This reminds me. I once had a work colleague trying to explain to me how 70 year Kung Fu masters would beat young, prime pugilists. I had to have a long talk with him but I think in his head he knew by the end of it that he was wrong.
This is the only problem with MMA. The world and its wife wants to try its hand at the sport. Fair play to the old man he wanted to prove a point. But this nonsense wouldnt happen in boxing.