s love of writing was born during a sixth grade assembly when it was announced that his essay titled “Why Drugs Are Bad” had taken first prize in D.A.R.E.’s grade-wide contest. The anti-drug people gave him a $50 savings bond for his brave contribution to crime-fighting, and upon the bond’s maturity 10 years later, he used it to buy his very first bag of marijuana.