prime (prm)
adj.
1. First in excellence, quality, or value. See Usage Note at perfect.
2. First in degree or rank; chief. See Synonyms at chief.
3. First or early in time, order, or sequence; original.
4. Of the highest U.S. government grade of meat.
5. Mathematics Of, relating to, or being a prime number.
n.
1. The earliest hours of the day; dawn.
2. The first season of the year; spring.
3. The age of ideal physical perfection and intellectual vigor.
4. The period or phase of ideal or peak condition. See Synonyms at bloom1.
5. The first position of thrust and parry in fencing.
6. A mark () appended above and to the right of a character, especially:
a. One used to distinguish different values of the same variable in a mathematical expression.
b. One used to represent a unit of measurement, such as feet or minutes in latitude and longitude.
7. also Prime Ecclesiastical
a. The second of the seven canonical hours. No longer in liturgical use.
b. The time appointed for this service, the first hour of the day or 6 a.m.
8. Mathematics A prime number.
9. A prime rate.
10. See primitive.
adj.
1. First in excellence, quality, or value. See Usage Note at perfect.
2. First in degree or rank; chief. See Synonyms at chief.
3. First or early in time, order, or sequence; original.
4. Of the highest U.S. government grade of meat.
5. Mathematics Of, relating to, or being a prime number.
n.
1. The earliest hours of the day; dawn.
2. The first season of the year; spring.
3. The age of ideal physical perfection and intellectual vigor.
4. The period or phase of ideal or peak condition. See Synonyms at bloom1.
5. The first position of thrust and parry in fencing.
6. A mark () appended above and to the right of a character, especially:
a. One used to distinguish different values of the same variable in a mathematical expression.
b. One used to represent a unit of measurement, such as feet or minutes in latitude and longitude.
7. also Prime Ecclesiastical
a. The second of the seven canonical hours. No longer in liturgical use.
b. The time appointed for this service, the first hour of the day or 6 a.m.
8. Mathematics A prime number.
9. A prime rate.
10. See primitive.
This what we should consider when making a case if a fighter is in his prime or past his prime.
The problem is that different attributes peak at different times; e.g you can be have the fast hanspeed between 22-24 but your power is still improving, and your tactical astuteness and the ability will not reach it's heights till you are in your 30s.
I consider a fighter past his prime when the majority of attributes decline enough to make the fighter inferior as whole from where they were at there overall peak.
People are too quick to throw the past prime label around when a fighter has an off night or loses to a great fighter. Or even when they lose a bit of speed, they seem to ignore what that fighter has gained.
So I will ask the question, "When is a fighter in their "Prime" and past their "Prime"?" And what factors determine this for you?
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