Why MMA is Bad Career

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[nitrox]

People often glamorize fighting for a career with out thinking of the things Sean has said. Terrible joint pain, brain damage, lack of financial security, etc

[seanbowe]

I tried to be a professional fighter. I lost vision in my left eye after my third amateur fight and it never returned. Today I’m an environmental scientist and I honestly think the injury was a sign that I was on the wrong path

[NBASFAN]

That's when people say Michael J White isn't a real martial artist and he never got offended. Dude made a career without ever getting seriously injured

[adamcarlton]

A fantastic hobby, but a terrible career choice.

[ryanchoudhury]

My coach, who is a very successful coach in the UK has UFC, Bellator and PFL fighters under him. Once said “if you are here to try and get rich, please leave the gym now this is not the sport for that”

[SOAP-jfue]

I had a martial arts instructor who had to retire from competitive fighting due to injuries, but he still kicked my ass in the gym every day. I was always impressed by the level of skill he attained, but thought it was sad that he had to work a second job at a game store to make ends meet when he was in his 40s.

[Error-]

I've worked in IT my whole career, but I've also trained in martial arts since I was 15. For a long time, I felt less "manly" because whenever I saw professional fighters teaching or competing, I thought, "I want to be like them." But then, one day, my coach told me something I'll never forget: "I would trade my career for yours in a heartbeat. Keep this as a passion and a hobby, and you'll be happier."

[deltagamer]

Not just Martial arts it happens to many athletes who didn't make it big.

[Brannew-sy]

Have a friend who dedicated his life to football (soccer). The most talented player I've ever seen, tried out for 3 of 4 biggest clubs in our country, even tried out for Fullham. To this day what hurts him the most is the fact that despite all the sacrifice, leaving his family behind, his girlfriend, traveling from city to city, country to country, he couldn't even land a spot on some 3rd division team, making a minimum wage. Forget being a superstar, just the fact that he can't even make a living through the sport, despite all his effort, that's what kills him.

[seeyoulater]

So many people who dont fight in the comments disagreeing and trying not to accept the faxt that seans right.

[Havik_]

I love martial arts to death but its just a hobby. If i step in the ring, im just doing it for fun. Much respect to all fighters everywhere

[kiddpkdelow]

I practice Kickboxing and as bad as I want to, I would NEVER step in the ring only because I know just one fight could break my body down

[RobinOwens-rhys]

I was a pro boxer and sparring partner.
I'm 62 now with clinical Ctes.
I got out of it and got a job, at a
Hospital mopping floors.
I went to school to become a surgical tech.
Made some good money until the Ctes started to affect my work.
So now my speech is affected by my ctes and I had to be put on drugs.
Crazy life.

[CyrusChennault]

putting Tito when he said half brain dead 😂

[Jameslawz]

Fighting is used to defend yourself, not to put you in the fight.

People forget that. It's to have the knowledge to fight, so you don't have too but you are prepared for what life throws at you.

This was the Japanese and Buddhist philosophies which sadly is removed from modern MMA.

If we all fight each other we all descend into chaos. When your opponent knows you can kill him, it's enough for them to not want to fight.

[AJproductionsful]

I trained at Xtreme Couture about 10 years ago when I was 18 and one of the coaches who I thought was so incredibly tough I overheard talking about how him and his roommates were gonna have a hard time coming up with the rent that month. I thought this guy is so tough. Why did he never make it to the UFC? I saw that he lost to both Nate Diaz and Clay Guida. They were his most high profile fights, another coach said he wasn’t gonna be able to make the night time jujitsu practice because he got a job working security for $14 an hour. Everyone in the gym acted like that was a lot of money. This guy was a coach for a lot of big-name fighters and killed himself a few years back, another coach there also committed suicide a few years back. Another kid was one of the standouts on the amateur team, I asked him when he planed on going pro? He said he was probably done with the sport. Dominick Cruz had called him out to San Diego as a sparring partner for mizugaki and sent him home after one round because Cruz beat him so bad. I’m glad now that I decided to work a regular job instead of try to be a fighter.

[demef]

My brother always says "no matter what a boxer (or MMA fighter) is paid, it's not enough. No amount of money is worth having your brain shredded."

[quintupleton]

I tried to be a fighter. It was my livelihood. It meant everything to me since I started training at the age of 12. I didn’t party, I barely hung out with my friends, I even stopped going to school. I had no plan b. I tried to give my absolute all to this sport. Around 16 years old, I started to have really bad hip problems, especially in my left hip. I would sit on the toilet and it would pop into a painful uncomfortable position. Thats just an example of how bad it was. At this time, I was also going through a lot of bullshit at home. I simply didn’t care about how hurt I felt and how bad my hip was. I was training at least 6 days a week for multiple hours ranging from 2-6 hours a day. Sometimes even 7 days a week. Long story short, I had a torn labrum in my hip. I don’t know when it happened because I never cared to stop myself and stunt my progress. I wanted it so fucking bad. I knew I could be a champion. I fought on it twice. After my second fight, something was severely wrong. Let alone a couple weeks before my fight I fractured my spine. It took 3 years to figure out what was wrong with me, because my pelvis back and hips were so fucked up. I was told multiple things by multiple different doctors. My last and final visit I was told the tear was so bad, it was practically irreversible. I had such a small chance of the surgery for it working. They told me my best bet was if I wanted to really do this still, to strengthen my hip as best I can and go for it. So I did. I even had a fight lined up. I reached out to a promoter myself. I couldn’t make it to the venue. I tried once again after that. I couldn’t get through 2 months worth of training. I tried to strengthen it best I could one last time, went for it again, and I simply can’t do progressive overload on it. I’m in pain every single day. I want to go get stem cells, but they aren’t covered with insurance because it’s considered a “pseudoscience”. I’m 21 years old, and I will never ever be able to perform at the best of my ability ever again in my whole life. At least that’s how it feels right now. I gave my all to this sport. I’m happy that I did. I learned a lot from it. But it honestly eats me alive every single day. Those 3 years I struggled so hard to find myself. All I could do was drown myself in drugs. I had no support. No one ever wanted me to fight in the first place. I will never forget what martial arts taught me, though. All the amazing people that I met. Everyday I wish I was still there. Everyday I miss it. But everyday I feel so weak and worthless. It’s hard to get over it. It’s hard to get over what people think about me as well. That I just gave up. I wanted it more than anything man. Sadly, I don’t think it will ever happen. Maybe I got lucky. But that to me is the one that got away. I’ve never loved anything like this sport man. Never. I’ve never felt love like I got from this sport. Everyday I wish I wasn’t so stubborn, I tried to get help, I wish I cared about myself enough. I just simply didn’t. I didn’t know how to. Everyday I can sit here and blame myself. And some days I do. I don’t know what to really think sometimes. My dreams were so strong and after a while it felt like it was finally becoming a reality. Turns out being a tough, stubborn hard ass wasn’t really the best thing😂. My hip is so bad the military won’t take me and that was another dream I had, if martial arts never worked. I can’t really work physical jobs, because I can barely walk the next day. I’m 21. 21! And it’s been like this for 3 whole years. A lot better than when it really first started to take a toll on me, but still sometimes unbearable. It’s depressing man. I just wish I could’ve made it before it all started to go down hill. I would’ve been happy to die in there. At this point, I don’t even know what to say anymore or why I’m typing this. I’m just gonna leave it at that.

[jumpingsloth]

People used to train in mma for self defense and to prove something to themselves and improve themselves. It was never meant to be a professional career choice.

[tundrabanks]

Everybody who has ever fought has had to quit. It’s just not something you can keep doing to yourself.