Ilia Topuria to RETIRE in 5 Years (Fighters are Changing)
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- čas přidán 28. 02. 2024
- Ilia Topuria has announced that he will retire in 5-7 years. This explains part of why he wants these big super fights so soon. Islam Makhachev, Conor McGregor, Khabib Numragomedov, Max Holloway, and Canelo Alvarez are all fighters that Topuria wants to fight.
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I think we're going to see more these new gen fighters retire younger than the older gen. The game is changing.
It would be one thing if they were trying to preserve their bodies and brains, but I think it has more to do with not wanting to lose. A bad loss on your resume hurts worse than just not having enough defenses. That's I think why everyone wants to be a double champ. Hit double champ status, then spend the rest of your middle age talking big and not having to really back it up. Now, is that mindset indicative of a younger generation raised to put a premium on appearance? I don't know. I'm not a psychologist.
Colby bootlickington 😂 he should retire . Most overrated
Hopefully. It's not fun watching guys like BJ and Tony and Bigfoot ruin their future health by being so stubborn and not objective at all about their abilities post-prime. I think promoters need to take some responsibility too and not let these guys who clearly don't have it anymore still fight. No one wins in those scenarios: the fighter in question gets pummeled, the fighter who wins gets no credit for beating up someone whose washed and the fans have to witness a legend get dismantled for no reason. Take the GSP route fighters. It's better that way
So maybe we will see more 18 years old getting into UFC. Get the belt around 23, retire 28.
@@OmnipotentSpud You pretend your mind isn't made up but it obviously is. I find your discourse extremely disingenuous and extremely easy to hold from the sidelines. You mean to tell me they value their records more than their health? Even after all we have learned about CTE? Dubious.
Meanwhile Romero fighting in his 75, barking at the camera
No one knows if he's ageing at all. Lab experiment gone right 😂
@@sallgoodman2323damn right the rubik Cuban aging process is still a complex mystery to man
Barking or should I say
Mocking many of us watching him from Our Couch being the laziest beings. Lol
But Romero is built different though.
he said he go in boxing!!!
They exchange punches and kicks for a living. Smart move to stop doing that before it’s too late. What’s to be scared about wanting a healthy life?
Chuck Liddell looks great but you know he's medicating with booze
Naaa just ask Floyd how to be the goat at a combat sport.
@@c.anderson3444 Not everyone's Floyd, plus boxing pays way more than MMA.
Not every fighter has such a defensiva style and is running allí the time
@@c.anderson3444Floyd never pushed himself past his limit. Nothing wrong with that
Do people think that Fighter can go on until they are in their 40s? He is only human, and health is not forever
Hes only human after all
Only and handful of fighters are capable of being dominant at that age. The most impressive performance I’ve seen was from glover texeira against Jiri, and that was a fight he lost.
@@emanuel81111😂 I understand that reference
You know unified champion boxing light-heavyweight division, artur beterbiev? having held the IBF title since 2017, the WBC title since 2019, and the WBO title since 2022. And he is 40 next year.
@ryantiarno4294 and? The post says into their 40s which is not 39. Its not even 40. There are these things called colloquialisms, "into x decade of age" is a colloquialism. So everything you said is.irr.el.e.vant
Most athletes do not have the will power to stay retired. None of the people have managed to retire on top except GSP and Khabib. And even GSP was ready to come back for the right opportunity.
Athletes get addicted to it. People underestimate the enormous amount of willpower it requires to walk away forever while on top.
Ceujdo couldn't do it. Silva couldn't do it. Jones hasn't done it. Yet. We'll see.
Jones hasn’t? He came back and won the heavyweight championship
@@CT-mw7fn I mean he hasn't retired yet.
@@CT-mw7fnGSP became champ in MW after 4 years layoff he beat Bisping who was the champion to become champion not like Jones who beat the no.1 contender to become champ
And let me make it more clear that both Khabib and GSP are popular and they are superstars there is a reason why Henry cameback
@goat7728 So what? Nothing you said has EVEN 1% relevance to this comment. IT IS ABOUT BEING RETIRED.
Also you are OBJECTIVE wrong. The belt was vacated. Therefore both people fighting are valid champions for winning. There is, again, objectively nothing substantial about your (wrong) opinion (lemme guess you are unaware that it is not up for debate that opinions can actually be quite literally wrong). There is zero difference between Gane getting the belt after Francis vacating and then losing to Jones, or Jones and Gane fighting for a vacated title.
