While his teammates were going home from basketball practice, Cory Sandhagen was just getting started. The year was 2010, and Sandhagen was a senior on the Smoky Hill High School hoops team. But basketball was getting stale, and he wanted a new challenge. So he decided to learn how to fight. What followed was a daily commitment to learning jujutsu, striking and wrestling at a nearby MMA gym. “All my teammates and coaches thought I was kind of crazy,” Sandhagen said.