Entering the MMA world

Becoming a fighter, its not as cool and fun as it might sound. If you want to become a fighter first you have to join a gym, memberships at fight gyms are very expensive. For most people in our local area to join a fight gym they would try to join the Peoria Athletic Club or PAC.  This gym is located between East Peoria and Morton but will soon be moving down by Bradley. PAC is a good gym with good trainers and a nice facility, but it is outrageously priced. For 100 dollars a month they will let you take there classes and you have to put up with the “know it all” gym owner. I personally will not step foot in this gym unless it’s a Saturday morning sparring, which is free, and the only day the owner isn’t there. The owner is a stuck up guy who has spent a million bucks to get his black belt, yet he can be submitted by people who don’t even have a belt.

Another gym it Central Illinois Combat Club, or CICC, which is a gym that I love. Located in Canton Illinois, which is a bit of a drive from Peoria but it is still worth the four day a week training program. The gym provides a great diversity of fighters/trainers. The owner, a man lets most of us train there for free doesn’t even take credit for being the coach. It is a family mentality, and whenever you came to train you also teach we learn from each other and there are no egos! We are all simply there to get better and train. If you are just entering MMA it will cost 30 dollars a month to train at this gym. These are the two main fight gyms in central Illinois, there are also programs at worlds gym, and align life chiropractic. But both of these programs are “run”, or comprised of fighters that also train at CICC or PAC . Entering any program will cost money, but once you become a good training partner, they might let you slide on the payments.