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#4 Ann Perez De Tejada
Most sextagenarians take up knitting or playing the piano or such, at their age. Ann Perez De Tejada took up MMA. The 69-year-old, who competed in a strawweight bout last year, has a Karate background spanning 15 years before her MMA debut.
At 61, she was introduced to BJJ to augment her preparation for a Karate black belt test, and fell in love with it.
De Tejada says that the derision she faces because of her age only fans her flame to fight. Despite having lost her debut bout, she has no plans of retiring, which makes her the oldest active MMA fighter in the USA, possibly the world.
It could be said that at least some of that never-say-die spirit has rubbed off from her Grudge Training Center teammate, Justin Gaethje.
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