Average experience — good sport, mediocre gym

I want to separate the sport from my specific experience. MMA as a discipline is genuinely compelling — the guillotine choke, the depth of scrambles, the cage fitness level. All of that is real and valuable.

My gym, however, has been mediocre. Coaching quality varies session to session and managing multiple disciplines simultaneously has been handled poorly. I've seen people get hurt because progression was rushed. If I were starting over I'd research gym culture more carefully before committing. The sport gets four stars; my current gym gets two. This review averages to three.