Middle-Aged Spectator Steps In MMA Cage with 21-Year-Old Fighter, Teaches Him Respect for Elders Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/01/12 01:00PM At Saturday's Fire Extreme Fighting MMA event in Kankakee, Illinois, a 53-year-old spectator who goes by "Tim" agreed, apparently on a whim, to replace a no-show fighter in a match against an opponent half his age.