Ryan Casabella 

Why Fight Club Exists

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I’ve been married to the love of my life for over twenty years, and together we are raising three incredible children. My family has been the foundation of my life—the reason I kept fighting when quitting would have been easier. They are living proof that God can redeem what feels broken beyond repair.

I am a Christian, and I believe the Church is called to be a bridge for the broken—not a place where men pretend they are whole.

For more than twenty-six years, I lived a divided life. On the outside, things appeared stable. On the inside, I was fighting battles few people knew about: alcoholism, depression, suicidal thoughts, bankruptcy, disordered eating, ADHD, bipolar disorder, anger, and a constant sense of low self-worth. I didn’t just struggle with these things—I allowed them to define me.

Like many men, I learned how to perform instead of heal. I learned how to survive instead of lead. I learned how to hide pain rather than confront it.

In 2017, that cycle was broken.

I began a deliberate journey to renew my mind and dismantle the false identity I had carried for most of my life. I had accepted generational habits as permanent. I had allowed circumstances, shame, and failure to tell me who I was. And somewhere along the way, I had drifted from a real relationship with God—an absence that showed up everywhere in my life.

When I returned to Christ, I didn’t just find forgiveness—I found power. God didn’t simply pull me out of my struggles; He began rebuilding me into someone new. Renewal didn’t change my circumstances overnight, but it changed my direction forever.

That rebuilding revealed my calling.

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The Problem Men Are Facing

Men are fighting real battles—but most are fighting alone.

We live in a culture that demands strength from men but rarely creates space for healing. Men are expected to lead without being led, to provide without being poured into, and to be strong while silently carrying addiction, depression, shame, and fear of failure.

I needed men in my darkest seasons—men who would challenge me, pray with me, walk with me, and hold me accountable. I couldn’t find them. That absence nearly cost me my life, my marriage, and my future.

Fight Club was born out of that gap.

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The Purpose of Fight Club

Fight Club is not just a place for men who are fighting.

It is a place for men who are ready to help other men fight.

Yes, Fight Club exists for men battling addiction, depression, broken leadership, and identity struggles. But it also exists for men who have been strengthened by God and feel called to step into authentic servanthood—men who understand that healing is not the finish line, but the starting point.

This is not a program. It is a brotherhood.

Fight Club develops men who are willing to use their story, strength, and obedience to stand beside another man and say, “You’re not alone. Let’s fight together.”

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Our Pillars: Minister. Mentor. Multiply.

Fight Club is built on three foundational pillars that shape everything we do.

Minister — Every man is called to serve. Not from a stage, but from presence. Ministry happens in honesty, prayer, accountability, and showing up when it’s uncomfortable. We minister not through image, but through authenticity.

Mentor — What God restores in you is meant to be poured into someone else. Mentorship is how wisdom is transferred, identity is reinforced, and destructive cycles are broken. We don’t lead from perfection—we lead from obedience.

Multiply — Growth that stops with you was never the goal. Fight Club exists to multiply renewed men into families, churches, workplaces, and communities. Transformed men create transformed environments. This is how the Kingdom advances.

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Who Fight Club Is For

Fight Club is for:

• The man who is barely holding on

• The man who is rebuilding

• The man who feels called to lead but doesn’t know how

• The man who is ready to help another man fight

Some men arrive wounded. Some arrive ready. Most arrive somewhere in between. Every man belongs.

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Why We Fight

We fight because men matter.
We fight because families depend on it.
We fight because God designed men to stand in the gap.

As Nehemiah charged the people while rebuilding the wall:

“Remember the awe-inspiring Lord, and fight for your countrymen, your sons and daughters, your wives and homes.”
— Nehemiah 4:14

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Fight Club exists to raise men who remember the Lord—and are willing to fight for others.