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2010 – Fight Core’s biggest year to date.
In the above picture: Brandon Melendez (The Ultimate Fighter), Brandon Kiser (Host of Damage Control MMA), Kyacey Uscola (The Ulimate Figher and Bodog), Jake Paul (Gladiator Challenge World Champ), Brian Yamasaki (Host of Damage Control MMA). 2010 – The biggest year in Fight Core history. We stepped up our game by opening a new training [...]
2009 – A big year for Fight Core!
Highlight of Fight Core in 2009 JANUARY Kyacey Uscola heads to Salt Lake City to get acclimated to the higher elevation before his fight with Hank Weiss on Febuary 20th at the Energy Solutions Arena. Brian Yamasaki and Brandon Kiser start working on the Ultimate Combat Experience as guest commentators for the long time friend Mike [...]
Big things happening in the little old Mushin Gym
Mushin Self Defense barely has 1,000 square feet of training space but that hasn’t stopped the Mushin Crew from makin big things happen. The gym has a hard core yet cozy vibe with an old school feel to it. Long before the big chain gyms and MMA Super Centers like Throwdown came to town, Yamasaki and [...]
Team Eilte demands a do-over and the rivalry builds
Jake “The Snake” Paul is scheduled to rematch Lee Doss as his first Welter Weight Title defense for Gladiator Challenge. The fight will take place on Saturday August 29th 2009 at the Denver Nugget Hotel and Casino in Wendover Nevada. My understanding is that Team Elite wants a do-over. Can’t really blame them for that, if I [...]
Introducing the Welter Weight Gladiator Champion – Jake Paul
It was well worth driving 7 hours to Wendover to see Jake Paul defeat Lee Doss in the 2nd round of the Gladiator Challenge Championship. Due to a crash on I-80 West, the drive from Salt Lake to Wendover ended up taking us about seven hours instead of two. We tried 3 different routes. The 1st two were closed [...]
2 more W’s for the Bernales institute
Aaron Okura and Paul Roberts both represented the Bernales Institute in the Ultimate Combat Experience. Aaron Okura went to decision with one of the toughest 135 pounders in the UCE. It was an all out war and a close fight. At times Aaron was able to out wrestle the wrestler by getting take downs and [...]
Fight Core Shoot
See the pictures from the shoot on the shopping page! We were slangin a lot of baby oil and hittin mad bicep curls at Mushin for our Fight Core Shoot. Yamasaki broke out the video camera and captured the dorkiness of me and Jake getting pumped up for the pics. I am sure that footage [...]
CSW Camp 2009
CSW Camp 2009 takes the cake! I have been to every CSW camp that has ever been held. They have all been off the hook but this was the best one ever! Having a weekend this good all starts with the right company. There was adventure from the moment we arrived at our hotel. We got in [...]
Wicked Front Face Lock. I am sooooo lucky!
I am so lucky that I got to learn Catch as Catch Can Wrestling straight from a living legend. I have only spent a total of a few days with former Catch as Catch Can Wrestling champion Billy Robinson and it has forever changed my grappling game. Mr. Robinson is a legendary instructor producing such fighters [...]
KENSEI AND KONRAD MAKE THEIR DEBUT IN VERNAL, UT
Kensei “Alpha” Sato and Konrad “Rebar” Jones epitomized what Mushin Fighter Corps stands for in their debut fights in Vernal, Utah. Kensei took on Blake Sprouse who was once a student of Mushin and trained for his first few fights with our team. He has since moved to Vernal where he has been training [...]
