Mouserfest kicks off inaugural event at Mylan Park

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — Mouserfest kicked off its inaugural festival at Mylan Park welcoming all kinds of strength and combat sports. Throughout the day-long event, a number of competitions took place and were available for guests to watch.

Paul Mouser, the host of the event, welcomed all people to watch, compete and interact with vendors. Arm wrestling, sumo wrestling tournaments, martial arts competitions and more can all be found at the event.

“Mouserfest is a conglomerate of strength and combat related sports because that’s kind of what the Mouser name entails,” said Mouser.

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Mouser continued and said that he wanted there to be something for everyone to enjoy. 

“Well I think there’s something here for everyone. We have everything from sumo wrestling to power lifting, strongman, we got Brazilian jujitsu, we have all sorts of different things. There is something for everyone to enjoy that’s into any realm of strength and combat related sports,” Mouser said.

 Mouserfest kicks off inaugural event at Mylan Park

Mouserfest also made sure to show its appreciation for West Virginia culture by having different posters and merchandise featuring cryptids in strongman gear. Many of the competitors at the festival were from the Mountain State. 

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