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Scrat's_Camaro 03-12-2009 11:34 AM

MMA TapouT co-founder dead
 
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...8359&zoneid=13

R.I.P.

MonmouthCtyAntz 03-12-2009 01:01 PM

Yea read about that yesterday...he was racing a porsche w/ a drunk driver.

mc73nova 03-12-2009 02:18 PM

R.I.P. Mask

He built that company from the ground up, what a shame.

98tadriver 03-12-2009 02:45 PM

"The Ferrari then struck the curb and hit a utility pole, tearing the car in half"

FIcamaroRE92 03-12-2009 02:56 PM

Shame it really is, did they say if they were racing or not?

Scrat's_Camaro 03-12-2009 03:31 PM

i think it still under investagation

NJSPEEDER 03-12-2009 04:50 PM

Am I supposed to care more because he was a millionaire who couldn't control a car? Cause I don't care any more about him than the two dead people mentioned on the cover of today's paper.

band77one 03-12-2009 04:56 PM

^ way to be a dick, it's more of letting people know who don't read the paper or check the news very often about his death.

NJSPEEDER 03-12-2009 04:57 PM

I just don't see the point. Just because someone is famous or has money doesn't make their life any more significant than the mountains of bodies listed in the paper everyday.

98tadriver 03-12-2009 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER (Post 558406)
I just don't see the point. Just because someone is famous or has money doesn't make their life any more significant than the mountains of bodies listed in the paper everyday.

lol i dont give 2 s**ts about that guy. its all entertainment to me.

sweetbmxrider 03-12-2009 06:24 PM

he was a great guy and did great things for the sport of mma. he gave many small names big chances in the rings and supported everyone who fought for his team. maybe your heartless comments should be left elsewhere.

RIP Mask

NJSPEEDER 03-12-2009 07:53 PM

There was a murder-suicide in Trenton yesterday, do you care about either of them?

sweetbmxrider 03-12-2009 09:05 PM

did those people do anything to help others or help the hobby they love to grow? personally i don't know them but i do know Charles Lewis jr did impact many fighters lives and the sport of mma significantly. i think a little maturity is in line, thats all.

Mike 03-12-2009 09:09 PM

apparently he also drives drunk and street races, with passengers. what if he had hit a minivan full of the local little leaugers? still an awesome dude?

sweetbmxrider 03-12-2009 09:12 PM

we are seriously turning the thread into this? whatever yeah you guys are right **** the ******* glad hes dead. pathetic.

Mike 03-12-2009 09:14 PM

i dont think that, but i also am not gonna lose sleep over him like he was roberto clemente or martin luther king.

sweetbmxrider 03-12-2009 09:17 PM

to each his own. i like mma and this affects me.

NJSPEEDER 03-12-2009 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider (Post 558575)
did those people do anything to help others or help the hobby they love to grow? personally i don't know them but i do know Charles Lewis jr did impact many fighters lives and the sport of mma significantly. i think a little maturity is in line, thats all.


Juan Reyes, Co-founder of the Mercer County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, considered a role model to the local youth, and active in neighborhood charities and events.

I guess he never picked a fighter with a future, but he was an area business owner and apparently respected by those who knew him.

jims69camaro 03-12-2009 09:59 PM

t just sounds like this cat was being reckless and outright dangerous. drag racing on the street, whether in a hot rod or a pair of exotic cars, always leads to the wrong kind of headlines.

band77one 03-12-2009 10:03 PM

Because he made a mistake, people want to act like he is just some random ******* who does this **** all the time? hah you people ****ing make me laugh, he may not have helped by being involved in a chamber of commerce or some ****, and he didn't hit a van full of little league players, but he did help out many, many, people who made their families depend on them making a living in a sport. quit acting all high and mighty and downing him like some of the pieces of **** that make the articles in the paper. some of you act like you have never done a thing wrong in your entire lives and it makes me sick.

Mike 03-12-2009 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by band77one (Post 558619)
Because he made a mistake, people want to act like he is just some random ******* who does this **** all the time? hah you people ****ing make me laugh, he may not have helped by being involved in a chamber of commerce or some ****, and he didn't hit a van full of little league players,

Im sorry i didnt know you knew him, and know he dosent act like a fool all the time. it was only luck that kept him from harming anyone but himself HIS FEMALE PASSENGER WAS THROWN FROM THE CAR

Quote:

Originally Posted by band77one (Post 558619)
but he did help out many, many, people who made their families depend on them making a living in a sport.

while all the while making a FORTUNE because it was a business, he didnt give back because he cared, he gave back because he was very smart and good at making money

Quote:

Originally Posted by band77one (Post 558619)
quit acting all high and mighty and downing him like some of the pieces of **** that make the articles in the paper. some of you act like you have never done a thing wrong in your entire lives and it makes me sick.

didnt down him, i just said im not gonna cry over someone that lost his life after making the most moronic decision of his life

and what is different about you calling the business owner in todays headlines a piece of ****, and what your accusing us of doing?

i have done plenty wrong and have never claimed otherwise

NJSPEEDER 03-12-2009 10:59 PM

I don't care what he was doing, how he died, or what he did for a living, that is my point. I don't understand why anyone gets all worked up because someone who happens to be rich or famous passes away.

My point is simply that a life is a life. Just because he invested in a few fighters and owned a clothing line doesn't make him Mother Theresa or Satan, it just means he had a job that he was good at. That doesn't rank very high on my care-o-meter because he wasn't paying me or making any positive impact on my life.

sweetbmxrider 03-12-2009 11:03 PM

but he did affect others lives, we would just like a little respect. honestly the guy is dead. its the least you can do. its ****ed up to not give a **** about a life.

NJSPEEDER 03-12-2009 11:08 PM

I care just as much as I do whenever I hear about someone I don't have any personal connection to passing, it sucks for his family and friends, but I still have to go to work tomorrow.

enRo 03-12-2009 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER (Post 558629)
I don't care what he was doing, how he died, or what he did for a living, that is my point. I don't understand why anyone gets all worked up because someone who happens to be rich or famous passes away.

Using your theory here, I'm going to illustrate a scenario. Let's pick a rich, and famous person, for example, Derek Jeter. Let's say he dies the same way, just for the sake of argument. The youth of our nation has role models to succeed and set goals in what they do best, and if your gonna say the same thing, that you dont understand why anybody gets worked up about someone being rich or famous getting killed, you are a ****ing idiot. Of course a million+ kids who look up to him as a role model would be saddened no matter how he died. If he did a Chris Benoit, sure maybe some adults with common sense wont feel a sense of remorse, but the kids who look up to him as a great baseball player and not as a normal human being will think otherwise. Same thing goes for Dale Earnhart, but we will throw in some adults into the mix.

Some young fighters idolize this guy because he co-founded one of the largest fighting companies. It doesn't hurt for someone who idolizes the sport to feel remorseful about this.


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