Breathe Better.
Roll Harder.

For years, I struggled with the same problem every grappler knows too well: Cardio. No matter how much I sprinted, how clean I ate, or how many rounds I rolled, I always felt like I was fighting my own breathing.

I was obsessed with finding an edge. One day I noticed a high-level competitor wearing a nasal strip during a match. I figured, why not try it? The difference was immediate. I could breathe deeper. Cleaner. Calmer.

There was just one problem. The strip wasn't built for combat. It peeled off. It ripped during scrambles. It didn't survive headlocks, sweat, or friction.

So I went searching. I found stronger adhesive strips online. They worked. But they looked ridiculous. Still — I wore them. And something interesting happened. Teammates started asking:

“Where'd you get that? Does it actually help?”

My answer was simple: “Yes. It helps.”

Before long, half the gym was ordering the same strips. That was the moment. Why should fighters have to wear generic sleep-aid strips made for snoring… in the middle of a match? Why wasn't there a nasal dilator built specifically for grappling — for friction, sweat, pressure, and war?

So we built one.

CombatStrips was created to give fighters a simple edge: Stronger adhesion. Built for contact. Designed to stay on. And made with the aesthetic of combat — not the pharmacy aisle.

Made by a grappler. For grapplers.
Because when you're in the middle of a round, the last thing you should be fighting is your own breathing.