The intimidation of the Tapout shirt.
So the other day, I was at a public event and ran into an of acquaintance of mine from high school. It was evident that he was juicing. Not huge but knowing his genetics, it was pretty evident to me. He was wearing an "American Fighter" t-shirt. This made me laugh on the inside. This kid wasn't a damn fighter. The last fight he had was in the seventh grade and he got his ass kicked by a fat chick. Now his ass is a bartender at Applebee's.
so this leads me to my thought for the day. What is your impression when you see someone wearing a Tapout or American fighter t-shirt or the likes? Are you intimidated? Does it make you think twice before messing with a fella? I can see the intimidation effect that they might have and really, head games can really carry some weight in a fight. But does it carry much weight with you, my eroider friends?
Me, I see that shit and laugh. The only thing that tells me is that they like to watch the fights on TV. This kid, because he was big and fit could probably be confused with a fighter. However, I know for a fact that he couldn't fight his way out of a wet pair of man panties.
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What if it was a 6'8 300lb solid muscle dude with a pink shirt that said "I Heart Knuckle Sandmiches" ? Get all up in his face and be like "You even lift Brah"?
I stopped wearing my Pink Floyd t-shirt...
People thought I was a member of the band and kept asking if I was Pink, or if I could get his autograph.
From the Urban Dictionary:
A clothing and accessory company for impotent white trash inland empire douchefags that get very aggressive when they have their "posse" to back them up.
TAPOUT is a brand of clothing worn By "Bros" And "Douche bags". The main purpose of wearing Tapout Clothing is to distinguish "Douche Bags and Bros" from the normal populous.
Brand name apparel worn by posers who want to be associated with the MMA lifestyle even though they don't fight, don't train, don't do shit.
"Damn, this scene is blowing up, let's create Tap Out t-shirts and decals for all the wannabes. Make sure they're black because that's the only color they wear, and make sure the logo looks like an iron cross cuz that's hardcore and shit."
A gay pride clothing company. Have you ever noticed how dudes in tap out shirts travel in pairs?
Just fantastic!
Awesome.
i am a fighter , and i see this shit a lot, funny thing is we talk about it from time to time at the gym, i got a few revgear and hayabusa fight T's and 99% of the ppl i see wear any fight gear are sloppy idiots, what intimidates me and as the other guys in the gym say, dont matter what shirt he got on if he is in your face, dont matter what his weight is, and hes screaming and you notice that he has nasty cauliflower ears, you better be intimidated. he earned those ears the hard way. lol
AnonThis is the same concept as "the loudest person in the room"
they're trying to compensate for something
Seeing a t-shirt intimidating? No...could be a fan. Seeing cauliflower ears. That might give pause.
hahaha i just posted the same thing and than noticed your post, its the truth too.
BigBmajAny time I see a TAP OUT shirt I just bow down and hand over my wallet. Only the baddest of the bad wear that sort of garb. The only thing more bad ass is having a wallet that say "Bad Motherfucker" on it.
Lol.... this post brings up a lot of memories. I trained n bjj and judo for years. Even w the gold medalist herself. All those people that r the most talented in the world don't walk around wearing that shit. I know this BC I ran w them for years. And I'm talking bout anywhere from 3 Dan to a 8 degree. The only time we or they ever wore stuff like that, was for. Clinics, fights, tournaments etc.....
That way u represented ur club or group, sponsors and such.
But,yeah. There's guy n my gym that wear that shit and think there hard asses. They don't have a clue. And I don't tell them my background. Sometimes, I'll say something like.... o u fight?? What's sum of ur favorite submissions ? What's ur rank?? Etc....they look at me all dumb founded.
Walk away shake my head. WANNA BEEZz
AnonI got the old pride shirt black white fist red thunder bolt all faded and shit great ol skool style and the sheep norm dont know fuk!
Thats about all the mma gear i own!
Hey those panties are really hard to get of when they are wet.. give the poor boy a break
Prooooove it.
Tap out shirts are so tacky. Ppl walking around thinking they're so tough wearing them. Where I live there's a spin off on tap out shirts, "Tap U out den Tap your chick"
The rest of the MMA fan shirts are cool with me though, just shows you're a fan. I'm wearing a Pro Elite shirt right now, I bought it at the MGM Grand earlier this year when I was there for UFC 161.
GearofWarI see it like this, just because I wear a New England Patriots Rob Gronkowski #87 Jersey doesn't mean I'm a 6'6" 265lb All Pro TE that can pull in a pass across the middle of the field take a shot from the likes of Laron Landry, Kam Chancellor, or JJ Watt and hang onto the ball. Just like if I were to put on a Tapout shirt or whatever these dipshits are wearing these days, I know it won't make me able to apply a guillotine choke as efficiently as a BJJ fighter. Asshats, I say.
Nothing against Gronk but I would rather be wearing a "BOSTON RED SOX WORLD SERIES" HOODIE RIGHT NOW!!! GO SOX!
I would kiss you in the most homo-erotic way right now!!
