What should I expect in white collar MMA?

So I mentioned cross training at my krav class, with the intention that I would like to do some ring sport on the side of my self defence.

He said depends on your budget BJJ can be good but expensive. He then mentioned that the cheapest way is this white collar fights were they train you in 8 weeks from fresh and then go into a cage.

So I signed myself up for a fight in november. Does anyone know how hardcore the white collar training will be?

My current training is 2-3 days of krav with a fair bit of sparring. About 1.5-2hrs a session.

 

Generally, they don't match people very well, and lots of people try to get extra training in on the side, I've known a complete beginner get put in with an ex pro boxer and lose some teeth.

If you want to train BJJ, have a look around and see what the prices are, fighting mma for eight weeks of free training is a terrible idea.

 

If its conditioning my 6 months of krav by then would help I imagine?

 

Would echo this. I mean, props for signing up but just be aware that shenanigans can happen. As said before, a lot of people get extra training on the side as well.

 

I personally dislike white collar MMA a lot more than WC boxing. Too much to learn and do. I'd say train at an MMA gym for a year or two then just compete like anyone else.

Also Krav Maga will do bugger all for you in a cage.

 

Side point:

If you want cheap BJJ, (and some BJJ is quite cheap) take a judo class, they tend to be super cheap.

 

Also bare in mind most shows make you sell a minimum number of tickets, and if you don't make it, then you have to pay up the difference..

Your free eight weeks could cost you a few hundred.

They're generally just a cash cow for gyms.

 

There is a lot more of them popping up around.
High potential for missmatch,
an intense introduction, if you're ok with that, I know some people prefer it that way.

Most places do a free first lesson, so it's always worth having a look at what's around in your price range and having a free trial.

 

My primary thing is self defense, I do want to do a bit of combat sport on the side.

Thought that WC would be fun and its people on same level as me but wonder what id be up against.

 

It depends on who's running it, the better ran ones, do a 12 week course, strictly match the fights, and have an adjusted ruleset.

Did you sign up at an MMA gym?

Why not take a class first?

 

I signed up through ultra mma. They are doing 8 weeks then a fight in
November.

Tell me what you think says you all train together and a lot of dangerous stuff is banned.

https://www.ultra-mma.co.uk/training/

Rules & Regulations – Ultra MMA

 

That's the same lot that matched an ex pro boxer up with a newbie, a few years back.

A quick Google search brings up this too:

Eastleigh white collar boxer suffered two strokes 19 days after bout | Daily Mail Online

Which I belive are the same company.
(I'm Not 100% sure, but they've got the same name)

If you want sport, a much safer way is to just go and train somewhere for a year or two and then have a few matches.

Even with limited rules, an MMA match is still a full contact fight with small gloves on.

 

Your instructor was reckless for suggesting white collar MMA in the first place. I agree with all the sentiments expressed here. I've worked as a cutman at some white collar events, and in a couple of cases I had to convince participants to withdraw because the parity of skill was so obviously lopsided that it was dangerous. If you're going to do a ring sport, treat the process with the respect it deserves and enrol at a quality gym.

 

Ok, I have to claim ignorance. What in the heck is "white collar MMA" exactly, because I have not come across this concept before. Is it like MMA-lite? Boxercising? As someone not particularly trained in MMA, but well aware of what MMA fighting requires, I'm trying to understand if "white collar MMA" is just bad by design or it's just watered down MMA. If so, that implies watered down boxing, jujitsu, etc which might be decent training, but not for a fight. Does that make sense?

 

FAQ – Ultra MMA

It's generally an eight week camp, and fight, for free, on the condition you sell a standard amount of tickets, so not free.

 

Same as white collar boxing. The term "white collar" tending to refer to the collar of the person's shirt who is competing. As in they're a white collar worker i.e office job/lawyer/doctor/ basically not heavy manual labour.

A "Blue collar" worker might be someone with a trade, plumbing/joinery/mechanic etc.