On March 11th the MMA community lost one of it’s most inspirational figures and the Godfather of MMA clothing. Charles, “Mask,” Lewis died early today in Newport, CA in a car accident. Lewis was the Co-Founder of the most popular MMA clothing brand, TapOut.
Tapout was the first major MMA brand that brought an array of clothing, gear, hats, etc and eventually a realty T.V. show. The Tapout crew is survived by Punkass and Skyskrape who were not a part of the accident.
The Tapout crew has been an inspiration to all clothing companies to fight for their line and never give up. Tapout gave Fight Chix a chance and we would never be here if it weren’t for The Tapout Crew.
Our deepest thoughts and prayers go out to all friends, family members and people of the MMA community.
Sincerely,
Fight Chix
(The TapOut Crew)
(Fight Chix Posing As TapOut for Halloween 2007)
(Fight Chix CEO/Founder Elisabeth with Skyskrapke and Mask)
(R.I.P.
Mask, you will truly be missed)
… “I left that show hurt, but I made a vow- I said that I will never walk up to somebody again and (have) them not know who I am. You will never see me coming and not know who I represent and what I’m about. . . . It sparked a lot of anger and a lot of creative juices I had.” Charles, “Mask,” Lewis, 2007.
