Im 16 years old about to be 17. I have been involved in Martial Arts since a young age and have learned a lot although i dropped it after about 2 years for each of them because i wasn’t getting the competition i was looking for. How can i get involved in MMA competitions and possibly the UFC?
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Go to a gym that practices and competes in MMA.They aren’t hard to find anymore.Try out some amature comps(you have to be 18 to be pro)Then gl.Your chances of getting into the actual UFC are slim seeing as how every young stud wants to do the same thing you do.Stick with it and if you do good when you mature you can try out for being on the ultimate fighter show.i had a friend who was on it but had to leave due to leg injury 2 seasons ago.Antwain”the juggernaught”Britt.I haven’t trained at that gym or with him in years.But it was cool to see a guy i used to roll with on the show even if it was cut short due to his injury.
Don’t listen to mikias.Boxing=brain damage period.trust me i used to box also and i got alot of concussions which is part of the reason i never competed in MMA.People think boxin is safe because of the gloves but think about it.Your adding about 15 more ounces to a punch and also making it to where it is harder to be knocked out making your brain take more of a beating.Also in MMA if you get hurt the fight is done.In boxing you get a 10 count then if you get back up,your already hurt and the beating commences hurting you and your brain even more.Ever wonder why so many boxers die each year,and not 1 single MMA fighter has died to this day?Amature boxers die alot,if you don’t believe me look into it,you’ll be shocked at what you find.
Agreed, there’s been several studies shown that MMA has lower serious injury rates than boxing. I’ve been competing in MMA for about 5 years now, I broke my leg and had to have a surgical plate put in, but that was during a jiu jitsu tournament and was just a freak accident, so don’t let that discourage you. Just get into a good gym, train with guys better than you, trust in your abilities and never give up. The best advice I have for you is be mindful of fighters around you, find the better ones and study them. Watch professional MMA fights on TV, the internet, anywhere, just watch these guys, learn from their mistakes, learn from what they do right and train hard and you’ll go far.
1. Join MMA gym
2. Get them to put you in some small time fights
3. Win fights
4. Win more fights until people start noticing you
5. Win bigger more important fights
6. Ufc notices you and belives you are a good fighter they hire you
7. You beat down Brock Lesnar
8. You give me a bunch of money for telling you how to do it and believing in you
9. At the end of you carear you are happy you were not a boxer because boxing is much more dangerous.
Anyone can get into MMA, but not anyone can get into the UFC. Which of the two you want to do is up to you; if you want to be the best of the best, the UFC is where today’s elite compete. If you just want to jump in with the little experience you have right now, then there’s a place here in Chicago called Joe’s Sports Bar that caters to young guys who wanna be big. Have fun. I dont mean to sound like a lecturer, but sorry dude… It takes, on average, about four years to get a blackbelt in TKD and Karate, and about ten years to get a blackbelt in jiu jitsu. Yo apparently dont have either (not to mention TKD is not a very strong martial art). If you want to be the best and fight in the UFC, you need a blackbelt (or you need to be a highly decorated wrestler). With what you have right now, dont ever expect to get into the UFC. As of right now, being 16 and blackbelt-less, it aint gona happen. Get to work. Lemme put it into perspective for you:
BJ Penn: BB in BJJ
GSP: BB in karate and BJJ
A. Silva: BB in BJJ, champion thai boxer
L. Machida: BB in Karate and BJJ, sumo wrestling
Lesnar: highly decorated wrestler
Fedor: Sambo champion, judo BB
Other fighters who hold BBs in BJJ: W. Silva, M. Noguiera, F. Mir, J. Fitch, and K. Florian, just to name a few.
Evans, Rampage, Hughes, and Couture are all great, very well decorated wrestlers. Sylvia was a phenomenal kickboxer, and Lidell is a BB in Kempo, a purple in BJJ, and a college wrestler.
Its worth mentioning that the above people have competed at the highest levels of their arts; Penn was a jiu jitsu world champion first. Machida is a champion karateka. Fedor was a Sambo champion, Sliva a Muay Thai champion. Every champ in the UFC has a BB in jiu jitsu, minus Lesnar, whose only loss comes from a BJJ BB. You see the pattern here? Most champs are also in their upper twenties to mid thirties; dude, you have LOTS of time. In 15 years, you’ll be 32. By then, you can have a BB in BJJ, TKD, and Karate, as well as 6 years of wrestling (two in high school, four in college) and some pretty decent amateur boxing. DONT WORRY ABOUT THE UFC. It’ll be there once you train and compete hard in MARTIAL ARTS first. THEN you can worry about getting into MIXED martial arts. Believe me, man; you WONT be a champ with what you have right now.
Good luck. Sorry for the long ass post.
If your serious go to a respectable gym and train. When the trainers say your ready you’ll get a fight, if you like it keep going. If you want the UFC, you need a string of impressive wins to show them the tapes of unless you know somebody to get you a fight on training alone. Most of the newcomers you see are coming from high level established gyms.
As for the guy who said there are no mma related deaths, sorry bud there was at least one last year down in texas. The dude died of a cerebral hemmorage due to blows received in a cage. You are right as far as it being exponentially safer that boxing though.
And for the guy who says you need a blackbelt or wrestling honors to compete in the UFC. No you don’t, It just seems that way because of the high profiles of the ones who do, high level of training will offer the best chance of success though.
look for tournaments in your area and sign up, if your good then you might be spotted and talked to by a trainer who has possible connections, thats how pretty much everyone gets in.
Find an MMA gym, and sign up for classes.
Once your trainer/coach feels you are ready, start fighting MMA, they can point you to the right direction.
When you have a winning record, you can try to get a contract with the UFC.
do more BJJ
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