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Shawn Tompkins dead at 37
Former professional fighter and renowned mixed martial arts trainer Shawn Tompkins has passed away today (Aug. 14, 2011) at the age of 37. Tompkins is survived by Emilie Stout, sister of UFC lightweight Sam Stout, and is perhaps best known for working with UFC fighters Chris Horodecki, Mark...
UFC Fighter Dan Hardy: 'TapouT Ain't TapouT Anymore'
UFC welterweight Dan Hardy, a long-time endorser of TapouT gear, has had a change of sponsor. According to Hardy's twitter account he's moving on to Tito Ortiz' Punishment Athletics. Hardy accused TapouT of becoming "the Corporation". TapouT was purchased by Authentic Brands Group last September. ...
TapouT Sponsors Football Star Chad Ochocinco
Cincinnati Bengal Chad Ochocinco should be somewhat familiar to UFC fans for his history of challenging MMA fighters to bouts, including middleweight champ Anderson Silva. Now he's been signed by the pioneering MMA apparel company Tapout. Jonathan Snowden has more at SBNation: ...TapouT is a...
I take it the Federal Trade Commission is investigating the UFC
The heavily rumoured ongoing Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation of UFC is a story that has been three months in the making. Indeed, it's one that Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta expected as soon as they purchased their main competitor Strikeforce from Scott Coker and Silicon Valley...
TapouT Accused Of Stealing, Possibly Selling Mask's Ashes
Of all the bizarre stories that pop up from time to time, this was not a subject I ever really expected to write about. TMZ is reporting that the late Charles "Mask" Lewis' ashes have been stolen and possibly resold by his fellow TapouT founders. The story is that Mask's sister Carla, allowed Tim...
Remembering Mask: The two year anniversary of Charles Lewis' death
Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Jr., founder of the popular multi-million dollar MMA clothing line and television show TapouT, was killed on the morning of March 11, 2009, when his Ferrari collided with a Porsche driven by Jeffrey David Kirby of Costa Mesa. Today, March 11, 2011, marks...
TapouT: Two Years After Mask
Charles "Mask" Lewis, along with his friends Dan "PunkAss" Caldwell and Timothy "SkySkrape" Katz, built the TapouT clothing brand out of the trunk of his car. Starting in 1997, he traveled the country selling his unique vision to anyone who was buying. Almost two years ago today, on March 11,...
The TapouT Crew Remember Charles "Mask" Lewis
Two years ago we lost one of the most important figures in MMA history. Charles "Mask" Lewis was a visionary and a pioneer, a man who loved people and strived to leave his mark on the world. Killed in a tragic and senseless accident, Mask left a hole that won't soon be filled in the lives of those...
Drunk Driver Who Killed TapouT's Charles 'Mask' Lewis Sentenced to 9 Years
The Orange County Register has the story: A San Clemente man wept, apologized and asked for forgiveness Friday moments before he was sentenced to nine years in prison for his role in a high-speed, alcohol-fueled crash during a street race in Newport Beach that killed a millionaire mixed-martial...
Jeffrey David Kirby sentenced to nine years in death of Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Jr.
Charles ‘Mask’ Lewis Jr., founder of the popular multi-million dollar MMA clothing line and television show TapouT, was killed on the morning of March 11, 2009, when his Ferrari collided with a Porsche driven by Jeffrey David Kirby of Costa Mesa. Now, nearly two years after his...
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