sinthetik_mistik
Purple Belt
If you fancied trying a fight there are plenty of other promotions around, many will also have amateur and semi pro as well as pro rules . Some promotions specialise in taking first timers. There are a huge amount of people who train MMA with no intention of fighting, some like to have a fight once or twice a year. It's isn't all professional fighters in MMA lots of non professional fighters have a go, some are very good, some just average but all enjoy fighting on shows.
Fighters aren't necessarily proficient in 3-4 martial arts, they are proficient in MMA there's a difference, they don't train in a whole loads of different styles then compete, they learn and practice the techniques needed to fight. In the early days, fighters would be black belts mostly likely in one style then train another, now more and more are coming into MMA without having done any martial arts.
I don't know why you are surprised that MMA fighters are good at striking, it's a very big part of MMA. In fact I'm not sure you are very clear what MMA is?
well, I know that MMA stands for mixed martial arts. I don't remember saying I was surprised to see UFC fighters excelling in striking. On the contrary, I would damn well expect it. I am not an expert in MMA as far as how they train. Do they meld all the different martial arts together into one comprehensive martial art? (as opposed to training for each individual martial art separately) that is what i'm assuming from what everyone has told me. so yeah you're right i'm no expert on MMA, i've watched a fair amount of UFC, and observed the way people on UFC fight, but beyond that i am pretty ignorant about MMA