So because you literally (wrongly) espoused that it is less substantial to win the title this way, then you are (objectively) saying that the first ever champions and subsequently the second logically, are not as legitimate then. For example, Holly Holm's championship win is not as important now because she only beat Rousey, and Rousey never won that belt. She was GIVEN the belt for free, and using your logic, she only ever beat number 1 contenders RIGHT? You flat out said that it is not legitimate unless YOU BEAT THE CURRENT CHAMP. Which UFC champion did Rousey beat for the belt? Oh, none? Therefore none of her defenses mattered, because she never won the belt, and everyone she fought while holding it were #1 contenders. So logically, Holm never beat a legitimate champion who won the belt. So no title holder in that division actually ever beat anyone who won the belt from someone who won the belt right?
I think Ilia can live off the sponsorships he will make in Spain for the next several years. He is going to become mainstream in Spain.
As long as he has the belt, Spain will disown him once he loses. 😂
Already is mainstream. Came out with Real Madrid recently and has been all over the news over there
@@milojayjay this right here. He could loose the belt next fight and than be at point where he needs to fight 2 more times before title shot
He was already well off before the fight game
The man has a Jordan flag, reps Spain, and lives in America lmao. He should make up his mind
32 is the perfect age to retire if you already had the belt. The prime of a fighter arguebly ends around 33-35 usually anyways, so it makes sense. That why he called Volk an old man, because he knew 35 is pretty old for a 145er, and his chances are against Volk are the best someone ever had, since he also just came from a KO loss on top of the age.
Especially for a 145er. Prime ages are earlier. Smart move for Ilia.
That's your peak, they should then move into boxing, that's where the money is. Francis just earned about 15 million in his latest fight, 5million in his first... that's where the money is.
Smart move! I hope more fighters take the same approach, i definitely preferred watching khabib retire too early vs Tony staying around too long
I lived when khabib retired! But because he was fkn boring and was absolutely stinking up the 155 division with shitty ass fights and fighting once a fkn year, best thing ever when he fucked off
Khabib also barely fought so him leaving finally made it that belt can be defended twice per year
It was time for Khabib, he did everything he had to and retired undefeated. Not bad :P.
What the veterans dont understand is that reaction speed is key for success in fighting
Especially in the small man weight classes.
@@termsofusepolice but they gonna said Glover texeira still do it in 40 years old when bigger weight division don't rely too much on speed and reaction time ..They always compare age with Glover when average in heavyweight 35-40
@@mrboast2826glover won the belt when division was at its weakest
Still legit champion but there is a reason why he, when he was undefeated and in his prime with 20 wins in a row, got absolutely dismantled by Jones
The Khabib plan
Your DP says it all🧂
Khabib was smart and even he admitted that he would've lost eventually.
Gsp, khabib
@@rjesh2062it didn’t exactly work out for Muhammad Ali like he token so many hits he gotten Parkinsons disease. So it’s smart to have a short lived fight career
Conor mccoverrated not a single title defense
Leaving at the top of your game or when you win is always the best move not only in fighting but in every business.
True, but even more reason to do it in fighting. A single injury in training could decide when a fighter is "done" whether they accept it or not. Athletes just don't get to decide, it's silly that we pretend that they do.
So I have the same game plan. I plan on retiring from competition at 34. I read a study that was turn on boxer that retired 34 and under, and their brains were able to recover at a rate of around 67%, 10 years but boxers who retired from 35 to 40 showed no brain recovery 10 years after they retired.
And you are?
@@kill.z0n3😂😂😂
@@kill.z0n3 fr lol
I was not able to find the study you were talking about. If you could send me the name that would be awesome because it sounds interesting. Even aside from the study, 33 years old was calculated to be the dropping off point for MMA athletes (analysis by MMAonPoin) so it's not a bad idea to retire just before your body is out of its prime regardless of anything
@@kglou8870bro say I’m wrong lmao
He’s smart
he thinks he can fight with canelo in boxing how smart can he be. he’s got undefeated fighter syndrome where thinks he’s literally invincible
@@KeCasgrimolathat would be his biggest pay check ever even if he lost
@@russellwestbrook462Also the biggest brain damage
@@KeCasgrimola it’s one match he’ll be alright
More fighters need to do this especially if you manage to make some decent money and reach the pinnacle of the sport. Their fighting career is maybe at MOST 20% of their life why extend that unnecessarily and have potentially even more health issues for the remaining 40-60 years of your life. In MMA 30/40 is up there but in the real world you have so much life to still left I'm sure you'd prefer not to be walking around with brain damage, joint and mobility issues...
