Yeah some of the MMA T shirts with skulls and crosses etc. just look stupid. But more shirt companies like RVCA and more recently Form Athletics have really sporty designs that look great.

Venum fight shorts look pretty nice. Also, I just saw that Eternal has a bunch of new shit out that looks sick. I have one of there older shirts and it is awsome. Much better than the pos tapout shirts and overpriced affliction shirts! Nice article

All MMA brands are cool. They pay my mortgage.

However the coolest of the cool brands are;

Sinister (West Coast USA)
Inspirit (Japan)
KNOXX (East Coast USA)
Bad Boy (West Coast USA)
Encounter UK (United Kingdom)
RVCA (Hawaii)

TapouT can not be defined as it is both cool and uncool at the same time. TapouT is unique.

@TheOne

You are correct. There should be respect given to TapouT. They sponsor some of the best fighters in the sport. So does Affliction.

I honestly think the more people buy the gear, the better it is for industry growth. That money gets put right back into product research and allowing our favorite athletes to focus on their careers.

I did a small research of about 20 people. Yeah, very small research. Each person who had a t-shirt related to MMA was asked, “Why are you wearing that shirt?” 3 people out of the 20 were actual practitioners of a mixed martial art. The other 14 got them as a gift or they liked the design and 3 paid me no attention.

Maybe i’m wrong, but I think most of us think that Tapout/Affliction kind of ripped us our rights to bare the brands that we love without being stereotyped.

I see a lot of intersting gear outside of your normal TapouT, Affliction, skull and daggers type stuff. Anything you can pick up at Champs or in the mall is going to be straight up LOSER gear. Although very difficult to get, I see tons of Japanese gear thats really awesome. RVDDW, Lutador, Krazy Bee, Art Junkie, Inspirit just to name a few.

Here in the States, I like Triumph United, Six Deuce, RVCA (BJ Penn stuff) and OMR, Sinister.

I know Brazil very well and normally if you are wearing Chute Boxe stuff, you are a PALHACO (clown). There are soe cool brands there like Naja, Red Nose, Rudel, WAND, Koral.

One of my favorite brands out of Canada is KimuraWear. They have some cool designs minus the skull and cross bones stuff and the quality of gear is top notch.

There are a whole bunch of new guys hitting the scene too like Graffight and Dojo Gear.

For the ladies, FightChix is probably your best bet. They constantly put up new stuff and it’s quality gear.

First off, FUCK ALL OF YOU TAPOUT HATERS. TapouT opened doors and made room for this so called “approved” apparel. You monkeys should appreciate what those dudes have done FOR OUR SPORT. You don’t have to like them dudes, you don’t have to wear their clothes, but if you have any respect for the sport, and kind of RESPECT for yourself, keep your mouth shut about what you don’t understand. Second, what are we gonna do about the monkeys that read this, and go buy and pose in these shirts? So lame.

I have to give props to Ranger Up at http://www.rangerup.com.

Great shirts, and totally run by current or former members of the US Military. Big sponsors of MMA and fighters like Tim Kennedy.

I like Mar (Josh Koscheck) & Triggonomics (Frank Trigg) also Doctrine is cool.

has anyone seen that georgia bulldogs mma shirt forrest griffin wears? where can you get that. does anyone know what company makes it?

tapout and affliction have been taken to new levels of doucherey, but its also getting to the point you cant wear any mma brand without getting the jokes about it

I don’t know who I feel worse for…

The assholes who greenlighted this shirt or the faggot poser MMA fan who bought it…

http://www.mmaoverload.com/tapout-kimbo-slice-all-day-t-shirt.html

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October 8th, 2008 at 6:51 pm

I have a shirt that says “F.B.I. – Female Body Inspector” that’s pretty cool. It got me laid once. Of course, I’m only eleven.”

FTW!

The Affliction style is AWESOME right now….I wish they would have just stayed in the tshirt business. However Tapout Looks mad hot on Girls….!!

I’d reccomend Kitsura Ltd. Clothing. Great tee’s, not paper thin, and look cool without the whole ‘I’m trying to be MMA’ vibe. The owner is active in the MMA/grappling community, and even has a design shirt for charity!

http://www.kitsura.com

They are all just shirts. If you like one then buy it and wear it. If you wear it and act like a tough guy then you are a tool.

I have been an MMA fan for 20plus years and unfortunately never taken up the sport but I will buy shirts or shorts from any company if i like them to help the sport continue to grow.

And i don’t act like a tool when i go out with one of the shirts on, i just go out have some drinks with friends and then go home.

Some of you people take this stuff way to seriously.

…and on a serious note, Sprawl gear is really nice too. Well made and fairly muted designs too – don’t think I’ve seen anything from them of the wing-ed skull variety.

