Yamane Championship Mixed Martial Arts 

Selected as the SCORE 2014 Outstanding

Small Business in America award winner

At the age of six, Niall Yamane began learning karate from his dad. His dad taught him every aspect of the art and helped him develop discipline, character, integrity, endurance, courtesy and the key fundamentals of karate, respect. Many years later, Nial; a partner at a top litigation firm moved to Alabama with his wife and decided to pursue his dream of starting his own small business. Having no business experience, Nial turned to SCORE to help make his dream, Yamane Championship Mixed Martial Arts, a reality.  Niall says Yamane Championship Mixed Martial Arts would have not succeeded without the help of his SCORE mentors. "We would not have succeeded business wise if we did not have the demographic information of SCORE. With the help of his mentors, Marvin Wilder and Marion Smith helped Nial address key components of building a successful business. Nial's mentors assisted him with building a financial and marketing plan that would help with the success of YCMMA. Also both mentors always made themselves available on a weekly basis and provided countless hours of consulting time! " The Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce is excited to have Yamane Championship Mixed Martial Arts as a member and to be awarded the Outstanding Small Business in America for 2014 by SCORE." Said Heiko Einfeld, executive director of the ESCoC.