HISTORY

TAPOUT WAS STARTED IN 1997 BY THREE MMA SUPER FANS SELLING TEES
OUT OF THE BACK OF THEIR FORD MUSTANG.


Tapout founders Mask, Punkass, and Skyskrape

MASK, PUNKASS, AND SKYSKRAPE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE NICHE, UNDERGROUND MMA FIGHT SCENE IN SOCAL. THEY GRINDED TO BUILD TAPOUT, TRAVELING TO AROUND THE COUNTRY TO CITIES WHERE THE SPORT WAS PREVALENT AND DISTRIBUTING TAPOUT MERCH THAT SOON
BECAME SYNONYMOUS WITH THE SPORT. THEIR FIGHT AND DETERMINATION MADE TAPOUT THE BIGGEST MMA MERCH COMPANY, FOREVER MAKING TAPOUT RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MAJOR PLAYERS WHO MADE MMA AND UFC THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON IT IS TODAY.