Is 17/18 Years Of Age To Late To Start A MMA Carrer?

[winky44]

It would have been better to start earlier, but better late than never I say.

so do you think am starting late then? do you train or fight mma? and do you know what age forrest griffin started mma, heard he never took it up untill he was 21.

[skullduggery]

Am 17 nearing 18 years of age and want to start a mma career. but do you think i have left it to late? i have never wrestled in high school or nothing, but i have done a bit of boxing and a bit of BJJ, nothing serious do.

but i really wanna be a world class wrestler like gsp and be a world class fighter in mma.

do you think it is possible for me to become a world class fighter while starting at 17/18

any1 help

thanks.

its not too late..... if u work hard, u can get a blackbelt in a martial art like karate, and bjj in like 8 years....... u can get fights in the meanwhile....... if ur dedicated

[Gettin Jiggy]

He said Jardine was cool but this is a guy who doesn't really down talk anybody so unless Jardine was a complete ******* he would say the same thing...lol!!!

**** I'm 29 and as soon as I get a couple free $ I'm going str8 to the gym. I used to train in boxing and it was the best I ever felt in my entire life. I smoke a lotta weed so I feel sluggish too often (as ****** as it may have been) I used to pull to the gym smoking and go for an hour and a half training then eat chill smoke and hit the other gym to lift....lol!!!!!

Damn I miss that **** but this time I'm doing everything. I don't give a **** about being in the UFC I just wanna fight (**** a ball) I wanna submit people knock *****z out and learn how to intelligently defend myself in any situation....Why cuz I'm a man and as a kid all I did was watch WWF, old school karate movies, Jean Claud (aka =GSP) & Steven Segal......only now it's a real sport.

what is your friend up to now then? did he enter mma?

[Lucky Charms]

By current MMA standards that is young. A lot of guys don't start training mma until their college wrestling career is over.

[F l i c k e r]

Am 17 nearing 18 years of age and want to start a mma career. but do you think i have left it to late? i have never wrestled in high school or nothing, but i have done a bit of boxing and a bit of BJJ, nothing serious do.

but i really wanna be a world class wrestler like gsp and be a world class fighter in mma.

do you think it is possible for me to become a world class fighter while starting at 17/18

any1 help

thanks.

You can't get a license until your are 18 anyways, so it's obviously not too late.

If you havent trained in anything your entire life but want to start now. It totally depends on you. If you are willing to be dedicated to it 100% you can still become a world class fighter.

For instance; Masato didn't start kickboxing until he turned 18. Look at him now, 2x K-1 MAX champion. Has 2 lambos, 1 ferrari, and a lotus! You can still make it man.

[winky44]

You can't get a license until your are 18 anyways, so it's obviously not too late.

If you havent trained in anything your entire life but want to start now. It totally depends on you. If you are willing to be dedicated to it 100% you can still become a world class fighter.

For instance; Masato didn't start kickboxing until he turned 18. Look at him now, 2x K-1 MAX champion. Has 2 lambos, 1 ferrari, and a lotus! You can still make it man.

wow man great post! were did you get told about about Masato not starting kickboxing until he was 18?

i have done a bit of boxing and bjj, nothing serious do.

[rainmaker89]

hey man..i actually think you are the perfect age for starting MMA seriously..dude GSP never even wrestled in high school and now hes the best wrestler in the game..but you have to have that athlethic ability and are willing to dedicate your life literally to training who knows how far you can make it...but seriously its the perfect time...i say you start working on your hands young and learn the ground later on, or you could mix it up..

[F l i c k e r]

wow man great post! were did you get told about about Masato not starting kickboxing until he was 18?

i have done a bit of boxing and bjj, nothing serious do.

It's in his career history. He started training kickboxing at 17 to be exact and didn't go pro until 18(March 23, 1997). He's my favorite kickboxer, so I eneded up reading about it. lol

Your straight. Just go into a local MMA gym. That way you can get circuit training and sparring done. Because I believe there is no amatuer circuit for MMA to my knowledge, at least not in California. So you just go straight to pro in MMA.