If I'm 20 and dedicate my life to mma do I have any chance of fighting in the ufc?

If I'm 20 and dedicate my life to mma do I have any chance of fighting in the ufc?

Have you started training in any martial arts?

With the popularity of UFC and how long its been around, you're competing with guys who have been actively training for MMA since they were 14. So maybe if you were a hungry, homeless come up kid with literally zero other options you would make it but otherwise probably not.

To be honest with you, if you have shit genetics and can't make any gains easily then just give up now before you waste time trying to be pro then get shit on by some kid who has been wrestling, and boxing since he came out the womb.

And it's also really hard to tell unless you tell us your experience.

What have you done in the past? DYEL?

I did for about eight months when I was 18. Getting back as soon as I can, likely in may.

yes but you would have to dedicate your life to it. and take up multiple martial arts. if you legitimately worked hard at it maybe by 26-7 youd have a chance. skill is a huge factor in fighting but chance is realistically the only thing that matters at that level.

I did it for about 8 months 2-3 years ago and played football for six years. Havent maintained great shape but ive recently got into pretty good shape and workout six times a week, three days p90x and three days lifting heavy and doing cardio every day my legs arent sore.

Like most things, longer training results in diminishing returns. If you can't do it in 3 years, you just can't do it.

Are you a big athletic guy? HW division is pretty shallow, JDS was a former champ and he started training at 21.

I know hw sucks, but am manlet

Mma isn't even a real sport, it's like Street brawling, just apply to fight at your local club & punch away

Tell that to Mike Tyson. 5'10", 240, you could make it. Figure out what is the maximum amount of muscle your body can support, you can find this by having testing done that weighs your skeleton, then go whatever weight that would be with 5% body fat, even if manlet it will probably be at least 175 pounds, learn BJJ, become great wrestler, you could dominate.

5% body fat? 240 lbs? Wtf are you smoking?

OP, just go to a local mma school and talk to a real coach and tell him you want to compete eventually. Take it one step at a time and always do extra roadwork starting day one

Yeah I'd say there's another 5-10 years where this is still possible before UFC starts paying a lot more and gets more higher level, train-from-child athletes.

I'm not saying that's what Mike Tyson did, I'm saying that OP should scientifically find out how much muscle he can support, then go that amount of muscle and cut to 5% bodyfat. Fitness decreases as weight goes up, the heavier you can get without getting fat or losing mobility the more competitive you will be.

Yeah, just train your ass off. I've known alot of fags who thought they were tight because they started when they were in their daddy's nutsack and had innate talent, but got embarrassed by guys who started later and trained like madmen. Hard work will trump all eventually, and do whatever the fuck you want. Don't let some faggot discourage you if it's a passion of yours

Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn't work hard.

8 months of training means you'll be fucked unless you're a prodigy. Most of the talented people have been since training pre teenage years. Ronda Rousey's mom was an olympic judoka and used to wake her up for school with submission holds.

You can still learn martial arts, and you can probably teach somewhere down the line, but the soonest that you'd have a skill level comparable to the top level folks would be in ~7 years of consistent incessant intense training. At 27 you're already getting close to the end of competitive athletic years but you could probably have a couple year long career at that point.

This is coming from someone who's done martial arts for the last 10 years (currently 23). I've got experience in a few grappling, striking and weapon arts and the usual progression to a skill level where you can take on top level people is around nidan in japanese martial arts (like judo/karate) where you've got the fundamentals drilled into your being and enough fancy shit that you won't get caught off guard. Most of the time nidan is about 7 years in. I don't have too much experience in the Gracie Jujitsu stuff but from my understanding they usually hand out blackbelts around year 5-7 and from what I've seen it's just degrees of subtlety from there.

tl;dr if you're serious you can do it, but if you cut corners you're going to get fucked

>mma isn't a sport.
>local street brawling

Yeah with rules and regulations that has just been legalized recently in a few states and still illegal in others (America).

Look up rules in UFC, Pride FC, and other big name organizations. The only ones that are close to, but still nothing like, street fights would be local organizations that hold fights in local casinos with a bunch of amateur assholes who will never be good enough to go pro.

Anyone can win a street fight nigger. Rules don't apply when you can get stabbed or shot dipshit.

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