Your main aim for MMA?

Wanderer2010

Just curious, for people who take up MMA as a hobby, is it so you can mainly hurt people and boost the ego or is it an enjoyable self defense activity? Because I have met a few people who love doing it and their main aim is to see how much damage they can do to a person under the guise of "mutual agreed fighting" and it makes them feel tough, but surely this cant be the case for everyone??

reganreggie

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Just curious, for people who take up MMA as a hobby, is it so you can mainly hurt people and boost the ego or is it an enjoyable self defense activity? Because I have met a few people who love doing it and their main aim is to see how much damage they can do to a person under the guise of "mutual agreed fighting" and it makes them feel tough, but surely this cant be the case for everyone??

No man i took it up cause i loved it and i wanted to test myself. I was 32 and competitive but with no background. I have met nicer people in mma then i ever met in soccer or gaa.

Egos get beaten out of wan*ers quick

damox1

reganreggie wrote: »

No man i took it up cause i loved it and i wanted to test myself. I was 32 and competitive but with no background. I have met nicer people in mma then i ever met in soccer or gaa.

Egos get beaten out of wan*ers quick

Couldn't agree more!

SBG Ireland

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Just curious, for people who take up MMA as a hobby, is it so you can mainly hurt people and boost the ego or is it an enjoyable self defense activity? Because I have met a few people who love doing it and their main aim is to see how much damage they can do to a person under the guise of "mutual agreed fighting" and it makes them feel tough, but surely this cant be the case for everyone??

for the bitchez and cash money

paulmclaughlin

Breakin' necks and cashin' cheques!

manga_10

paulmclaughlin wrote: »

Breakin' necks and cashin' cheques!

dnt forget so that u can tell ur mates and anyone that listens that u train UFC

Plastikman_eire

Well for me, it all started when I moved to a new area and met a really nice girl, she was gorgeous, funny and smart. We got on really well.

Unfortunately her ex boyfriend took exception to our seeing each other, and him and his mates took every opportunity to make my life hell. At the time, I wasn't a fighter, so I was just trying to avoid confrontations these guys

But this was easier said than done, and the beatings gradually escalated until I decided enough was enough!

So I joined a local MMA gym, and through discipline and hardwork with my coach I went on to defeat all of cobra kai, become All Valley Champion and get the girl.

Thank you MMA!

reganreggie

Plastikman_eire wrote: »

Well for me, it all started when I moved to a new area and met a really nice girl, she was gorgeous, funny and smart. We got on really well.

Unfortunately her ex boyfriend took exception to our seeing each other, and him and his mates took every opportunity to make my life hell. At the time, I wasn't a fighter, so I was just trying to avoid confrontations these guys

But this was easier said than done, and the beatings gradually escalated until I decided enough was enough!

So I joined a local MMA gym, and through discipline and hardwork with my coach I went on to defeat all of cobra kai, become All Valley Champion and get the girl.

Thank you MMA!

Well done daniellson

El Guapo!

Plastikman_eire wrote: »

Well for me, it all started when I moved to a new area and met a really nice girl, she was gorgeous, funny and smart. We got on really well.

Unfortunately her ex boyfriend took exception to our seeing each other, and him and his mates took every opportunity to make my life hell. At the time, I wasn't a fighter, so I was just trying to avoid confrontations these guys

But this was easier said than done, and the beatings gradually escalated until I decided enough was enough!

So I joined a local MMA gym, and through discipline and hardwork with my coach I went on to defeat all of cobra kai, become All Valley Champion and get the girl.

Thank you MMA!

Wax on, wax off.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Just curious, for people who take up MMA as a hobby, is it so you can mainly hurt people and boost the ego or is it an enjoyable self defense activity? Because I have met a few people who love doing it and their main aim is to see how much damage they can do to a person under the guise of "mutual agreed fighting" and it makes them feel tough, but surely this cant be the case for everyone??

I took up MMA (Mixed Moderating Assignments) to crush trolls and make me feel tough... just saying like

El Guapo!

Zane Gigantic Motel wrote: »

I took up MMA (Mixed Moderating Assignments) to crush trolls and make me feel tough... just saying like

I thought you were dead!

arybvtcw0eolkf

Dean09 wrote: »

I thought you were dead!

Wishful thinking!.. I just got a pain in my ring with things and took a little time away and reconnected with real life (via facebook ).

Mr. CooL ICE

Makikomi doesn't die. He waits.

And by waits, I mean he logs out for his dinner.

DrPhilG

I started training MMA because I was a big fat porker.

Never could be arsed with the gym because it bored me so I went to Evolve because I knew it was something that would keep my interest.

Lost 2 and a bit stone in just over 6 months.

Since then work has intervened and left me with sod all time so I had to stop going a year and a bit ago. The weight is back on in a flash.

But I'll be back! (Honest Jason...)

Clive

OP are you a journalist by any chance?

Having seen hundreds of people begin MMA training for various reasons (fitness, self-defence etc) in my opinion it's because it's a safe, flexible and enjoyable hobby with a welcoming atmosphere.

RoboRat

I always enjoyed Martial Arts and I had done a few different forms... Kempo, Bushido, Muay Thai & Judo and it was ideal as I could use all the training I had in one sport. It's also great for cardio and keeping fit because unlike other sports you cant give it 50% or hang back.

I have never encountered a person who does MMA for any length of time who does it to hurt people. Yes, on the surface it may appear to be brutal but I have sustained many more injuries from soccer than MMA.

Jimmy Bottlehead

I took up MMA for 3 reasons:

1) I enjoyed watching it, and I wanted to see what it was like to train in
2) For self-defense reasons - never any harm knowing how to handle yourself
3) To challenge myself and see if I'd be tough enough to stick with it

I joined SBG last December and fell in love with the sport straight away. The welcoming atmosphere is truly amazing, everybody seems to be training to better themselves. I also want to add, I did one class in 2010 in Rush Fight Academy, and they had the same great atmosphere there, with everyone being very nice to anybody new, but I couldn't join due to my job at the time.

I can see why people assume MMA fighters are there to hurt each other, but it's one of the most respectful sports I'm aware of - fighting doesn't seem to be based around going out and brutalising the other guy; instead, it's about pitting all of your own skill, technique, power, speed and heart against his (or hers) and testing it in the most real fashion imaginable.

I honestly have gotten more from MMA in 9 months than I have in any other sport or hobby that I've done for years - the people are so nice, so humble, so chilled out and there to better themselves and their team-mates. I'd recommend training MMA to anybody, regardless of their age, sex or fitness level as there's something there for everybody.

Wanderer2010

Clive wrote: »

OP are you a journalist by any chance?

Having seen hundreds of people begin MMA training for various reasons (fitness, self-defence etc) in my opinion it's because it's a safe, flexible and enjoyable hobby with a welcoming atmosphere.

Ha ha not a journalist! I work with a few people who are really into their MMA but in a way thats quite distasteful, they mention it when talking about people they dont like i.e "He is a pr!ck, I would use this move on him, then kill him with that move" or stuff like "That guy i met saturday night, I should have broken his neck like this" etc etc, very thuggy and scumbaggy reference to their MMA skills rather than, as I suspected, a mature and respected approach to MMA, which most people here seem to have to the sport.

Thanks for the replies guys.

Jason McCabe

A lot of ppl who have trained only a few UFC classes are great cage fighters

So good they only need about 3 classes to get to elite level

At this point they no longer need to attend they only need to talk about it to keep their skills at a deadly efficient level

Look for swagger, tattoos, tap out tops, possible Mohawk

Mr. CooL ICE

Your workmates don't sound like they train MMA at all