First off I'm uber new to this forum and forgive me if I'm posting this in the wrong forum, but I had to start some where.

I want to take up mma in order to give my life a kick start, to get back the fitness I had, to eventually whether it takes five years to compete in anyway in mma/cage competitions.

I've got no MMA experience, 100% nothing.

I've done taekwondo and Thai boxing but far to long ago to of made any difference.

I was in the army, and the royal marines for a total of nines years, so I'm quite a robust individual, ans as of now I'm in general condition weights five times a week with some moderate cardio.

How ever...I'm 31.

Am I pissing in the wind? Or do you really have to be a young spritely chicken to start from the bottom?

Local MMA gym to me is gladiator gym ran by Ross pointon to which I'm gonna pop Down to have a chat to him in the next few days.

Can I have your thoughts please?

Cheers and all the best.

Alan.