Very based thing to do actually. A lot of these guys start very young. Illia made his debut at 19. By 32 he'll have 14 years of trauma and wear and tear on his body.
Not only that but retiring young gives him ample time, while he's still in his prime, to pursue an actual stable career like going to school or opening his own gym.
Another thing is that fighters are extremely expendable and fans have a short memory. Unless you do something exceptional like Volkanovski or build a memorable character like Diaz bros, you'll likely be forgotten in a year or two following your retirement. Nobody but diehard fans of the sport remembers or cares about Chris Lytle or Thiago Alves or even more recent retirees like Jacare and Benavidez.
Very good point. He hasn't taken a load of damage yet compared to some of his peers, but the training camps are grueling.
19 +14 is not 32
@@squuid15you have to count 19 as a year where he was fighting. You are counting 20 as year 1.
@@dirkvanvelden8378bud 19+14=33
@@dirkvanvelden8378mma fans smh
Khabib retired after 3 title defenses and everyone was cheering. He say he wanna retire in 5 years which means at least 5 defenses and its negative? How come
Khabib had the blind support of his 🕋☪️ fanbase. And a lot of people hate Ilia because of his confidence and how he ran through Volk.
Well Khabib defended the belt against Contenders but this guy without defending the belt for once and wants to fight retired fighters like Conor and wants double champ status without Title defenses so his main plan is to retire soon as becomes a multimillionaire and trust me is gonna lose badly 😂
@@goat7728 you think he will not fight in those 5 years and retire without having another figvt ? Comon now
@niconicoo5661 no mate am saying if he gets a big money fight he will retire
Who?
ilia’s style makes him a ticking bomb, taking a shot to land one can’t work forever, doesn’t want the chuck liddell route
honestly somewhat similar situation to volk, volk used to eat big shots but that chin got cracked
exactly
You know that the combo he threw on Alex wasn’t a Harry marry right? That was clean combo that open for the left to be expose for breakfast
This guy just won the belt and is already talking about retirement. Brother, if you lose your first title defense you ain't retiring shit. What's up with all these guys winning one championship fight and calling out Thanos? Can you relax and defend the title?
This is something we have seen with fighters forever. Rampage was going to retire young. DJ I believe said it as well, benson Henderson said it back in the day too, lots of fighters say they will retire young or set a retirement age and they almost never stick to it.
They love free money imagine fighting for 25 minutes at most and making several hundred thousands which would otherwise take years to earn.
@@DarkWarrior_1 That’s not how the game typically works. “Free money” Only burglars get that.
@@DarkWarrior_1What "free money"? These fighters are risking their health and years off their lives every time they get in the cage or on the mat. That ain't free!
@@DarkWarrior_1It’s not that. It’s becuz they lost they’re trying to get back what they had. If they had a perfect career. they would’ve accomplished that retirement goal.
@@MrSFblacktell that to Angela Hill
If he has 7 title defenses. That is one big IF
Once you climb the mountain, the real challenge is knowing when to leave. I'd rather see more GSP and Amanda Nunes stories than BJ Penn and Tony Ferguson stories
I mean fighting is his passion but realistically has more risks than awards, with no safety net or insurance in sight. I mean look at Dan hooker and Tony Ferguson and what the sport has done to them. I’d rather get out early with some money and some sense about me once I’m satisfied with my legacy.
Retire in prime condition and they paychecks will be even bigger to entice them to come back, which they will. It’s business.
I agree but you do need to understand your worth or you'll end up in Cejudo's position.
This is not a discipline where you can do what you love without consequences .
Always cracks me up when you abruptly end the segment and close out the video lol
Not sure if Max can get it done, but it would be so cool if Max had this guy‘s number and him, Volk and Topuria were this weird fight triangle
0:26 Coachpotato, who never stepped in a ring/cage to spar, schooling an UFC champion: "He is scared! He does not want to fight!"
