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[KnowledgeKnown]

I was Ranked 10th in the nation as a college wrestler, trained in judo, and a little bit in Aikido and Karate. Grew up in the city and involved with some shady characters, so had my share of street fights. Luckily i've gotten out of that. Ive kept busy training both kids and adults in wrestling, and for awhile an Aikido instructor had me training a hand full of students in his Dojo in my version of MMA. Now I just train, work, watch MMA and think that if I had competed 5-10 years ago when I should have started I could have beat 3 quarters of the guys right now. I'm 35 now so although in shape, 35 is too old to get involved plus I have a career that pays well.

[Mastiff_owner]

I certainly understand what you are saying i am getting on towards 35 myself. I'm 34 with a family and a relativelyl well paying job. Kinda wish the sport was at the point it is today when i was in my 20's. Oh well i still enjoy watching and training even though i am pretty out of shape in my opinion.

[dukeguy]

is a 3 time state champion wrestler.. train with Joe Hurst in North carolina Gracie BJJ. have had 3 professional fights... record 3-0 pm me if you want to know more...

[Metis Machete]

i started kickboxing about 3 years ago n then my club got a shootfighting coach so ive been trainin that fer about 2 years and i am hoping to go in some submission tourneys this year ...soon enough ill have an mma fight

[matto]

i would like to get into mma in a couple of years, iv been doing boxing for a while and wrestling all through school. starting to get into jujitsu.

[the ruler]

i've been taking jui jutsu for about a year , i train in kick boxing for the past few months (4) and boxing for say 2-3 months . I don't ever plan on competing , i just like to be able to take care of myself if it came down to it , and well it keeps me in great shape .

[Ubermensch]

I trained at Fairtex when they were here in AZ and then I trained with Buell Fighting Systems (Micheal Buell) Then I trained with House of Pain and went over to American Pancration one in a while. Got an Elbow injury and now I'm done.

[Ubermensch]

P.S. I have only been wathing this stuff for about 4-5 years just a little after my injury...We called it Shootfighting or just plain Pancration...I didn't even know people called it MMA till then...haha

[darkmanfb44]

At 31 yrs old I will be competing in my first MMA match this November 11th. Never to old. Randy Coutoure proved that.

[KnowledgeKnown]

That's a great attitude, I applaude you. But I definitely feel too old to start MMA at 35 and i'm more than qualified. Of course i'm making 6 figures so that could have something to do with it. lol.