The Tapout guys seem like nice guys, like they really care about the fighters.

That said, they do remind me a LOT of the Village People…

Makes me wonder what he thinks of the TV show Tapout and their gay clowns with their faggy makeup and costumes.

Nice. I think that’s the first homophobic gay slur I’ve seen posted over here. Almost made me think I had inadvertently visited fightlinker this morning instead of Bloody Elbow.

That ridiculous comment aside, I think you have to take the TapOut show for what it is - it’s part of TapOut’s marketing, on a little viewed network. Like it or not those “gay clowns with their faggy makeup and costumes” have made a fortune creating the single most recognizable brand of clothing in mma. I think the show is mostly ridiculous, too, but I watch it just for the rare glimpses of some up and coming and as of yet undiscovered talent that they stumble across from time to time. I’ve seen a number of former “TapOut” guys end up on cards in places like the WEC - Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone is actually putting himself in line for a potential title fight soon and is slated to take on Razor Rob in his next fight, and he pulled out a sick submission in the last WEC event with Faber/Pulver. So at the very least the show does go out there and find some legitimate fighters, gives them a break with some sponsorship and exposure, and let us see them.

As for your TapouT point…

You know, these guys grate on my nerves and overshadow the good things they do for mma, by being camera hogging clowns.

This show would be great, if they subtracted their “characters” from it. I would love to see a show about up and coming fighters in some of the great training camps around the country, that we always hear about. I wouldn’t even mind some behind the scenes workings of TapouT as a company.

Unfortunately, their need to “keep it real”, by putting on costumes and acting like fools, detracts from the fighters and the training, making the show a must-not-see for me.

I like the premise of the show, even though I have to download it because it’s not available here. I just don’t understand why they haven’t shed at least some of the costumes and shit. The brand is pretty recognizable at this point, what with TV ads and nearly every fighter sporting some Tapout gear on.
The ‘style’ they sport suggests to someone just watching the show that the sport has a bus full of lunatics taking “cage fighters” to matches, that that as you will.

Tap Out shot the reality pilot at kage kombat http://www.kagekombat.com where Jake Shields fought Toby Imada. This is when Charles aka Mask confirmed to me that zuffa owns Tap Out and this show. It is another show Zuffa uses to promote there fights and Tap Out clothing line. That is why affliction is to ban Tap Out at there event.