👀
6:24 GSP fought at a stadium in Canada. The skydome now known as Rogers Center
I get fans want him to go longer but he is smart and doesnt want to take damage. Hopefully he faces some real contenders before that like Max and Movsar.
More fighters should take this approach.
I love it, this is the ultimate young man sport after all. Now that their skills are developing younger and younger their prime in athleticism and skill are close to matching.
Also not taking that much damage is always good.
He wants to retire undefeated and on top
Interesting analysis. I think you might be on to something.
That literally applies to every prospect. What fiighter doesnt want to retire undefeated
What if volk beats him in the re match at the end of the year? He might just retire then
Sport does if this mindset gets adopted. It will make it easier to avoid tough matchups and cherry pick
For your info, on spanish interviews he has said he prefers 2 fights a year. Also, the fact he is targeting october-november (this is my take, but I'm informed) is not activity-related but directly related to the availability of booking the Santiago Bernabéu (Madrid Stadium) in Spain.
Bro got hit with that Jai Herbert head kick and said “I must get out of here AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.”
Reminder: Khabib did the same thing by retiring early and everyone said he was smart for saving his legacy. Ilia decides he will retire early as well and is hated for it.
Cejudo retiring in his prime was criticized by many
As we saw in the newly uploaded video the fighter prime is at age 33
we'll see. im sure lots of fighters think that until the time comes to give up everything youve ever known. its not that easy for champions especially, i imagine.
the greatest people in their sports always have comebacks, also outside of fighting, going out if you at the top is great, but greater is if you fall and climb back up, that shows true greatness
Tony Ferguson is currently killing himself chasing that comeback story.
@@MrSFblackNick Diaz style. He's champ because he threw a water bottle at them. Tony was always overrated.
@TheWeasle would you ever make videos on ONE? I know the UFC is much more popular but instead of watching and reviewing the half assed fight nights in the APEX if CZcamsrs started to cover ONE it would bring in more viewers aswell making some competition between the UFC and ONE which could only benefit the consumer. The Skill level of ONE is not all that worse than the UFC I feel they just lack the big names and hype that the UFC has. What do you think?
@TheWeasleMMA I think that Ilia is very smart if this is an accurate statement. I appreciate his callouts more knowing he doesn't want to damage his body for extreme glory. If Ilia beats max convincingly then i think give him the world till he falls, again assuming we wont have this special athlete for long! Dude is incredible and i look forward to the max fight to see how good he is
Super smart. Reaction time drops of with age. You can’t see punches coming like you used to.
That’s a awesome plan.
It's entirely possible if he does a quick title defense gauntlet.
Its all talk right now..
Hey you said “GSP before he made his comeback”… I have two questions. Number one - are you referring to when he came back at middleweight and took the belt off Bisping and then re-retired? Number two - a) do you honestly consider GSP’s one fight comeback a real comeback and b) is that really a negative thing since GSP, during that mini comeback, got paid good money, and became one of the view fighters to ever be a two division champions? Just curious
To be honest, I think Tuporia might know something we don’t know as far as the future of the UFC. Of course I have no doubts it’ll be around but it’s starting to lose its flare and not that exciting as it once was. It’s becoming very predictable, gimmicky with social media and all the big stars are on their was out
Becoming Champ is gonna open a lot of doors for him to make a lot of money outside of fighting. And he’s starting to become high demand in his country
Idk if the UFC with ever have another Conor, Diaz, Jon Jones etc. The next generation have great fighters but that doesn’t make them stars. We’ll see but I think Tuporia sees a decline in the next 5 years with the organization
He also set a realistic objective for himself. One cannot hope to remain undefeated until 40 yo...
Hey weasle. Who hits harder Micheal Chandler or Josh Emmet?
I hope TheWeasle never retires 😢
didnt this guy d-ride volk before and predict that ilia would get humbled? lol now hes d-riding ilia because hes the popular fighter now
Relax bro
Did Ilia even say this though? It was just a guy who wrote it in spanish on twitter, what were HIS sources?
Unironically smart move.
I respect a fighter who knows when it's best to stop
I also worry that the next gen of fighters will pick and choose who they fight like boxers
Anyone that is saying he is scared doesnt have any idea what these guys put their bodies, minds, and families through for this sport.
I wouldn't want the damage to my computer either, mood swings etc..
