>Retarded
If the gym has active fighters with decent records, goes to grappling tournaments, has active sparring, has a few blue or purple BJJ belts, people have cauli ear, you've probably found a decent gym
If they have losing records, the coach looks like hes never fought, has no record, or starts talking about death strikes you've got a meme gym
depends, do you have any background in combat sports?
joining a BJJ gym which does both gi and no-gi would be the best place to start, since along with BJJ groundwork you'll also learn a bit of standup wrestling (all BJJ matches start as wrestling matches on the feet).
from there take you pick of boxing and/or muay thai for striking. if you're a big boi (200+ lbs) definitely focus on the boxing.
from there you'll have the base to start actual MMA, which is just kind of putting it all together. I would recommend competing in one of the specialties first though, especially if you have never competed in anything before (i.e. do a wrestling or BJJ tourney, or have a low-key boxing/muay thai fight)
>huh what use will mma do when i...
>torn your cuff cause YOU DIDN'T DO YOUR FUCKING FACEPULLS
Nope, can’t learn grappling alone and your boxing form will be shit and develops bad habits
T. Did boxing, now doing judo
/sleazecore/
>can't read a full post
>calls others retards
Unless you plan to compete and really take it seriously, there is no point in hard sparring. All you will get is accumulated brain trauma, and a laundry list of concussions along with the way. Stick to light sparring and technique - and spend your competitive energy grappling (bjj, judo, wrestling).
>tfw something smells musky
Buy a gun and lift.
