TapouT, Silver Star, and Hitman Fight Gear Sold to a Toronto Based Company
by Anton Tabuena on Sep 7, 2010 2:55 AM EDT
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Three top MMA clothing brands will now be working under one roof as TapouT, Silver Star, and Hitman Fight Gear have all been picked up by Jamie Salter, owner of a Toronto based company called Authentic Brands Group LLC:
Salter, 47, has agreed to buy three brands that cater to fans of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the mixed martial arts network that attracts millions of viewers each year to pay- per-view bouts that take place in a cage called the "Octagon."
Salter’s Toronto-based Authentic Brands Group LLC is betting the three labels -- TapouT, Silver Star Casting Co. and Hitman Fight Gear -- are ripe for expansion as mixed martial arts tightens its grip on the mainstream. J.C. Penney Co., Kohl’s Corp. and Macy’s Inc. already sell some of the gear, and the new owners and founders are looking to add sales both at home and overseas.
... TapouT’s Hitman brand already sells at Sears Holdings Corp.’s Kmart stores. Salter predicts he’ll double revenues in the next two years.
Dan "Punkass" Cadwell says that there were many suitors for TapouT, who made under $200 million in sales last year, but one of the factors in eventually choosing Salter's group was because he and his fellow founder, Tim "Skyscrape" Katz will still be continually involved with their brand.
Luke Burrett, founder of Silver Star, says that working with their former rivals will be a good thing:
"We’ve been fierce competitors with TapouT, and now that we’re under the same roof we’ll be unstoppable,"
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The world is about to fall victim to an unstoppable monster. An unstoppable tribal, oddly capitalized, glittery, puff painted, color foiled, extra medium, Axe Body Spray laden monster.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 7, 2010 2:59 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
oh you silly you.
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by chopstickthugz on Sep 7, 2010 3:19 AM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Biden always gets a rec from me.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 7, 2010 3:24 AM EDT up reply actions
THE man
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by Derek Suboticki on Sep 7, 2010 3:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Fuck off broski. If there ain’t skeletons wearing native war chief garb with blood spattered in the background, I don’t want shit to do with it.
by Brent Ducharme on Sep 7, 2010 3:07 AM EDT up reply actions
You forgot "gold chain wearing"
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by Barack Lesnar on Sep 7, 2010 3:18 AM EDT up reply actions
I also forgot "roofie’ing
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 7, 2010 3:20 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Dude
you need to email a bro
we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea
by Barack Lesnar on Sep 7, 2010 3:21 AM EDT up reply actions
well done by the way
we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea
by Barack Lesnar on Sep 7, 2010 3:21 AM EDT up reply actions
I am watching Robot Chicken right now
shit is extra funny to me tonight
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 7, 2010 3:22 AM EDT up reply actions
I got all the original Spiderman animated series Fox kids old school
we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea
by Barack Lesnar on Sep 7, 2010 3:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Boise St. son! I figure they kick the shit out of us on a yearly basis so I have to be happy or them!
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 7, 2010 3:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Getting all 3 seasons of Darkwing Duck as we speak
we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea
by Barack Lesnar on Sep 7, 2010 3:33 AM EDT up reply actions
You are doin it big man.
Get them Dinosaurs DVDs while your at it.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 7, 2010 3:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Like I don't have those already. Priorities.
we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea
by Barack Lesnar on Sep 7, 2010 3:37 AM EDT up reply actions
I have to go get The Office Season 6 tomorrow. Gotta keep the misses happy.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 7, 2010 3:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Getting the misses the P90X videos was a really dumb idea
we each must become like fishermen, and go out on to the dark ocean of mind, and let your nets down into that sea
by Barack Lesnar on Sep 7, 2010 3:49 AM EDT up reply actions
I wonder what effect this will have on the nazi imagery certain companies use...
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-Randall Munroe
With the exception of Hoelzer Reich, nobody uses much Nazi imagery. The Iron Cross is NOT a nazi image (as evidenced by the fact that the German military used the symbol 100 years before the Nazis and still uses it today), and while I have seen the odd Deathshead skull here or German Eagle there, no one (other than HR) uses them in such a way as to evoke nazism.
You clearly don't look at enough shirt designs
if you haven’t found blatant nazi imagery used more than once by certain MMA companies.
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-Randall Munroe
Care to share some examples?
I have seen some skulls that resemble a deaths head, and some eagles that resemble a german eagle, and some helmets that resemble a german WWII era helmet, but I have never seen any company other than HR that blatantly tied them all together.
Out of professional responsibility, I can't elaborate publicly.
Wish I could, but can’t. I emailed Nate briefly about it, but public discussion boards aren’t the place.
The most I can say is that there was an issue. Relevant people figured shit out.
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Huh?
Public discussion boards aren’t the place to discuss it? Then where? Back alleys in hushed whispers? All you would need to do is post a link and let the fans decide.
Tiger Belt in Joe Son Do
by RearNakedSpank on Sep 7, 2010 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Does it count as relevant if the public doesn't notice it?