Til these days, no one comes close to GSP in terms of legacy and career choice which I hope every great fighters should follow.
glad to see comments mostly backing illia's decision. We love to see legends fight, but we also want them to be safe and healthy, both mentally and physically.
So often we have seen great fighters keep fighting long after their prime. Tony, Anderson silva, cejudo, Jose Aldo, Volk, etc. I think it’s a smart move, leave while your on top and enjoy the fruits of your labor
Problem is by the time a champion gets to retirement age they are at their maximum earning potential and star power so it is extremely hard to walk away from all that opportunity to protect your legacy
Why did the audio change so much around 7:40
These guys are extremely competitive by nature and stepping away from competition without a new directive for that passion can bring the fighter back out of not finding a new competitive drive. DJ Might Mouse understands this very well and plans to step away but into gi grappling and pursuing his competitive drive there. They are human, I wouldn't stop competing if it what I love too without finding a new passion. I will believe him when he announces something in replace of fighting come the end of the next 5 years. Even Khabib had to burry his head into spear heading a new organization and bringing up fighters to distract himself. Humans aren't meant to just sit around and do nothing with stacks of money regardless of age, we like to do things in this world as we should. Lose or win or in sacrifice of our health.
You are totally correct. I think if it wasn't Khabib's mom telling him he needed to retire that he would be back also. These guys are so competitive that I don't believe they would retire for long. I mean Izzy was going to take this long break and then he was agreeing to fight on 300. He may retire for some time, but there is always someone new coming up and these guys can't admit when their time has passed.
He just became champ, if he holds the belt for 5 years thats really amazing, if he loses the belt and goes down he may retire sooner surely
They won't stay retired. They will end up doing some form of combat sport.
Once they become champ, normaly they take a little longer to fight again. I think its a mental thing. First you need all the new champ hype to go away, once you do all the media all over the place. Then you need to get that fighter mentality sharp again cause everythng you did prior, was to achieve the belt. So you need to get the "hunger" back.
I mean it’s one of those things we’re it’s not a bad idea. He’s 27 and already champ… 5 years from now if he’s still champ that’s pretty dominant. Remember volk was champ for like 5 years or something. So retiring at 32 “sounds” crazy but he’s not 31 or 30 saying that he’s 27. Big difference
Makes sense he’s entering his prime soon and it don’t last forever
How can a fighter be "scared" when he is literally going to be fighting for the next 5 years? Just respect the guy's life decisions.
That sounds like a very smart idea.
Ilia is a smart man. Good for him.
no prediction for tonight ?
He's assuming he'll still be on top and will have made his bag for life by then. Let him do that first and then we'll worry about how serious he is. Holloway, Movsar, and whoever else can make it up there are in the way
Look at ramero still winning fights at 47, dudes a savage
Champion is Charles Daddy 💀😂
@@Polar-pencil good one
You know, Mike Tyson was also very short for heavyweight, but because of his style and body build, he never had a problem because of that. Yes, reach does matter, but Ilia is thick boned and muscle heavy, he naturally weighs 80-82 kgs, he has to lose a loot every time for weight ins, plus he has many fights in lightweight in his career, so I don’t think it will be that kind of a problem for him to do light weight.
i think 33-36 should be the age of retirement for most fighters, heavier weight classes, of course, can retire later 35-38. i think Topuria should focus on featherweigth, if he can fight 2-3 times a year he can get close to Aldo's record by the time he's 30, then he moves up to lightweight and tries to make history. Topuria could become the featherweigth goat with 7-10 defenses, and the ligthweith goat with 4-5 defenses. He could become the undisputed GOAT of the sport, but i think he will try to get these big fights sooner then later and will have a smaller legacy.
Any fan against this is objectively not a real fan. I hate when people say "casuals are good for the sport". NOT ALWAYS
We want to see him at his best.
Luke Thomas mentioned that when speaking to fighters the one thing they had in common is that they wanted to make some money get out of this game as quickly as possible.
It’s worth noting that fighters have said this in the past re Amir Khan in boxing but they ended up chasing a title. Although slightly different, Henry Cejudo couldn’t resist coming out of retirement.
Say what you want but the Rocky Marciano method of recognizing when you're done, is the way to go.
He is feeling like he is on top of the world right now, I'm not surprised he sees himself undefeated until he decides to walk away. Realistically he might not even be champ a couple years from now.
