Erik Koch may be the oldest 25-year-old in mixed martial arts. Not in a ‘he’s got a lot of mileage’ on him way, but in terms of the experience he has and the maturity he’s developed as someone who has already been in this game for nearly a decade. And he’s embracing every minute of it.“A lot of people come at me with, ‘oh, he’s young,’ but I don’t feel like it in that way,” said Koch. “I’ve been fighting since I was 16, so I’ve been doing it for a minute, and what comes with that is maturity. I have a young body and I can push myself, but I also have the mindset of a veteran that’s been in the … Read the Full Article Here
Erik Koch: A New Day for New Breed
Erik Koch may be the oldest 25-year-old in mixed martial arts. Not in a ‘he’s got a lot of mileage’ on him way, but in terms of the experience he has and the maturity he’s developed as someone who has already been in this game for nearly a decade. And he’s embracing every minute of it.“A lot of people come at me with, ‘oh, he’s young,’ but I don’t feel like it in that way,” said Koch. “I’ve been fighting since I was 16, so I’ve been doing it for a minute, and what comes with that is maturity. I have a young body and I can push myself, but I also have the mindset of a veteran that’s been in the … Read the Full Article Here