What it takes to do MMA UFC?

Question

I have been going to a brazillian jiu jitsu class every week for the past 8 months and along with boxing and kickboxing what other training ( weight training,judo,martial arts,etc.) do i have to do to be a future fighter. And i'm sixteen so i plan on learning a lot and possibly having a career in it.

Answer 1

Its really very simple, train hard for a couple years then suck Dana White's d!ck.

UFC is more corrupt than boxing. Its a totally worthless sport now.

Answer 2

What do you have to do to become a future fighter?  Well Josh first off you're doing better than fine from a practitioner's point of view, but......and there's always a but you'll have to try out the amateurs first of all which is something that you're coaches and trainers should have already spoken to you about "in-depth" and I kind of find it weird that they haven't hence you're asking about it here.

Once you hit 18 years of age you'll be able to step into the cage and "test" or "prove" your skills....what ever they're calling it these days.  You'll sign a waiver form freeing a amateur promoter from a law suit should you get hurt.  Then you'll be fighting in  amateur or purhaps what is known as a "pro-am events" which a few promoters out there are doing these days.  After you get several good wins and very few loses under your belt a pro-am promoter may choose to ask you to fight in his pro-fighter shows.  

Now you could stop there or you could try and get a few pro fights in the King of the Cage ( KOTC ) which is a promoter's event organization out west and KOTC does a few shows here and there in the midwest and Canada as well.  Getting into the King of the Cage as a pro fighter will help with some much needed exposure dude.  KOTC sells DVD's in places like wal-mart and what not and sells alot of them too....so your name will be getting out there just like Mac Danzig's did who was also a KOTC pro fighter for years before he went totally commercial with the UFC.   You'll have several options as far as going pro goes including the Spike T.V. route,  but it does help to have contact with people like Rich Franklin or Jorge Gorgel in Mason, Ohio or some one like that in order to try the Spike T.V. route.  The key thing is that you keep this one key factor on the brain....."hard work" not just in a training and fighting sense either, but also driving pro fight promoters nuts with a bombardment of "Hey I want to fight for your promotion company!!!" emails, face to face meetings, having their own fighter bug them about you constantly, etc, etc, for example, here's how we approached KOTC about my lightweight fighter Mike Reinzan check out this link http://www.keepersofthecage.com/forum/sh... elwoppo5 is Allen Debellis of the KOTC ( light weight fighter ) I am MMANKY on this message board.

So don't just think that you're going to get off as easy as training and mere fighting there's way more work involved in this sport than you may think bro.

And one more point that I'd like to make here is that Reinzan was already registered with the KOTC a few days before I made the message board inquiry with KOTC's lightweight Allen Debellis and both Reinzan and my self keep very close contact with Debellis at http://www.fightzoo.com/ to this very day man.  It's all about networking and taking care of business dude.

Good Luck with the unseen behind the scenes things in your future career dude....may God bless all that you do.

Answer 3

just study a number of arts that cover stand up and ground game.

keep training (you are too young to fight amateur or pro at 16) so you have time to build your skills AND weight and cardio train as well.

when you get older begin getting into amateur fights MMA, bjjj, boxing, mt, san da- whatever you can find and try your hand in it- train for those and if you are good enough then the UFC or a major MMA league will scout you.

you don't contact them- if you don't know how to get in touch with them- you aren't good enough yet. when you are you will know. building an amateur fight record should be your focus beyond the immediate just becoming a good fighter now.

at some point also it might pay to switch bjj gyms if your gym doesn't have "connections" as well, that is also a factor.

Answer 4

Sounds like you are getting a good start.

Honestly I would cut it down a little to and join up with your high school wrestling team. You will get plenty of conditioning/weight training there, as well as learn how to eat right, and how to lift for athletics, and build conditioning. Not to mention all the experience and toughness it will give you, and the technique and scrambling ability that is definately needed. You will also learn and get an idea for how much weight you can cut, and good ways to cut weight, another huge bonus in MMA.

Not to mention it is pretty much free. You get some great training for nothing, and wrestling ability is a must in MMA.

So far it sounds like you are on a great track.

Like I said I would cut it down a little, and concentrate on Wrestling and BJJ, and do boxing and kickboxing as you can. Let your conditioning and weight training come with the trainers for the wrestling team. After you get done with Wrestling or in the summer you can always pick up other Martial Arts or up your striking, and work on Judo during the off season.

So far it definately looks like you are on a good path. I would add just one thing... Ensure you got a solid back up plan. Meaning if you can get a wrestling scholarship, get a college education you will have something to fall back on if you get a career ending injury, or just decide that MMA isn't for you.

Hope to hear about you someday man... Good luck!

Answer 5

Compete for starters, just training is useless and no one will ever hear of you.

Unless you're already winning lots of local competitions in these disciplines and are aiming for national and even international comps, then you'd better start soon or look for a different career path.

Answer 6

Post videos of yourslef beating up 8 year olds in playground brawls...post it on YouTube and Call it "Pizza Slice street fights"...expect to get a call from Elite shortly...

Answer 7

yes, keep at it, learn as much as possible. you're only 16, so you have plenty of time. i come from a boxing, chinese kenpo, wadokikai and shotokan background. i'm a bit too old to get into mma, but the key is to be well rounded, and you sound enthusiastic!

Answer 8

you have to be from a bad *** background.

Answer 9

chloe you dont need to be from a bad *** backround, just need heart and skill, lots of fighters dont come from hard core bad *** backrounds they just trained well and have good skills look at rich franklin he was a math teacher that aint bad ***.

and now to the main question itself your off to a great start, just train hard, do lots of cardio and conditioning, and when ur 18 id start fighting and building a rep.