{"id":161390,"date":"2025-09-22T16:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T16:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/161390\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T16:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T16:24:13","slug":"mma-legend-confirms-ufc-talks-potentially-becoming-one-of-the-oldest-signings-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/161390\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA legend confirms UFC talks, potentially becoming one of the oldest signings ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are plenty of recent examples of older fighters getting a shot at UFC. <\/p>\n<p>Patricio Pitbull, who is widely regarded as one of the best ever to come out of Bellator, joined at 37. Mandel Nallo also got signed at 36 after earning a contract through Dana White\u2019s Contender Series, becoming the oldest to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Ron Van Clief holds the record for the oldest debutant in UFC history, stepping into the Octagon at age 51 back in 1994. Although he only fought once, his story is still remembered by fans today.<\/p>\n<p>Now, one more Bellator veteran has put himself in line for a UFC opportunity after picking up two straight wins on the regional circuit.<\/p>\n<p>Juan Archuleta unveils plans for Monday meeting with UFC matchmaker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are plenty of recent examples of older fighters getting a shot at UFC. Patricio Pitbull, who is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-161390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}