Need some mma advice

[zeetherr]

So, I've been doing MMA for over a year now, having previously done boxing 3 years prior, and I've been having some doubts in my training. Basically where I am there's only 2 MMA gyms in the whole country, me going to one of them, and the training at these gyms isn't very good (having done boxing for 3 years i know for a fact the way the coach teaches boxing is wrong)but there is a very good boxing scene, with the chance at going to the Olympics. There is also very little competition and not much chance to become a pro athlete. In a year however I'm moving back to England to go to uni, there's a lot of good MMA gyms there and ideally my dream is to train at one of these top class gyms.
My question is as follows; Should i stick with MMA and try and learn what I can for when I go to the Uk or should I go back to boxing(which i know I'm better at) and try to excel in that?, the good gyms here helping me do that.

TLDR: Shit MMA gyms here, Good boxing gyms, History in both, Which one?

 

[D Train]

Boxing. Pick up MMA again once you move if you want to.

 

[BisexualMMA]

I agree with D Train. Sounds like you have a shot to do something with boxing. At worst, you'll hone your boxing and at best go somewhere with it.

Keep doing shitty MMA training and you might have to waste time in the future unlearning these habits. If you're an MMA noob and can tell the training sucks, it's probably something you shouldn't be doing for free, let alone paying for it.

Break some heads in the ring for now.

 

[zeetherr]

Boxing. Pick up MMA again once you move if you want to.

Wouldnt that leave a giant hole in my skill set? i know alot of fighters who are very one sided and dont succeed because of it?

 

[zeetherr]

I agree with D Train. Sounds like you have a shot to do something with boxing. At worst, you'll hone your boxing and at best go somewhere with it.

Keep doing shitty MMA training and you might have to waste time in the future unlearning these habits. If you're an MMA noob and can tell the training sucks, it's probably something you should be doing for free, let alone paying for it.

Break some heads in the ring for now.

Maybe move onto muay thai? and i agree with you there, im going to a camp in the summer for MMA and after that ill be in my final year of college. Maybe wait till then to go back into boxing?. Its hard doing something for a year and coming to realize you've hit a wall due to nothing to do with your own skills. I mean the mma coach is still flinging out punches like hes a kid in a school fist fight.

 

[lakersfan45]

Wouldnt that leave a giant hole in my skill set? i know alot of fighters who are very one sided and dont succeed because of it?

but if you're getting bad mma training then you'll still have a hole in your skill set meanwhile the boxing will be the same.

i think the point is to maximize training time. If you could get good boxing training and only okay mma training go with the boxing. once you get good mma training you'll be caught up faster than if you just do okay mma training. does that make sense?

btw put this in the training threads i know nothing about training so dont listen to idiots like me

 

[BisexualMMA]

Maybe move onto muay thai? and i agree with you there, im going to a camp in the summer for MMA and after that ill be in my final year of college. Maybe wait till then to go back into boxing?. Its hard doing something for a year and coming to realize you've hit a wall due to nothing to do with your own skills. I mean the mma coach is still flinging out punches like hes a kid in a school fist fight.

Are the MT gyms better than the MMA ones where you are?

 

[D Train]

Wouldnt that leave a giant hole in my skill set? i know alot of fighters who are very one sided and dont succeed because of it?

Temporarily, yes. But it's better to postpone your training if the training you're currently receiving is poor. Poor training also results in holes and to make matters worse, you'll have to unlearn sloppy techniques and bad habits.

 

[Luger]

Go with what makes you happy.

 

[D Train]

Are the MT gyms better than the MMA ones where you are?

If you have access to good MT, I'd choose that over boxing if you're looking at doing MMA competitively.

 

[zeetherr]

Are the MT gyms better than the MMA ones where you are?

They have a few champs competing in thailand, one of them with a few european and world belts. Don't fancy going to Thailand but i know a little from what ive learned at MMA when it comes to kicks. Havnt done anything to do with elbows, knees or clinch. I want to succeed the same as everyone but its shit like this that makes me worried when the time comes to have a fight ill be unprepared having moved about so much, Boxing then to mma cause i love the sport and now onto getting serious training.

 

[sub_thug]

I'd stick with boxing. You'll get good training, and the money is in boxing anyways. If you're sure that MMA is the field you want to get into, I'd be more nervous about fighting a guy with some serious chops at one thing rather than facing a guy who is mediocre at everything, especially at the lower levels. Get good at something, and boxing may be that thing for you.

 

[zeetherr]

If you have access to good MT, I'd choose that over boxing if you're looking at doing MMA competitively.

I know nothing about muay thai and i have no interest in competing in it, id only be going for the training. I feel as if i started there i wouldnt have the drive, even though mma is only 3 times a week i still spent another 4 hours a week on the heavy bag and 6 hours a week lifting and i dont want it to be for a sport i have no intention of being better at in itself.

 

[zeetherr]

I'd stick with boxing. You'll get good training, and the money is in boxing anyways. If you're sure that MMA is the field you want to get into, I'd be more nervous about fighting a guy with some serious chops at one thing rather than facing a guy who is mediocre at everything, especially at the lower levels. Get good at something, and boxing may be that thing for you.

Very true, i dont want to get complacent though, id take an mma fight now if i could, i just want a chance and this decision could make or break it.

 

[sub_thug]

Very true, i dont want to get complacent though, id take an mma fight now if i could, i just want a chance and this decision could make or break it.