If you truly love the sport and want to wear an item thats show you do is fine with me. Wearing one brand over another because CP tells you to is fucking stupid. Affliction and Tapout have done a lot for the sport just by selling the shirts let alone the other tasks of putting on shows and helping fighters. All of you haters make me sick and have no idea how to help MMA… even if you run an MMA site.

I’ve never read anything more pathetic. Get a life, who cares what t-shirt some bloke is wearing, besides what are you doing looking at blokes anyway. Douchebags!

Personally, I prefer West Coast Chopper shirts. Maybe an OCC shirt now and then.

Full Contact Fighter stuff is made well and pretty comfortable and isn’t nearly as gay as foil-looking shirts.

I have to go with Onan on this one, especially since I have a shop that sells these. The vast majority of my customers are MMA fans. The opinion of Tapout has dropped since they are in every mall store nowadays. Hostility has started releasing some nice shirts. They are of the skull variety but they run large so when it does that shrink after a ash they are good. I like American Fighter stuff. Nice designs that I don;t feel silly wearing. Honestly, unless you are rocked up with a fighters body, you should not wear an Affliction shirt.
The only non-fans usually buy Affliction but I have bills to pay so lets ring up that $40 beanie.

Oh no you didn’t diss the Dallas Cowboys “TheFenix”. That shit hurt. Yall get deep into these comments huh. Who gives a fuck what kind of T shirt someone is wearing. FAGS!!!

Every time I see someone wearing MMA gear, aside from Affliction, which has just become mainstream dish rag clothing, I can’t help thinking to myself: “Try for a take-down bitch. I don’t keep this stapler in my pocket for fun.”

That Chute Boxe hoodie is dope. I don’t really wear MMA gear, but I would grab a Chute T-shirt just to keep around and see if anyone gives me a heads up.

If CP needs more t-shirts I would love to work on some for free.

So what’s more douchey -a guy wearing a Tapout/Affliction T-shirt or a guy getting all worked up over another guy wearing a Tapout/Affliction T-shirt? Instead of worrying about what some other dude is wearing maybe you should concentrate on the hot girl that you’re sitting with….oh, my bad.

Damn it thats my hoodie now everyones gonna buy it and make me look stupid this articles backfiring

I have a shirt that says “F.B.I. – Female Body Inspector” that’s pretty cool. It got me laid once. Of course, I’m only eleven.

Those Venum cobra shorts are about the sickest grappling shorts I have ever seen.

ONE MORE ROUND shirts are nice. I own two of them. I also own a Tap Out shirt but I did get it at an outlet store for $11 unlike the One More Round shirts at $60 a pop.

Ohh yeah – this was freakin hillarious -

Y’all are missing it, I’m rolling it back to 1989 bitches!

‘No Fear’ is making a comeback.

If it’s good enough for that ass-chinned midget Faber it’s good enough for me!

You guys forgot about the company that makes those UFC Hallf of Fame shirts, you know the ones with Royce & Ken & Dan & Randy & Mark. Those shirts rock.

I went on the hot chicks with douche bags website to make sure I’m not on it (my wife is hot), and I noticed a disturbing trend of MMA type t-shirts rocked by total douche bags. Not all of the shirts are legit MMA gear, but it seems to be the new look that a lot of t-shirt companies are trying to copy. I got an Ed Hardy shirt as a gift and it went straight to the returns at Macys. Thanks but no thanks. I’ll stick to my popped collared pink polos I am much more comfortable in.

I like Tapout gear but I use the shit as it is, a 20 dollar do-whatever t-shirt. I don’t wear them to clubs or anything. Affliction shit has nice designs but 60 bones for a tshirt? Me thinks not.

BTW, great article and thanks.

I like wearing MMA shirts cause it lifts my self esteem. I feel “alive”,..I feel like Im a part of something much bigger than myself. When I walk into a bar or club, rocking anyone of my MMA shirts, people know that at the very least,…Im in some out side way a bonafide “BAD ASS”!!!! Im wearing one right now!!

PS: I have 7 MMA stickers on my dads BMW,..which I drive around!!!

These are some of the corniest shirts I’ve ever laid eyes on. How about dressing like an adult, and not like a 5 year old at Halloween.

how about reversal from japan?

It’s funny when people try to look cool.

Y’all are missing it, I’m rolling it back to 1989 bitches!

‘No Fear’ is making a comeback.

If it’s good enough for that ass-chinned midget Faber it’s good enough for me!

There’s nothing wrong with sporting a sharp MMA shirt here or there as long as your an actual fan! I would have to agree with what Chrisflyinkneeko said about poser’s. There the ones that try and bring it down. I was at the casino Saturday night after the EliteXC trainwreck and ran into a guy (with his hot girl of course) getting onto the elevator. Anyways, i asked did he see the Kimbo fight (hoping to get a chance to rag on him) and you should’ve seen the way that idiot looked at me. He had no freakin clue who Kimbo even was. Damn poser, if you don’t love the sport then don’t sport the threads!