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
I dislike 90% of MMA shirts.
Fedor’s RVCA was given to me so I have that and I also have Shogun’s Bad Boy shirts is very comfortable. Everything else is just ugly.
I dislike 90% of MMA shirts.
Fedor’s RVCA was given to me so I have that and I also have Shogun’s Bad Boy shirts is very comfortable. Everything else is just ugly.
There are a couple of MMA shirts that I dig.
by Anton Tabuena on Sep 7, 2010 3:52 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I like the idea of it, (Pulver, Retro game)
but the execution, and the huge ass tapout logo, not so much.
but yes, I don’t think it’s the best, but I’d still wear it if it was given to me, cause it is still way way wayyyyyyyyy better than 90% of the deathskullsandflamingdemonbones shirts out there.
by Anton Tabuena on Sep 7, 2010 4:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Jens does have some sweet hooters in that shirt though.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 7, 2010 4:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Deathclutch shirts
are pretty sweet.
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weird I have one on right now
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 7, 2010 4:25 AM EDT up reply actions
They're not as bad as the others, but I still disagree.
no thanks.
by Anton Tabuena on Sep 7, 2010 4:33 AM EDT up reply actions
i have this one
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 7, 2010 4:37 AM EDT up reply actions
you just stick to your good artwork then Anton that’s FINE!!!
//slams bathroom door and sits crying in empty tub.//
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 7, 2010 4:44 AM EDT up reply actions
lol.
I zorry. Just cause I don’t like your shirt, doesn’t mean I don’t like you. ;)
by Anton Tabuena on Sep 7, 2010 4:53 AM EDT up reply actions
BROHUGZ!!!
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 7, 2010 5:11 AM EDT up reply actions
aside from the deathskullsofdeathlydoom,
I usually have a thing against HUGE ass brand names on shirts…
by Anton Tabuena on Sep 7, 2010 5:09 AM EDT up reply actions
I have long argued for a monopoly in MMA clothing, and I’m happy to see consolidation of the top brands under one umbrella. Now, we shall truly find out who is the best, and the myth that is Affliction, spurred on by lackluster competition and fanboy dreams, will finally be exposed.
Just switch out a few key words and you’re good to go!
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by Derek Suboticki on Sep 7, 2010 3:45 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Hahaha, I see what you did there
/sarcasm
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by S.C. Michaelson on Sep 7, 2010 4:12 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm all for a monopoly
It’ll make it a hell of a lot easier to ignore buying their shit if it’s only on one rack.
by John Nash on Sep 7, 2010 4:18 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 4 recs
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by Drunken cutman on Sep 7, 2010 5:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Sweet, more shirts that say “I am a douchebag” in a code of flaming skulls and swords and shit.
"You hear people say, 'You're the greatest,' and all this stuff. It's BS. It's fake, it's all fake. You've just got to keep training as hard as you can. The only thing real is the fight, everything else is fake." - BJ Penn
Rogan
Anyone see that clip where he is doing stand-up in a goofy shirt, and a guy in the audience wearing an Affliction shirt makes fun of him. Rogan tells the guy the difference between them is that when he left his house, he knew he looked goofy – the heckler thought he looked cool.
"I'd love to be a Cheick Kongo looking brother that could actually move and do a lot of funky stuff - Jiu Jitsu, takedowns, kicks and stuff." - Jon Jones.
"This is the internet: you either have soul-stopping power or you’re a pillow-fisted pansy. There is no middle ground." - woomikee
I was driving after I picked up my daughter from my parent’s and there were three obvious tweakers standing at a crosswalk. My daughter who is 4, looks at these three 50 pound soaking wet meth-heads( that are all wearing some god-awful Tapout abomination) and she say " Dad those guys are tough huh?" I just started laughing and asked why, and she said “because they have scary shirts, you need to get one so you look tough too.”
by SilverNBlackZach! on Sep 7, 2010 10:34 AM EDT reply actions
So what you’re saying is that the inner dialogue of most MMA fans between 20-40 is best displayed in the musings of a four year old girl? I’m with you.
by Brent Ducharme on Sep 7, 2010 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions
as mixed martial arts tightens its grip on the mainstream
The mainstream idiots who wear this stuff and have TapouT stickers on their 2 wheel drive Ford Rangers, usually have no idea what the brand is even about.
rwd rangers
Are cheap cheap cheap burnout machines that have the added bonus of being decent on gas. Don’t hate.
So much cock. A cock guy.
by inadvertentgroinstrike on Sep 7, 2010 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
To Skyscrape and Punkass: go ahead, retire, and just enjoy your millions. I’m pretty sure no one will be losing any sleep over you not being there to help direct Tapout’s artistic vision.
And if this Authentic Brands Group is able to score an exclusivity deal with the UFC it would:
(Luke approved) be an economic coup on the scale of the East India Company gaining exclusive trading rights to British India.
(LUKERAGE) be a huger faction than when HHH, Flair, Batista, and Orton formed Evolution! And I ain’t talkin about no monkey-into-men hogwash BY GAHD.
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