He's 27 years old just slept arguably the featherweight goat in Volk who hasn't had a difficult fight in the featherweight division since the second Max fight. The young, top contenders that haven't fought for the belt at featherweight are Evloev, Allen, Chikadze, Mitchell, and Murphy. All of these are extremely winnable opponents for Topuria after seeing how he's performed in his career. Wouldn't be surprised if he gets over 5 title defenses and retires undefeated at 32.
@@humzachudhary2056 1 fight a yr. that's crazy my dude
The problem is when they retire, they come back like Henry
I hope this means he can give those 5 years his all.
Can’t hate on the plan but let’s see it in action
I think Ilia can back it up for sure. He has so much skill and he has shades of Strickland and Whittaker in that he has amazong boxing offense and defense like sean and is anti wrestling like whittaker, what I can see him struggling with are dangerous kickers like Yair but he has many ways to win that fight as well. I also think hes gotten better at defending kicks after thst Jai Herbert fight
Retiring early, protecting a legacy isn't that respect worthy in my opinion.
Guys like khabib will always have that question mark over their head over how far they could have gone. Meanwhile tony ferguson took risks, went as far as he could, and will have no doubts after he leaves.
I'm not saying that guys should be staying well into a 6 fight losing streak, but the idea of protecting records and legacies is exactly what ruined boxing.
Just because he says he'll retire doesn't mean he will. Conor has retired like 8 times. GSP retired and then unretired. Uriah Faber too. Lots of guys have plans and then the plans change. Take it with a grain of salt.
Every young fighter says this only khabib and a few others have actually done it
Good if the champs get their bag and leave before they get matched with the new big thing. Upsets the UFC, but whatever is better for the fighters is best.
it was long overdue for younger fighters to learn from what has unfolded in the past of the sport and plan accordingly
Retiring young and healthy in this sport is a luxury. If he can do it, all power to him. I can easily see him transitioning to another career after his UFC run, and live comfortably for the rest of his life.
It'll only be a thing for top fighters to earn a good purse while fighting. I doubt most fights who never became champ or were even ranked long enough will do this
The man decides what he wants do before he even gets there you gotta respect that lol
Anybody know the name of weasels other channel?
My history channel is called Trails of Steel
Many fighters will fight for as long as their health allows it regardless of how much money they made (Floyd, Manny, Bernard Hopkins, Anderson Silva, even Andrei Arvsloski)… I know MMA fighters like Andrei and Anderson aren’t as wealthy as the boxers, but they have wealth and other streams of income yet they didn’t want to stop fighting even when losing… I also feel the UFC is more responsible for Conor not fighting than his actual willingness to fight
Topuria appears to be seeing into a future in which he holds the title for 5 years and then retires. Either he has soccer athlete level financial sponsorship deals booked; he was gifted an Aston Martin DB12 (about a $300k car), or maybe that was just a big fan at Aston Martin Madrid, thrilled to see a Spanish UFC champion.
Shooting a documentary about his rise to the title BEFORE the fight even took place more or less tells how he sees his future panning out.
As for the next generation of fighters being a get in, get title, get sponsorship deals, get rich, get out; probably not. A lot of fighters wanted to replicate the Conor MacGregor model, and it really hasn't happened to anyone else. Most will grind, earning UFC level pay, booking whatever sponsorship deals they can along the way, then set up gyms or social media self brand businesses, etc.
Regarding retirement ages; that may well just be a factor of the level of competition from each subsequent generation of new fighters. Everyone is more or less aware that the average fighter peaks by 34, whether that goes down or not remains to be seen. Some just love the fight game, that's all they are, and will continue to take bouts for as long as they can be booked, or the wheels fall off.
Cutting weight with red wine, working as few hours as possible and eyeing an early retirement….more Spaniard then most native born Spaniards (including myself)
A smart move. As a champ, you have all the leverage to push your life forward, knowing that it will continue after you reach 35 or 40 years old, but your fighting career will be over. It's up to the fighters to set themselves a better future, enduring the less brain damage as possible. Acting, politic, publicity, investing, coaching, getting accepted in any university you want, modeling, really anything becomes available once you get that champ fame. Most of them do not do that because they know nothing else than their fight life. They struggle with their professional identity outside of being a fighter. But really, you'll HAVE to be something else anyway, very soon, so... Better see your fighting days as a springboard rather than an endgoal.
Cannonier is one of the few that's only gotten better with age.