Can we play some Barry Manilow in the back ground, softly at first and then to an all out roar as we climaxed. But!...No homo though right.......Sweet Caroline!!!!
GearofWarFor fear of revealing my location all I'll say is that the Harp was sight to behold last night. Thank goodness it's so close to North Station..staggering distance.
why must we label everything... when two men come together to make sweet sweet love that doesn't necessarily make them gay...
I've got to say that this is the first time that I've ever had Hllwd Gay jack one of my threads. Lol.
A wise man once said:
"I think the hardest part about being a Red Sox Fan is telling your friends that you are gay."
Don't judge me!!
Lollllllll. I don't watch baseball but I like what you did there
Why do I feel like you've been saying this to women for years??? "Baby, when two women come together to make sweet sweet love that doesn't necessarily make them gay, that's amazingly sexy and besides I'm here to insure that it's not thought of as gay."
It is NOT a line! Everyone knows that there is nothing more beautiful than two women expressing their sexuality (in front of me)
pass me a slice of that pie too...... hmmmmmmm as long as they are not 2 hairy assed bus drivers lol
AnonX3 i want some tickets to that party:D
Those shirts are so played out, maybe years ago when people never knew what tapout was, then it was cool. It was a way to tell a fighter,now its a terrible and tacky look. Fighters down here wear american top team, ffa shirts or mma masters shirts. These are shirts from actual gyms, majority of them are actually nice people, unlike the tapout fakers. You only intimidate me if you have a bigger gun and can whip it out faster than me.
The only ones who intimidate me are the ones that can run faster and further than me.
That right there is truer then most people can imagine when in a combat situation!! I applaud that answer.
RustyhookerThose shirts are like a flag of shame. It's the douche wanbabes with em. Typically wearing white sunglasses too.
They get a boner while looking in the mirror because their prick sees a pussy too! Haaa
Hahahaha
Hahaha. My girlfriend told me that the quickest way to tell if a dude was a bitch, was if he's wearing white sunglasses. She herself has knocked some teeth out of a couple guys in affliction shirts WITH white shades!
Finally!!! I have always said that white sunglasses are part of a D-bags uniform. I have mentioned this several people and they don't seem to get it. I love what your girlfriend said, classic!
I wear a Hello Kitty shirt. I abhor violence!
RustyhookerMr lock n load diving over a barrier in hello kitty nighty and matching thong! Hahaha!
Lmfao! Well I wasn't going but with don't ask don't tell repealed I guess I am safe!
RustyhookerTakes guts to stand proud. Lol!
This is true. I've seen it. I've also seen his hello kitty thong.
The sight of this would either: 1) scare the crap out of me, or 2) build a boiling rage. lol!!!
maybe it fits him well. or he likes the style.or he is a fan of ufc/mma...
being 5'7 and 225lbs makes it hard for me to find shirts that fit well. i need to buy new clothes pretty bad. time to squander some wealth
Never judge a fighter unless you have fought them. I remember when fighting was for fun every day in Junior High through High school we had a few organized fights a day. We scrapped to see who was king ding a ling and then we shook hands and hung out after school. Now a days you get suspended, kicked out called a bully put in jail. Unless you go join an MMA or Defense style combat gym or school. I have seen the smallest guy walk up and knock the teeth out of a bouncer 4 times his size. I have seen girls knock out a guy in one punch and dudes who can fight back down in fear. So what's my take on the T-shirt? I don't give a fuck what your shirt says or what color it is at the end of the day I respect everyone and unless I am forced to throw down, I walk a way to avoid handcuffs and medical lawsuits!
Amen to that, well said. I also try and avoid fighting, my wife say's I do it enough at work and should not bring it home.
The only thing that intimidates me about a person is scars on the face or a badly healed broken nose or ears that have taken a beating (boxer bruises). No matter how big someone is they have a weakness. If I'm fighting someone (I'm a bail bonds collector) and a girl flashes her tits at me they found my weakness lol. I actually fought a guy who was almost as big as Arnold but he had zero strength. I was scared at 1st until he punched me in the face and I was stunned that I didn't get hurt. Big black guy too made my partner's nervous to go near him. had to use 2 pairs of cuffs linked together because of his size.
Well said. If a brotha's nose is on the side of his face and his ears are balls of cauliflower.. You might be better off buying that fella a drink.
lol the scars on my face might scare you cause you dont know how i got them. man ive never been in fight my whole life except in the 6th grade.
most of the time you can tell if a scar came from a fight or a car accident or other self made. I have a nice metal pipe scar on the top of my left eye that took out most of my eyebrow, I have another on the back of my head on my neck from a baseball bat. My nose was broken and the doctor was a moron so its a little crooked. I have another at the tip of my scalp from being picked up and thrown across the room into a bar (cracked my skull) the chicks dig my scars 0.o. I still sometimes get my ass handed to me so I am far from the toughest guy, and usually that happens when I get too cocky.
You may not be the toughest but you sure sound like the ugliest! LMFAO!
Fuck you lol That was funny shit.