Episode 888: Make Excuses or Make It Happen with Mitch Aguiar

On today's episode, Dennis is speaks with Former Navy SEAL, Pro
MMA Fighter, CEO & Founder of MASF supplements, Violent
Hippie & Adopt a Cop BJJ, Mitch Aguiar.


Mitch Aguiar is a 10 year Navy SEAL Veteran, Professional MMA
Fighter and Entrepreneur. Mitch joined the Navy in 2008 and went
straight to BUDS (Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL) training and
graduated with BUDS class 273. After he had completed SEAL
training he was stationed at SEAL Team 10 in Virginia Beach,
where he did multiple combat deployments to Afghanistan as well
as Europe.
In 2012 Mitch aka the Smashin’ Frog had started competing in
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as well as Mixed Martial Arts as a hobby and
quickly found success in both. In 2017 he launched his first
business, MASF (Mitch Aguiar Smashin’ Frog) Apparel with the
intention of selling his fight shirts to his supporters. By the
time Mitch had left the Navy in 2018 he was a 10x champion in
mixed martial arts and was ranked number 1 on the east coast in
both the 170lb and 185lb divisions.
In January of 2018 Mitch launched his supplement company MASF
Supplements. While competing in Mixed Martial Arts Mitch explored
different avenues of nutrition and weight cutting. This led him
to develop a unique blend of powdered superfoods called the
Smashin’ Greens. Utilizing his supplements, Mitch created a
unique series of fasting challenges and encouraged his supporters
to conquer them in order to instill his message that “Mindset Is
Everything”. By 2020 MASF Supplements had become a successful
company which allowed Mitch to fund and launch his own charity
Adopt A Cop BJJ, a 501(C)3 that allows for Police officers
anywhere in the United States to attend any Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Academy of their choosing and learn Brazilian Jiu Jitsu free of
charge until the rank of Blue belt. The charity quickly grew and
is currently affiliated with and being utilized by well over 1000
gyms across all 50 states. The program has had over 150 officers
graduate and receive their Blue belts.
In 2022 Mitch launched a second brand called Violent Hippie which
sells apparel, Jiu Jitsu Gi's and Organic CBD. That same year
Mitch opened up the Violent Hippie Jiu Jitsu Academy which offers
Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai and mixed martial arts training to its
members. The brand/academy’s philosophy and motto is “Be kind, or
else…”


Today, Dennis and Mitch discuss training BJJ to avoid
catastrophic events, controlling suspects, staying prepared for
the job, how and why Mitch started "Adopt a Cop BJJ" and the
importance behind their mission, putting your ego to the side and
recognizing your excuses.


More info about Mitch, Violent Hippie, MASF Supplements and Adopt
a Cop here: https://adoptacopbjj.org/ |
https://masfsupplements.com/ | https://violenthippie.com/


Follow Mitch here: https://www.instagram.com/mitch_aguiar/?hl=en


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