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Posted by SheerSliver03 (Member # 6589) on :
 
i dont think this is a repost, but here it is

http://www.tmz.com/2009/03/11/tapout-owner-dies-in-horrific-ferrari-crash/

not happy that the guy died. but i do always want to punch the people in the face who wear is clothing, if you wear tapout and arnt a fighter you look like a damn idot.

[ March 11, 2009, 09:26 PM: Message edited by: SheerSliver03 ]
 

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Posted by slowback67 (Member # 6348) on :
 
Damn that's why I don't race on the streets to easy to get taken out.......rip
 

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Posted by ugotsmoked (Member # 6069) on :
 

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Originally posted by SheerSliver03:
i dont think this is a repost, but here it is

http://www.tmz.com/2009/03/11/tapout-owner-dies-in-horrific-ferrari-crash/

not happy that the guy died. but i do always want to punch the people in the face who wear is clothing, if you wear tapout and arnt a fighter you look like a damn idot.

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you should go around and start punching people wearthing their gear. Hopefully they arent a fighter.
 

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Posted by 1990GT50 (Member # 2119) on :
 
I heard about it earlier. Its shitty because he always tried to help new fighters and shit. Couple of my buddys knew hem well. It just adds a little more "Fu@k it" to my attitude. Live for today- not tomorrow
 

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Posted by N8 (Member # 6048) on :
 
Damn I never realized that crazy looking dude owned that clothing line. I saw some kind of jack-ass like show on mtv one day with him in it. Sad, RIP.
 

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Posted by STREETFIGHTER50 (Member # 2973) on :
 
Damn that sucks! I liked watching that show too! They help out a lot of fighters coming up. RIP
 

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Posted by SLPR93 (Member # 8769) on :
 

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Originally posted by SheerSliver03:
i dont think this is a repost, but here it is

http://www.tmz.com/2009/03/11/tapout-owner-dies-in-horrific-ferrari-crash/

not happy that the guy died. but i do always want to punch the people in the face who wear is clothing, if you wear tapout and arnt a fighter you look like a damn idot.

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i bought tapout shirts b4 and im not a pro fighter but i like to fight so if anyone would of came at me like that i would of slaped ther mouth off or shanked them
 

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Posted by t top freak (Member # 6269) on :
 
thats too bad i liked that guy and his crazy laugh.

i read somewhere about how he started only pulling in like 40k a few years ago...2008 they made 100mil.
 

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Posted by 04cobra408 (Member # 4025) on :
 
Dang RIP, I just got back from my Kickboxing/mma class and no one even mentioned it. Ill wear my tap out gear tomorrow in his memory.

[ March 12, 2009, 01:10 AM: Message edited by: 04cobra408 ]
 

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Posted by 1990GT50 (Member # 2119) on :
 

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Originally posted by 04cobra408:
Dang RIP, I just got back from my Kickboxing/mma class and no one even mentioned it. Ill wear my tap out gear tomorrow in his memory.

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Originally posted by 1990GT50:

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Originally posted by 04cobra408:
Dang RIP, I just got back from my Kickboxing/mma class and no one even mentioned it. Ill wear my tap out gear tomorrow in his memory.

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do you train at AKA? Saw the san jo, thats why I ask...

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NA, my buddy was training there for a few months a yr or so ago but he had to stop because of his work sched. Were taking a class at west valley now since its only like $45/semester and he was takin classes their also so it worked out.Its a couple days a weeks for the class and the Instructor opens the gym sat and sunday for sparing for the few those want to for a few hrs.
We were thinking about going to Shamrocks Gym because its right around the corner from his apt and its a little cheaper than AKA. But id like to go to AKA eventually! lol
Are you training at aka?


[ March 12, 2009, 02:46 AM: Message edited by: 04cobra408 ]
 

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Posted by BUKSING (Member # 6594) on :
 
another excellent place to train in kickboxing(Muay Thai) is at Fairtex.

RIP to the tapout dude...
 

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Posted by Jdub07 (Member # 2728) on :
 
poor car and poor passenger
 

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Posted by mustang928 (Member # 2123) on :
 
Yeah that happened maybe 20 minutes from my house, SAD....
 

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Posted by WIKDVNM (Member # 2805) on :
 
Very sad, a guy at our gym used to train with him in SoCal before his job transferred him up here. He said he would do just about anything for his friends and always helped out new fighters work there way up.

Street racing just doesn't pay.
 

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Posted by 2stangs69-91 (Member # 1951) on :
 
RIP for Mask. I realy feel sorry for the poor girl who was riding with him. I watched the tapout show a few times and they realy seemed to be about the fighters plus put alot of hard work into there products. bummer.
 

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Posted by NavidR (Member # 3164) on :
 

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Originally posted by WIKDVNM:


Street racing just doesn't pay.

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Originally posted by NavidR:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by WIKDVNM:
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some idiot trying to show off for a girl

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Originally posted by SheerSliver03:
i dont think this is a repost, but here it is

http://www.tmz.com/2009/03/11/tapout-owner-dies-in-horrific-ferrari-crash/

not happy that the guy died. but i do always want to punch the people in the face who wear is clothing, if you wear tapout and arnt a fighter you look like a damn idot.

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Originally posted by t top freak:
thats too bad i liked that guy and his crazy laugh.

i read somewhere about how he started only pulling in like 40k a few years ago...2008 they made 100mil.

