Coach Red is our head coach and is the owner of Fight Syndicate Big Bear. Red started out wrestling his freshman year of high school, later returning as an assistant coach. In 2014, Red met Coach Beau and started training mixed martial arts and earned some experience as an amateur cage fighter. He also lived and trained in San Diego with the fight team at The Arena, training with legends of MMA including Chris Leben, Baret Yoshida, Jesse Taylor, Charles Martinez, Vince Salvador, and more. After a move back to the Inland Empire, Red earned his teaching credential and taught US History from 2019 until 2023, all the while coaching wrestling at Temescal Canyon High School and Canyon Springs High School. When the opportunity to open a fight gym in Big Bear came up, Red left the classroom behind and now runs our gym full time. A brown belt under Ben Mendoza and Beau King, Red has competed and medaled in various grappling competitions. When you’re ready to take your first class, there’s a very good chance he will be the one teaching!

Coach Becca is a writer and jiu jitsu practitioner who has trained since 2016. She came up through the 10th Planet system, receiving her blue belt under Richie “Boogeyman” Martinez and her purple belt under Kevin Berbrich in San Diego, and she began training in the gi with the Carlson Gracie team in Menifee. Today, she is a brown belt under coaches Ben Mendoza and Beau King. She has competed and medaled in multiple BJJ competitions at every belt level. In 2025, she was the M1 champion at ADCC Nationals and Nogi Worlds. She leads the women’s program and is Coach Red’s favorite uke.

Coach Beau is the founder of Fight Syndicate and the head instructor at the Murrieta location. He has both competed and coached in the martial arts sphere for decades, earning a long list of accomplishments both as a competitor and coach. The “Fight Syndicate” brand is his creation and he has fostered an atmosphere that welcomes anyone that wants to realize the best version of themselves.