General Did you wear Tapout or have a Tapout sticker on your ride?
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@MMAHAWK I was lucky enough to watch UFC 1 and follow the sport from afar from the beginning ..(in America) ..but you guys were balls deep in the mix of things from the beginning...you guys were actually right there ...you two were the OG's repping tapout and making it famous ....no shame in that.
My story is actually pretty wild. I was jumped by 3 guys outside my High school. Literally went home and said this will never happen again. Saw Mark Hall just recently fight in UFC 7 and live about 40 miles from me. Drove to his town and found a phone book at a gas station. Ripped the page out with an ad for mark Halls ultimate training center. Knocked on the door and told him I needed to learn how to fight. Never even had a person approach me after that. The rumor of me driving after work to train bare knuckle fighting was enough to keep me out of any conflicts.
I was lucky enough to watch UFC 1 and follow the sport from afar from the beginning ..(in America) ..but you guys were balls deep in the mix of things from the beginning...you guys were actually right there ...you two were the OG's repping tapout and making it famous ....no shame in that.
The gym was an abandoned air plane hanger. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing and From that point I was in deep.
That is awesome.I thought that Mark fired up shop in 1999.
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Oregon didn't have much going on as far as I know
Videotapes, illegal satellite cards(pride fc), etc... is how I followed early MMA
Saw UFC 4 on PPV...most memorable was the longhair fight with Guy Metzger and Fairn
Some rich kid bought it and a ton of people came over to watch...might have seen an earlier one but that is the first match I remember clearly
Oregon didn't have much going on as far as I know
Videotapes, illegal satellite cards(pride fc), etc... is how I followed early MMA
Saw UFC 4 on PPV...most memorable was the longhair fight with Guy Metzger and Fairn
Some rich kid bought it and a ton of people came over to watch...might have seen an earlier one but that is the first match I remember clearly
98’ was his debut and had some rules to get the show to happen. Then in 99’ he went to the reservations and went NHB. I actually didn’t attend the 98’ show. I was partying a little hard after graduation and wasn’t around the gym much. Ran into Mark Handing out fliers for the 99’ events at a Shane Mosley Fight. That was the first event I attended. Then about 2 weeks later attend this event outside in freezing weather at an Indian reservation NG 13 - Neutral Grounds 13
just realized I was at Antonio
Based of the name I thought it was gonna be a sub grappling event or pancrase rules. Sat down in my seat and watched a guy get head stomped to start the event. I was fucking pumped.
the cage was setup at second base on a baseball field. The main event started about 1am and it was probably in the 20’s. It was so cold the blood wouldn’t flow it was just freezing on their faces.
card was loaded
Based of the name I thought it was gonna be a sub grappling event or pancrase rules. Sat down in my seat and watched a guy get head stomped to start the event. I was fucking pumped.
the cage was setup at second base on a baseball field. The main event started about 1am and it was probably in the 20’s. It was so cold the blood wouldn’t flow it was just freezing on their faces.