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Originally posted by WIKDVNM:


Street racing just doesn't pay.

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Can we please not BLAME street racing! Street racing is when you set up a 1/4 mile race on a deserted road and race. This Accident is due to "RECKLES DRIVING" some idiot trying to show off for a girl and it ends up in a TRAGEDY! We have seen this over and over (Hogan's son accident etc).

I watch UFC and I know Tapout has done a lot to help new fighter and that is awsome, I just hope the company will continue to help new fighter!

R.I.P my prayers goes out to his friends and family!

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Streetracing is completely at fault here. We WILL blame streetracing as he was STREETRACING a Porsche. The guy in the Porsche has been arrested.

So once again STREET RACING is to blame here. Streetracing DOES kill people

Thanks,

Mike
 

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Posted by 90gtvert (Member # 8697) on :
 


The L.A. Times provides some new information about the car accident that left TapouT’s Charles “Mask” Lewis dead, his fiancée in the hospital, and the other driver in police custody, and at the moment all signs point to street racing as the cause of the accident:

Police said the two cars appeared to have been traveling side by side at a high rate of speed at 12:57 a.m. on Jamboree Road near the Upper Newport Bay when they collided. Officers said they are investigating whether the drivers were racing.

The Porsche driver, identified as Jeffrey David Kirby, 51, of Costa Mesa, was arrested after allegedly abandoning his car on a side street near the collision and taking off on foot with his female passenger. Kirby is being held on suspicion of felony drunk driving and driving under the influence. Bail is set at $2 million.

It’s still too early to say if it was really an ill-advised street race that killed the TapouT co-founder, but when two high-performing sports cars traveling side-by-side on a long, straight road at 1 a.m. ends with a high-speed fatal accident, that’s often the cause. That, or maybe some type of road rage incident, which isn’t any better. From the sounds of things the driver of the Porsche, Jeffrey David Kirby, has had his share of vehicular problems:

According to Orange County Superior Court records, Kirby has been cited for at least eight traffic violations since 2001, including a conviction for driving under the influence in which he was sentenced to three years' probation.

In the 2001 drunk driving arrest, Kirby allegedly told the arresting officer that his father was a retired CHP patrolman who always advised him to never submit to a sobriety test. He also told the officer that "he shouldn't be picking on people with money," according to the police report.

Naturally you want to wait until all the facts are out before making a judgment, but this guy sure isn’t getting any more likable the more we hear about him. Nothing says culpability quite like fleeing the scene of an accident. If it turns out he was drunk and street racing in an incident that killed another person, I have a feeling that plenty of people are going to be picking on him soon, regardless of whether he has money.

Street racing is dumb enough when teenage kids do it, but Mask was 45 and Kirby is 51. At that age a person has got to know better. Let’s hope, in spite of all this, that there is another explanation.

Source: http://www.cagepotato.com/new-detail...apout’s-“mask”
 

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Posted by 1990GT50 (Member # 2119) on :
 

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[/QB] NA, my buddy was training there for a few months a yr or so ago but he had to stop because of his work sched. Were taking a class at west valley now since its only like $45/semester and he was takin classes their also so it worked out.Its a couple days a weeks for the class and the Instructor opens the gym sat and sunday for sparing for the few those want to for a few hrs.
We were thinking about going to Shamrocks Gym because its right around the corner from his apt and its a little cheaper than AKA. But id like to go to AKA eventually! lol

Are you training at aka?
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Naw, I train down in San Luis at SLO Kickboxing but I follow the sport a bit and from time to time AKA sends guys down and vice versa. Not to hijack the thread from Mask, but I wonder how shamrocks school is tho, its all about the individual instructor.....
 

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Posted by BURNOUT50 (Member # 6781) on :
 
RIP Mask!
 

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Posted by t top freak (Member # 6269) on :
 

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Originally posted by t top freak:
thats too bad i liked that guy and his crazy laugh.

i read somewhere about how he started only pulling in like 40k a few years ago...2008 they made 100mil.

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Yea I feel those guys who cant stand to see people wearing the Fighters product but unfortunately that's what helps keep the sport going.. TapOut can be found all over the place now.. with out those sales from fans and wannabes they wouldnt have the $$ to help train new and upcoming fighters. Kinda goes both ways.

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0311?

i leave for boot april 6!

also signed up for 03xx


and im all for them making money. i just dont like the douchebags at the local bars around here that wear the tap out shirt, american fighter hat, full contact fighter wrist bands and fairtex shorts instead of the pink panties their pussy asses should be wearing.
 

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Posted by 2stangs69-91 (Member # 1951) on :
 
I know it is almost as bad as people talking shit about people they don't know because of the cloths they were. Especialy on a RIP thread
 

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Posted by 532Fastback (Member # 1482) on :
 
The way i see it with people wearing tapout and stuff like that is its just like a team jersey. People wear A's hats and Raiders shirts but you know they aren't on the teams. All Tapout does is make shirts and sponsor fighters. Who cares if people want to support the fighters they like.
I go to the gym and i hear guys talking about their training for fighting and stuff like that and they aren't wearing any ufc stuff or anything and to me they don't look like fighters at all.
 

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Posted by 940sick3 (Member # 2713) on :
 
@ the car splitting in half like that!

r.i.p
 

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