Is MMA a real career

Answer 1

Yes. However it is a very, very difficult career to make money in. The sport requires years of training to even be competitive. Unless you are fighting for one of the big shows then you are going to have to have some other way of making money.

The top stars can make over a million per fight, but the fighters on the undercard of even a UFC ppv may only take home $10,000 for 2 months of training. There is also the chance that a fighter may get injured and have to sit out a year before competing again.