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03-12-2009, 11:34 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Clayton
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MMA TapouT co-founder dead
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03-12-2009, 01:01 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Yea read about that yesterday...he was racing a porsche w/ a drunk driver.
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03-12-2009, 02:18 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
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R.I.P. Mask
He built that company from the ground up, what a shame.
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03-12-2009, 02:45 PM
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10 Second Club; Has fan club
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Location: Delmont nj
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"The Ferrari then struck the curb and hit a utility pole, tearing the car in half"
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01' Z06 62k miles. Vararam, Longtubes, off road xpipe, tuned by me. Times TBA
2001 Corvette, Bolt ons , tuned 10.75@124.56 mph 1.38 60' Sold
1997 Saturn Sc1 5spd DOHC swapped
Bolt ons, decked head, stock intake cam on exhaust side, lotsa weight redux
13.22@102.32 mph 1.93 60'
12's on moda? One day
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03-12-2009, 02:56 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Edison, NJ
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Shame it really is, did they say if they were racing or not?
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01 Cherokee Sport -4 1/2'' lift 32'' goodyear duratracs
roofrack and other useless off road stuff
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03-12-2009, 03:31 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Clayton
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i think it still under investagation
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03-12-2009, 04:50 PM
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NJFBOA Co-Founder
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: All up in your kool aid!
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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.
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03-12-2009, 04:56 PM
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15 Second Club
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Location: camden county
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^ 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.
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03-12-2009, 04:57 PM
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NJFBOA Co-Founder
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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.
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03-12-2009, 05:33 PM
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10 Second Club; Has fan club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER
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.
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lol i dont give 2 s**ts about that guy. its all entertainment to me.
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01' Z06 62k miles. Vararam, Longtubes, off road xpipe, tuned by me. Times TBA
2001 Corvette, Bolt ons , tuned 10.75@124.56 mph 1.38 60' Sold
1997 Saturn Sc1 5spd DOHC swapped
Bolt ons, decked head, stock intake cam on exhaust side, lotsa weight redux
13.22@102.32 mph 1.93 60'
12's on moda? One day
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03-12-2009, 06:24 PM
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
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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
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03-12-2009, 07:53 PM
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NJFBOA Co-Founder
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There was a murder-suicide in Trenton yesterday, do you care about either of them?
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03-12-2009, 09:05 PM
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Meet Coordinator
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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.
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03-12-2009, 09:09 PM
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BadMod
Join Date: Aug 2004
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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?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva
It started before I drove your car. I just have to look at it the wrong way and your car poops parts.
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03-12-2009, 09:12 PM
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Meet Coordinator
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we are seriously turning the thread into this? whatever yeah you guys are right **** the ******* glad hes dead. pathetic.
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03-12-2009, 09:14 PM
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BadMod
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i dont think that, but i also am not gonna lose sleep over him like he was roberto clemente or martin luther king.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva
It started before I drove your car. I just have to look at it the wrong way and your car poops parts.
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03-12-2009, 09:17 PM
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
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to each his own. i like mma and this affects me.
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03-12-2009, 09:46 PM
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NJFBOA Co-Founder
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
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.
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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.
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03-12-2009, 09:59 PM
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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.
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03-12-2009, 10:03 PM
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15 Second Club
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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.
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03-12-2009, 10:10 PM
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BadMod
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Quote:
Originally Posted by band77one
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,
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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
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Originally Posted by band77one
but he did help out many, many, people who made their families depend on them making a living in a sport.
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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
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Originally Posted by band77one
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.
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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
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So much stupid, so little time.
Quote:
Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva
It started before I drove your car. I just have to look at it the wrong way and your car poops parts.
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03-12-2009, 10:59 PM
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NJFBOA Co-Founder
Join Date: Jul 2004
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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.
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03-12-2009, 11:03 PM
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Meet Coordinator
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Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
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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.
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03-12-2009, 11:08 PM
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NJFBOA Co-Founder
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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.
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03-12-2009, 11:38 PM
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13 Second Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER
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.
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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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