Once you start mma training how long does it take until your ready to have your first fight?

Question

Once you start mma training how long does it take until your ready to have your first fight?

Answer 1

it all depends on how hard to work how mnay days where you train what leveal fight your talkign about just start trianing and see how it goes

Answer 2

My team is nothing but a bunch of street fighters dude, but if you want to go into the cage trained enough to remain safe and know how to counter these so-called "martial artists" then maybe train like my team does.  It will take you exactly 8 months of training including evaluating your own skill sets such as boxing, kickboxing or Karate, judo/jujitsu ( they make instructional DVD's for judo and jujitsu that are very detailed ), Muay Thai and any other set of skills you've ever been trained in or at least have a some what decent knowledge of.  Now when I say "evaluating" I mean having a second, third, fourth opinion on how good you are at using the techniques of these particular art forms ( even if you mix them up ) the point is to know what you're doing especially in the little details of these techniques, for example, when applying the Americana ( Key lock ) one of the important little details is to make sure you keep your elbow in tigh and up against your opponent's head making sure that you grab high up onto your own forearm with "torquing arm" and not your wrist where you can get a good attack against the opponent's shoulder you want to be up under his shoulder with that "torquing arm" and that's just one such little detail of one little technique.  Having some one be "brutally honest" about your stand up striking as well to make sure that you're snapping your punches out there and returning them quickly and not just throwing a punch "looping it" downwardly as you return it like some sloppy drunk or something.  These are just two small examples of skill evaluation.

Then there's weight training with high reps mostly attacking the core of your body such as the upperback ( shoulders ), middle back and lats, lower back, upper abdominals, middle abdominals, and lower abdominals because this is where "your core power" comes from in cage fights or any fight for that matter.  Attacking your arms and chest with heavy weight and high reps is just as important as well as attacking all the muscles in your legs in the same manner.

"Endurance Training" that will keep you fighting well through all three amateur MMA rounds ( under card fight ) and in some ammy fights only two rounds depending on the promoter.  There are thousands of ways to build up your endurance and you'll have to find what works best for you, but this is another very "all important" aspect of training whether pro or ammy.  Without "Endurance Training" you'll go 1 round and be worn out by the end of that round and your opponent will still be looking and feeling like he never even broke a sweat because he put his self through the "ringer" in his endurance training months before your fight.

I'd say that you can count on 8 months of solid "daily training" 3 to 4 hours per day straight 7 days a week before going into the cage for the first time.  If you've already been training for years then obviously you could step into the cage tomorrow and feel good about it, but your question was, "Once you start mma training how long does it take until your ready to have your first fight?"  in the same token here I don't want to step on your trainer's toes if he says less time or more time depending on his own evaluation of your skills and endurance and his own training curriculum he has set up for you.  In this case "listen to you trainer and never mind my advice", but if you're an "Independent Fighter" looking for sound advice then take everything I've said here to heart dude.

Don't get me wrong there a lot amateur fighters out there that just rush into the cage and just fight and many of them do well in the cage, but only because they have been taking some form of "martial art" since they were very young.  The smartest move for a "pure street fighter" is to set the 8 months aside and train thoroughly "daily".  If you've already registered with a promoter and you fight in like a month or two then all I can say is go ahead and fight and learn the hard way or postpone the fight and train hard over the next 8 months.  

Now you're wondering how the h**l I came up with 8 months right? well that all boils down to the way I train my own ammy fighters and the curriculum that I personally use for my own fighters.http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseac...

Good luck man and train hard!!!

Answer 3

1-2 years if you ask me. You are asking for it if you push it. These morons would said a couple weeks are tools.

Answer 4

Over a month.  If you want to win, then several months.  I've been doing MMA for over a year now and I'm glad I got all that training.

Answer 5

Great answer by William P.

Truthfully this varies with each person. Some people take to things more naturally, have a higher ability to understand it, and are already in good physical shape.

Your background has a lot to do with it as well.

Additionally your own desire and will to want to fight. 8 months would be a good benchmark, but for some it could be within 3 or 4 months, for others 8 months could just get them them basics.

Conditioning is also like William P said, very important. If you come into MMA already having pretty good cardio, then some tweaking and you could be ready quicker. If you come in having never done any other physical activity or competetive thing in your life, I would actually say 8 months might be too soon.

Ultimately I will let someone help decide this for themselves. If they start asking to fight, I will tell them what I think and still give them the opportunity to make the decision. With the exception that I am not going to let someone fight that I feel would just get hurt or embarassed, but generally people who fall under that category aren't asking for fights because they routinely get worked in class enough to think it might not be a good idea.

Again, there is no set rule to this. Sort of like asking someone "how long does it take for me to get a black belt?"

While keeping in mind your first fight isn't a black belt, it is more like getting a Green belt. But as a general rule, anywhere from 3 to 4 months to a year, ultimately a big portion of that depends on you.

Answer 6

If you have no prior training and you are talking about a fight as in a fight with strikes then id wait no less than a year...if you are talking about BJJ competitions or something similiar than a month or two and jump right in

Answer 7

Well, if you have previous experience wrestling and a good coach, he will tell you when you are ready.  Guys like Josh Kosscheck, Gray Maynard and Matt Hughes probably required less training time than your average guy.

A good MMA coach is also a promoter, and he will try to get you an evenly matched fight, this is what I have seen among the MMA gyms.

At one of our local MMA gyms we have a guy fighting for the IFL welterweight title, the fighter is great, but the coach/promoter has really been invaluable in bringing him along.

Answer 8

when you feel ready train for 2 more weeks.

Answer 9

About 3 or 4 days.......if you want to win? then yeah about 4 days...

Answer 10

6 weeks. Trust me, after 6 weeks, you will be like "d**n, those six weeks were worth it." Most people wait about 3-4 weeks, but if you do six, you will be impressive.