Charles "Mask" Lewis of TapouT dies

Very, very sad news last night. “Mask” was killed in a car accident.

Charles “Mask” Lewis Killed in Newport

Like a lot of people, I kind of thought the TapouT crew and their crazy getups were hokey as hell at first. Their schtick had a purpose, though; they were tired of getting ignored at fights while trying to promote their company and decided to make characters to attract attention. It paid off, and he and his friends built their little project into a muiltimillion dollar company. He was by all accounts a nice guy and a friend to the sport, and he will be missed.

Mods, I wasn’t sure where this should go; since it relates to MMA I thought it might belong here. Apologies if it needs to be moved.

The wreck itself was brutal. Not sure how the passenger even survived.

I don’t follow MMA much so first few times I came across these guys I was like WTF? Is this turning into pro wrestling?

But I guess, yeah, they did work hard to create a business.

RIP.

Just read that the driver of the Porsche has at least one previous DUI and they detail that he evidently caused the accident (lost control of his car and hit the Ferrari). Two hours after arrest he blew 0.13.

Yet another drinking & driving idiot who should have been given a very stiff penalty a while back.

I live here, and it is being widely reported locally that they were racing, and probably both drunk. For what it’s worth… possibly another drinking and driving idiot who died trying to be a show-off asshole in his $300K Ferrari…

:frowning: