Dijita Posted May 6, 2004 Posted May 6, 2004 Drunkenninja, If you want to get there, take baby steps. Don't let people discourage you and tell you that you will never get there. You can get there if you dedicate yourself, but it will take a lot of time before it happens. Like people have already said, start doing as many tournements as you can. My advice as well, is if you like the styles you do now, great... but try and cross train in a style that actually trains for full contact and has full contact rules in their tournements. Getting your body conditioned to take the hits is important as well as practicing in realistic contact so that you get used to the feeling of hitting someone properly.
aefibird Posted May 6, 2004 Posted May 6, 2004 DrunkenNinja, if you really want to fight in the UFC, then go for it! Everyone has to start as a beginner and if you really want to compete in MMA then try to do everything possible to realize your dream. Train as often as possible and start to cross train as soon as you can. Also, entering plenty of competitions to build up experience is important, as is a good training regime. Talk to your instructor about what you want to do - he may be able to help you out more than you think, or may be able to put you in touch with a good grappling/MMA school. Good luck! "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers!
G Money Slick Posted May 7, 2004 Posted May 7, 2004 Heavy set, Little Experience......yeah i'm sure you'd kick Tank Abbott's *. If your enemy refuses to be humbled......you must destroy him.
Fenris-wolf Posted May 13, 2004 Posted May 13, 2004 Well, I actually know someone (a ninjitsu sensei, 4th dan, used to be in Australian SAS... ) who is trying for UFC. He went over to Japan or wherever it was at the end of last year and had a fight. If they like him, he gets to enter the comp. and go on TV this year. I say good luck, but you're going to need a lot more experience (and a lot of work) before you're ready! And yeah, talk to your sensei, but you should really look into training at a MMA gym as well Let Us Turn The Jump Rope In Accord With Socialist Principles!
Guy_Mendiola Posted May 16, 2004 Posted May 16, 2004 This is a very interesting topic, If you're a good martial artist than go join the UFC, I think they have some amatuer fights first but it's all up to you.
Xerxes Posted June 10, 2004 Posted June 10, 2004 Hey buddy I have a great link for you...are you ready? Its https://www.google.com.
SevenStar Posted June 18, 2004 Posted June 18, 2004 there may not be an mma gym near him... where do you live? step one is to get some ground training... do NOT try to step into an mma match before getting some. tell me where you live, and I'll let you know if there's a school (that I may know of) near you. If not, you can find a judo club, and attend as many bjj seminars as you can. you're going to want more stand up experience too... isshin alone likely won't do it - find some boxers or kickboxers to cross train with - once again, if there are none near you, start attending seminars. Give yourself at least a year to train - longer if you have to rely on seminars - and do some small local or regional mma or thai boxing type of event. build your experience there. Next, move up to bigger venues, like kage kombat, ffc, iron heart, etc. you can get good visibility there.
anewmmafan Posted July 6, 2004 Posted July 6, 2004 man you gotta remember that when you step in the cage/ring, you're fighting against people who have been crossed trained and most likely are capable of taking inmense damage. If you live in cali, there are tons of places to train, and many amateur mma shows here. In training to be more specific, you'd have to mainly crosstrain in jiu jitsu, wrestling, kickboxing, and boxing. Crosstraining is very good because you will get used to how to take a punch, will be able to trade, defend yourself when youre on guard, get excellent cardio, etc. If you've watched some Pride Fights(For example, Final Conflict. Minotauro vs CroCop) CroCop would have to wait for the referee to stand up Minotauro because he had no ground experience, and got in deep trouble once he got taken down. "never mistake kidness for weakness"
Luckykboxer Posted July 6, 2004 Posted July 6, 2004 Ok bud, With experience i can tell you this. You will never be given a shot in the UFC with no ring experience. Thats a fact, not becaus eyou may nto be good, but they are nto going ot be able to get that approved, andthey really dont want to take the chance of having a bad fight. With the amount of fighters applying for it they dont need to. Now the key is to get in begining level events to start. My advice is to start with full contact karate events first. Then move to full contact kickboxing. Then you might be able to find some mid level ho holds barred events at local indian casinos. I can tell you now, if you dont have ground experience you will want to train it, or you will want to avoid ho holds barred for a while, the current atmosphere is alot of grappling. And I dont care how hard you can punch of kick, if you go to the ground and have no experience it will be quick. I enjoy the sport as well, and luckily i live near mexico and Los Angelos and Las Vegas, so I literally have have hundreds of choices to compete. I do not know where you live but start small and move as quickly as you feel comfortable.
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