By Bryan Levick 
A lot has been written recently about the age of a few certain fighters and whether or not they should still be competing.
Case in point is the bout between UFC Hall of Famers Randy Couture and Mark Coleman. The combined age of both men is an astounding 91 years old.
We all know that age is just a number as far as Couture is concerned, but are there enough fighters over the age of 40 to institute a masters division.
Dan Severn recently had something to say on this matter. You can check out his thoughts here.
At 55 years old, Severn last competed in July of 2009 earning his 90th career victory against Woody Young on a King of the Cage show.
Herschel Walker has also been making headlines as he made his MMA debut a successful one on January 30th under the Strikeforce banner.
Walker is a 47 year old former NFL running back who had trained in some form of martial arts since he was very young.
The UFC has a few fighters who could fit well into the masters category. Besides, Couture and Coleman, there is former light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell.
Frank Trigg is 37 years old. Vladimir Matyushenko is now 39 as is Dan Henderson. Yes Hendo is still competitive, but that can change in the blink of an eye.
That doesn’t include Pat Miletich who is looking to make a return at the age of 41.
There are plenty of fighters who are in their upper 30’s that still love to compete, but are having a hard time keeping up with the younger, more evolved fighters of today.
It’s happening in other sports as well, look at Brett Favre in football, Mariano Rivera of the NY Yankees is 39 years old, and still the best closer in the game.
Maybe I am wrong here, and there is no market for such a division. Or maybe the UFC can schedule a few fights per year to get these guys in on the action.
The one things that is very evident is that with the conditioning programs, and supplements that have become available, fighters are taking better care of themselves which allows them to compete a lot longer than ever before.
With Dana White and the UFC it boils down to whether or not these fighters can put on competitive bouts, and whether or not the fans would be interested in watching them fight.
One thing is certain, if these guys want to fight, they are going to fight. At least with a masters division, they can go up against other fighters their own age.
