Is it FAIR to tell people you do MMA when you don't CAGEFIGHT or go to a...

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...MMA CAGEFIGHTING gym? I see several people on here that say they do, "MMA (Mixed Martial Arts)," but, they never have fought in a cagefight, nor do they ever plan to, nor do they train in a gym that trains MMA cagefighters.

Instead they do literally, mixed martial arts, they mix say, tae kwon do with judo, or brazillian jiujitsu with boxing, and say they are do MMA. That's misleading I think personally.

I have done several different martial arts. But, I would never say I do MMA. I would say my personal fighting style is, "Freestyle martial arts" if anything. If you say you do MMA, most people will think you fight in the cage or at least train in a gym that trains MMA cagefighters.

Do you think it's fair to claim yourself or for someone else to do MMA when in reality they are doing just a combo of martial arts?

BTW: I do think MMA cagefighting is a "style." It has very distinctive moves and training methods, all the things that make a up a style. If you say your a MMA cagefighter there are some distinctive things that you will share with all cagefighters. It's like saying you are a boxer, there are many differnt ways to box, but, essentially the moves and strategies are the same.
 
I just say I do martial arts (I take BJJ and Brazilian Muay Thai from 2 different gyms), but people oftentimes assume I'm talking taebo, cardio kickboxing, taekwondo or something.

"Yeah my 14 yo. niece does that too, she takes kickboxing at the 24 hour fitness"

"oh..."
 
He who bullshits the best, makes it to the top first. Why be honest about being a loser, when you could lie and be the best, therefore getting the results you want. You aren't hurting anyone. I never needed to prove I graduated high school. Why did I bother, really? Stop saying you do MMA. Say you are the undefeated, number 1, top award winner of MMA in the western hemisphere. I promise you, 98% of the population won't know what that means, but will think you are shit.

I tell people for fun in the bar sometimes, that for a living, I do the make up for dead people. It makes for hours of intersting coversation, and fun. And I get to be admired and interesting. Who cares that I'm in real estate. I don't even care how sucessful I am, real estate is boring as shit. Who wants to talk about a bad economy in a fun environment? Not me! Let's make up a fantasy about the dead dld lady who sat up when I put her lipstick on.

P.S. I didn't answer your question specifically on purpose. I hope you get that it's not important. Life is too short, you need to have more fun. Obviously.
 
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