How does training hard in one thing over another make you complacent? If you spend 6 days a week in the boxing gym, getting good at it, then you're not getting complacent at all. You're getting dangerous for when you step into the cage at some point. As an 0-0 MMA fighter, you have a great chance of getting paired up with another 0-0 MMA fighter. You should mop the floor with that guy, using your strengths to break his face really quickly. I can tell you that as someone who has had a few fights, you want to make sure that you've got a safety zone as well. For you, on your feet could be that place. You'll make plenty of mistakes as a young fighter, so it's nice to have a place where you know that you can win as you develop the rest of your game. There's really nothing wrong with applying yourself to an area right now instead of trying to learn 4 different fighting disciplines at once.

 

[zeetherr]

How does training hard in one thing over another make you complacent? If you spend 6 days a week in the boxing gym, getting good at it, then you're not getting complacent at all. You're getting dangerous for when you step into the cage at some point. As an 0-0 MMA fighter, you have a great chance of getting paired up with another 0-0 MMA fighter. You should mop the floor with that guy, using your strengths to break his face really quickly. I can tell you that as someone who has had a few fights, you want to make sure that you've got a safety zone as well. For you, on your feet could be that place. You'll make plenty of mistakes as a young fighter, so it's nice to have a place where you know that you can win as you develop the rest of your game. There's really nothing wrong with applying yourself to an area right now instead of trying to learn 4 different fighting disciplines at once.

By complacent i mean in my future career relying too heavily on my safety net. Good advice though but ultimately mma is the goal so you have to understand its hard to put a goal to one side for a few years in order to in the future reach it. I dont want my circumstances to define me as a fighter and im trying my hardest to avoid this situation. If you dont mind me asking what was the age you had your first fight?

 

[sub_thug]

By complacent i mean in my future career relying too heavily on my safety net. Good advice though but ultimately mma is the goal so you have to understand its hard to put a goal to one side for a few years in order to in the future reach it. I dont want my circumstances to define me as a fighter and im trying my hardest to avoid this situation. If you dont mind me asking what was the age you had your first fight?

I was 19 when I had my first fight. I grew up wrestling in the United States (in a place where wrestling is very good and popular), and when I got to my university, I was excited to not have to cut weight anymore. Haha. Well, my first semester there, as I was walking out of the weight room past the doors of a wrestling room, I saw some guys grappling. After seeing them a few times, I stopped in with my best friend in college (also a high school wrestler). After about a 4 months of no-gi BJJ, I started training in MMA. About a year later, I was fighting for the first time. I ended up having 8 fights before I graduated. It was a really good time. I had a lot of fun with it.

 

[zeetherr]

I was 19 when I had my first fight. I grew up wrestling in the United States (in a place where wrestling is very good and popular), and when I got to my university, I was excited to not have to cut weight anymore. Haha. Well, my first semester there, as I was walking out of the weight room past the doors of a wrestling room, I saw some guys grappling. After seeing them a few times, I stopped in with my best friend in college (also a high school wrestler). After about a 4 months of no-gi BJJ, I started training in MMA. About a year later, I was fighting for the first time. I ended up having 8 fights before I graduated. It was a really good time. I had a lot of fun with it.

Ye they always say wrestling is good, brother told me to get into it cause of my size. MMA is huge in America, how is it in comparison to boxing? in terms of prospects more than anything. I know MMA is going to over take boxing soon, with some boxers even going into mma either for shits and giggles or the money. Mayweather vs McGregor.

 

[mushishi]

So, I've been doing MMA for over a year now, having previously done boxing 3 years prior, and I've been having some doubts in my training. Basically where I am there's only 2 MMA gyms in the whole country, me going to one of them, and the training at these gyms isn't very good (having done boxing for 3 years i know for a fact the way the coach teaches boxing is wrong)but there is a very good boxing scene, with the chance at going to the Olympics. There is also very little competition and not much chance to become a pro athlete. In a year however I'm moving back to England to go to uni, there's a lot of good MMA gyms there and ideally my dream is to train at one of these top class gyms.
My question is as follows; Should i stick with MMA and try and learn what I can for when I go to the Uk or should I go back to boxing(which i know I'm better at) and try to excel in that?, the good gyms here helping me do that.

TLDR: Shit MMA gyms here, Good boxing gyms, History in both, Which one?

Dood, that was like, two sentences.

 

[DaleyChamp]

I was 19 when I had my first fight. I grew up wrestling in the United States (in a place where wrestling is very good and popular), and when I got to my university, I was excited to not have to cut weight anymore. Haha. Well, my first semester there, as I was walking out of the weight room past the doors of a wrestling room, I saw some guys grappling. After seeing them a few times, I stopped in with my best friend in college (also a high school wrestler). After about a 4 months of no-gi BJJ, I started training in MMA. About a year later, I was fighting for the first time. I ended up having 8 fights before I graduated. It was a really good time. I had a lot of fun with it.

What was your record. Ive had about 70 amatuer boxing mathces and fight at a good level now and want to go into mma soon but have no experience other than boxing except for a great knowledge of mma as a long time fan. Also do a lot of grappling with friends n that and always win lol, I think I have a natural talent for it and used to look up instructional videos alot and practive with my cousin.
My question is though, how much of a help will that boxing experience be in starting mma and will it make the process of getting fights a lot quicke than somoene starting mma with no background.