Wow, “TheFeniX” has a real hard-on for good looking young lades that know how to dress…You a hater!

The day I buy an MMA themed shirt will be just like the day I finally broke down and bought a “Dallas Cowboys” shirt: when it’s on the 90% off rack of whatever clothing store I happened to stumble into in my quest to keep myself just above the “dresses like a flood victim” line on the fashion police watch-list.

Besides, if this is what’s considered the “Good shit,” then I’m definitely not blowing 35 bucks on a shirt that was made in Taiwan for the total sum of $0.02. The “Ace of Spades” one is particularly retarded. How much more fucking cliche/generic can you get?

Overplayed “ACE OF SPADES!” – Check
Skull – Check
Poorly drawn weapons completely unrelated to MMA – Check

10 to 1, that shirt’s a best seller though.

Remove the logo and you could use that shirt to tell strangers a number of things:
1. You couldn’t identify one sword on that shirt, except for maybe “That’s the one from TROY!”
2. You think you’re a pirate, but the only time you make the sea your home is when your parent’s plumbing springs a leak and the basement floods.
3. You have the fashion sense of a emo eighth grader.
4. You’re an asshole.

The sad part is: number 4 qualifies me to own that shirt.

I think that you cant judge a book by it’s cover
guys who act like douch bags when they wear Tapout or any other brand were jerks before he put on the xtra tight fitting shirt on !!!! but if you want to help build the sport and its sponsors or help the little guys……. try thinking outside the /mma box and try something fresh and new I have bought things from http://www.sanctionedviolencegear.com and http://www.combat-clothing.com they are two local companys in my area That’s what i did……. just my two cents

Turns out I’m a fucking half-wit and you do make a plain CP T.

My deepest apologies, Ben.

I think CP should make some more shirts. Simple ones that just say Cage Potato on them.

Not a fan of the hall of famer shirt, to be honest. If I saw a guy wearing that shirt I’d think it’s a list of guys he’s banged.

I love the pic from HCWDB’s…that douche looks like the average Scrote Sack you do see at the bar. Complete with over priced T-Shirt..Check..Neck Bling….Check…Stupid gang/peace/i’m too cool finger sign….Check…..Hair, oh yea the hair…Check…Making the stupid face to show how cool he is….Check and finished off with the nice looking chick next to him that will most likely dump him when the bald spot is he covering finally shows itself.

One More Round has some pretty good stuff, too.

I tried my damnedest to get some Fighting Solves Everything shirts, but they don’t fucking deliver. No joke. I ordered twice thinking they messed up the first order and I didn’t see a statement on my credit card so I ordered again.

Nothing.

The guys number for XX Gear, which is the company that makes the brand, does not return phone calls or emails. (917) 673 – 8998 is the number and it’s some douche named Chris, but he never answers and never returns phone calls.

I rechecked my statements and they charged me for both orders.
DO NOT BUY FROM Fighting Solves Everything’s website. Go external if you must.

I would follow their motto but they’re in NYC and I’m in L.A. so sux for me I guess.

It is a Fn Tshirt, who care’s who wears one. lol.

I have a few brands
Chute Box
Throwdown
Tapout
XC
Affliction
Hell I rock the OTM shirt also.

Most people hate because they can get en Ed Hardy Tshirt for the same price as an Affliction. Both Qualitiy are nice and I can get into the club with either or, the others not.

Yeah i used to like the affliction shit when it was just the MMA community that knew about it…That lasted oh…about 7 seconds…Now you got these idiot muscleheads who get out of the gym and go pick up a shirt and wear it to the bar without even knowing who the fighter is that is featured on the shirt. I like the Kelly Pavlik tee and a few other ones but leave that bright ass gold and silver shit for these other idiots….they look like complete fools…dont even get me started on TapouT….6 fuckin shirts for Kimbo slice after 3 MMA fights and gets knocked out with the weakest half- jab ive ever seen WTF…..dont become one of these TOOLS grab that Chute Boxe hoodie thats REAL MMA and sick as fuck…plus you wont look like a walking sheet of aluminum foil.

I rock Xtreme Couture T’s every now and then and get nothing but compliments.

Never get a douchtard vibe about it.

*shrugs

BTW

Tapout T’s suck anyway =/

sorry for the technical difficulties…obviously the last chunk of the article was cut off. working on it now.

Affliction and Tapout are for tools.

Know what is really cool?

Keeping your knowledge of badass martial arts techniques a secret until some spray-tanned toolbox with a skull and wings decal (maybe toss a sword in there too) on his $60 t-shirt gets mouthy and you put his ass to sleep.

Then you take his girlfriend home and bang her.

Leave the Afflication and Tapout t-shirts to the fighters sponsored by them.