2.  You have a lot of options of what kind of fighting style you want.  You can start training with friends to help motivate you and get you better.  Strength, speed, and cardio are some things you will get better while training.

3.  There are a lot of places in a lot of states that are willing to train anyone.  You will have to pay any were from $60 to $200 depends on what fighting style you want to learn and by the place that’s going to teach you.  Schools will teach you new moves or help you improve your old ones.

4.  To get into mixed martial arts you have to have two different fighting styles or more on your background.  You have to be well trained and have amateur fights or tournaments you have competed in.

5.  It takes a lot of time and dedication to make it to the MMA.  It takes dedication to be in this sport, if you don’t have dedication you just don’t belong with the other guys that are sacrificing more important things than you are.

6.  Getting noticed is going to be hard, just give it your all every time your in the cage or training.  Train a lot for a long time and you will be lucky to make it.  Have someone record your fights and make a highlight video that shows you are well rounded.

7.  You can punch, kick, elbow, knee, and wrestle just to try and win a match.  Most fighters will try to use your weaknesses against you so make your weaknesses not notice able will fighting.  If you have a hurt leg that will be used against you so you got to deal with the pain.

8.  If you would like to pursue this job you are likely to break something or get knocked out.  You can get collar flower ears from rolling around on the mats.  This is a sport full of injuries anything from broken jaws to breaking a finger.

9.  There is no way you will never get hit in a single fight.  Get ready to bleed, people are trying as hard as you are.  You will go against bigger guys than you and even more experienced than you, you just got to have a clear mind.

10.  Most fighters will hate you for talking trash about them and willing to fight.  Once you get a rivalry started you can have as many as 3 fights back to back with that person.  If you train with guys you will have their back and they will have yours.

11.  This sport is not just for men it is also for women.  In pride fighting there are male and female fighters where mostly everything is legal.