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Poster Jeremy is uneducated about the current state of MMA.

Greg Jackson and Pat Militech are two examples of MMA or vale Tudo coaches that do have a written curriculum and also have a rank system.
The time it takes to receive a black belt depends on the school and the student, just like in any other scenario.

my master said it took him 11 years to get black belt and 25 years to get black belt 6th striped

There aren’t any.

The point of Mixed Martial Arts, is that it is a combination of fighting styles.

That is why MMA fighters specifications say "bjj, muay thai, etc" and not "MMA blackbelt".

are mma schools awarding belts now? whatever the case, don’t get obsessed with belts. matt hughes does not have one, and look at all the black belts he has whipped.

First of all a little history on bets that’ll help here:
Belts (or the kyu system as its often caled) started in judo, spread to karate and then on to the western world (the whole rainbow system is a wstern thing).
Because mma is not one style or another (although some schools will be bjj or muay thai or whatever else) you don’t really get belts, it’s kind of ability and competition based.
That said, typically speaking you could be ready to go for a black belt/dan grade in about three years if you train regularly and work hard.
Good luck

No such thing, most of the time. MMA is trained by learning two or more martial arts concurrently, then blending the elements together in special strategy and sparring classes. I’ve seen a few gyms/dojo/clubs/whatever that offered an MMA program that included rankings, but that’s solely their invention. Unlike the various systems of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean martial arts, MMA is not a codified system with a single lineage. MMA programs can be based on any number of martial arts, but not always the same martial arts. The Yoshida dojo is a Judo dojo that brings in striking coaches; Golden Glory is a Muay Thai gym with a grappling program; American Top Team is a BJJ school with a good boxing coach. So from one gym to another, while there’s a lot of cross-over material, what your MMA looks like is going to be different, depending on what is taught at the gym.

you will need 10 dollars and a few minutes. just goto a martial arts shop and buy one.

Well it really depends, a lot of times in MMA there are no belts. The point is to learn as many fighting styles as possible and use them together.
But tech. my style is MMA and we have belts.

It can take a min. of 3 years for us. Most take about 4-6. And obviously anything above that.

So yeah, for you about 3-6 maybe.

Well i got my camouflage belt in ufc from team chip’s tae kwon do in only 4 months, I must be rly gud!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H40fChEhWI