Are you a UFC follower since the beginning? Are you following MMA events for 30 years? Then you must have come across some of the Aleksei Oleinik fights. Yes, you understood well. Aleksei’s fights reign for 30 years. After all these years Aleksei has not lost his will to win and has not lost his rage and passion for the sport. We are not appreciating enough the endurance and will to fight this ultimate fighter has kept through the years.
The Russian heavyweight is coming from a Jiu-Jitsu background, both Japanese and Brazilian making him unbeatable on the ground. Alexei Oleinik has a top-of-the-game grappling technique and his wrestling is one of a top performer.
Old But Gold – Aleksei Oleinik Scarf Hold Jared Venderaa In The First Round And Marked His 60th Win
These skills do not come easy. You need to earn them by leaving your guts, sweat, and blood in the gym. “I trained two times a day, in the gym and in my home. Stretching, endurance, cardio, millions of push-ups” – says the senior competitor – “I had a schedule and was training seven days a week. Like Bruce Lee in movies, I trained a lot. He was my childhood hero”.
Through the years he reveals that he did not have the support of his closest family. They thought that this sport is too dangerous and they persuaded him to seek a different career. Alexei’s CV is long and has many different professions in it. The MMA fights have been the only constant ‘job’ that lasted through all these years.
In the beginning, he was not even considering the events as a job. He was looking more at it as a hobby and collateral income. Nowadays he still doesn’t look at the MMA as a job, he says it has become his life.
This being said, he is not holding any of his knowledge only for himself. He is eager to demonstrate the techniques and teach his fighting style to younger fighters who are interested in learning.
Even though we are speaking like he is already done and like he will not compete anymore, that is as far from the real situation as possible. At 44 years old, he is still looking for more fights and he is still fearsome and powerful as in his prime.
At the UFC 273 event, his win over Jared Vanderaa was his 60th win in his career. His 60th win and his 47th submission until now. These are some impressive numbers. Due to his incredibly successful tactics, Jared Venderaa did not stand a chance of beating the ‘old bloke’.
Aleksei dominated the octagon since the start of the fight. He delivered several good shots to Jared Vanderaa’s head and was waiting for the right moment to grapple him and win by submission. And he did it. After several attempts and escaped submission positions, he got to a suitable position, and bang, he delivered the submission.
As Joe Rogan said after the fight, if Aleksei Oleinik can get a hold of your neck – you are in deep trouble. After the fight, Aleksei said that we are about to see many more fights from him. He is proof that age is just a number in this sport.
