
Originally Posted by
Dustin Feathers
I really want to drop everything I'm doing right now and pursue MMA as a career. Right now I live in Southern Indiana and I know there's a school in Indy but I want to start out training with the best competition so i get better quicker as a result. I'm currently 23 and I've lost 75 pounds over the past year largely inspired by the words of Eddie and Joe Rogan. Since I decided I wanted to do this it's been a truely synchronistic experience with things just falling into place and right now I feel ready physically to start training. Recently I've had this urge to just quit doing this bullshit here and just go for it and pursue this dream in my head. So now I'm hoping that someone on here will respond with some genuine help in the way of information. If I can just get pointed in the right direction of a school and any employment opportunities in the area I will leave everything I know behind and take a chance with this thing. Any help would be appreciated!
I trained and fought with a guy (we were on the same team) in AZ and he has dedicated the last 2 years to doing the same thing...he is 10-1 as a pro right now (Heavy Weight) and is finding it hard to continue to support his family. He is giving himself another year to break thru to the UFC and then he is going to focus his efforts elsewhere. He is a devistating striker and has no fear. He was supposed to fight Scoutt Junk about 2 months ago (non-UFC venue) but the fight was dropped. His family has been a great support (wife and kids) - but its a rough business.
If you are young (which you are) and you dont have the outside stress of a wife and family....I say go for it brother. Now is the time...once you get older and start estblishing an family outside of fighting, it only gets harder....thats why I own a school now
Good luck, train hard, be real about where you can go and how fast you can progress and take your shot