Still going strong well into his 30s, Frankie Edgar has a well-established reputation as one of MMA’s most durable and consistent competitors. The man they call “The Answer” will celebrate his 36th birthday on Oct. 16.
Others in MMA celebrating a birthday during the month of October:
OCT. 1
Helio Gracie, 1913-2009Devin Cole, 41
Jerrod Sanders, 37
Ryan LaFlare, 34
OCT. 2
David Heath, 41Takayo Hashi, 40
Ed Herman, 37
Alex Reyes, 31
OCT. 3
Thiago Alves, 34Leo Kuntz, 34
Dave Herman, 33
Seok Mo Kim, 31
Sirwan Kakai, 28
OCT. 4
Milton Vieira, 39Joshua Burkman, 37
Liam McGeary, 35
Alexis Davis, 33
Ralek Gracie, 32
Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger, 32
Andrew Bard, 30
Erik Koch, 29
Michinori Tanaka, 27
OCT. 5
Hiromitsu Kanehara, 47Rich Franklin, 43
Matt Hamill, 41
Robert Drysdale, 36
OCT. 6
Olly Bradstreet, 34Brett Martinez, 31
Masio Fullen, 30
Yair Rodriguez, 25
OCT. 7
Akihiro Gono, 43Kyacey Uscola, 36
Chris Mickle, 34
Yuta Sasaki, 28
OCT. 8
Siala-Mou Siliga, 47Ryo Chonan, 41
Francisco Rivera, 36
Will Brooks, 31
OCT. 9
Gene LeBell, 85Josh Diekmann, 41
Luis Palomino, 37
Jorge Santiago, 37
Blagoy Ivanov, 31
OCT. 10
Brad Mitchell, 43Brandon Vera, 40
Douglas Evans, 37
Terry Martin, 37
Doo Won Seo, 36
Carla Esparza, 30
Jordan Mein, 28
OCT. 11
Francis Carmont, 36Nick Denis, 34
Desmond Green, 28
Dave Burrow, 26
OCT. 12
Fred Ettish, 62“Big” John McCarthy, 55
Wes Sims, 48
Jason High, 36
Bashir Ahmad, 35
Ronnie Mann, 31
Omari Akhmedov, 30
Kyoji Horiguchi, 27
OCT. 13
Matt Hughes, 44Bryan Baker, 32
Talita Nogueira, 32
John Albert, 31
OCT. 14
Kathina Catron, 32Tony Sims, 32
Jim Alers, 31
Josh Grispi, 29
OCT. 15
Art Arciniega, 36Jacob Draves, 35
Vaughan Lee, 35
Karolina Kowalkiewicz, 32
OCT. 16
Kazuyuki Fujita, 47Mike Hayes, 37
Frankie Edgar, 36
Maximo Blanco, 34
OCT. 17
Joey Villasenor, 42Rex Richards, 37
Holly Holm, 36
Ben Rothwell, 36
Buddy Roberts, 35
Luke Rockhold, 33
Edimilson Souza, 33
Charles Oliveira, 28
OCT. 18
Stoney Hale, 38Alonzo Menifield, 30
Jorina Baars, 29
Ji Yeon Kim, 28
OCT. 19
Yukiko Seki, 47Gilbert Smith, 36
Terry Etim, 32
Drew Dober, 29
Sabah Homasi, 29
Sean Powers, 28
OCT. 20
John Fraser, 40Hayder Hassan, 35
Paul Redmond, 31
Ashley Yoder, 30
OCT. 21
Clint Godfrey, 35Shawn Jordan, 33
Ed Ruth, 27
Lowen Tynanes, 27
OCT. 22
Ajlin Ahmic, 33Kosuke Suzuki, 33
Rin Nakai, 31
Amanda Bobby Cooper, 26
OCT. 23
Jason Butcher, 33Jeremy May, 31
Adam Piccolotti, 29
Andre Soukhamthath, 29
OCT. 24
Orlando Wiet, 52David Mitchell, 38
James McSweeney, 37
Mark Bocek, 36
Jesse Forbes, 33
Kelvin Gastelum, 26
James Gallagher, 21
OCT. 25
Eric Davila, 41Jeremiah O’Neal, 40
Keith Wisniewski, 36
Augusto Montano, 33
Danielle Taylor, 28
OCT. 26
Alejandro Villalobos, 39Seth Baczynski, 36
Cindy Dandois, 33
Rafael dos Anjos, 33
OCT. 27
Semmy Schilt, 44Sherron Leggett, 39
Misaki Takimoto, 37
Julio Arce, 28
OCT. 28
Jigoro Kano, 1860-1938Bobby Hoffman, 51
Alex Chambers, 39
Glover Teixeira, 38
L.C. Davis, 37
Will Noland, 37
OCT. 29
Will Kerr, 35Jason Langellier, 34
Antonio Braga Neto, 30
Matthew Lozano, 29
OCT. 30
Hong Man Choi, 37Katsunori Kikuno, 36
Ed West, 34
Veronica Macedo, 22
OCT. 31
Keith Jardine, 42Joe Warren, 41
Daniel Kelly, 40
Waylon Lowe, 37
Yoshiro Maeda, 26
Myles Jury, 29