Rupture Clothing would like to congratulate Arsenal/Rupture Softball for their recent 5th place finish at the Open NIT at Kasch Park in Redmond, WA. The tournament was filled with some of the top softball teams from Oregon and Washington, and Arsenal turned some heads. As a result, Arsenal has been awarded their paid world berth to the USSSA D World Championships in Orlando, FL in September.
Of all the products we sell, our Rupture Signature Rash Guards are by far our most popular items. People really love them – and it’s not just grapplers. Surfers, runners, weight lifters, and apparently softball players. One of our staff thought it might be a good idea to write an article on what makes a perfect compression rash guard. Incidentally, it’s a blue print on how we make our rash guards 
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Why are compression rash guards important? They help fight the elements, combat fatigue, speed recovery and prevent injury. To fighters and grapplers, they’re as essential as pain killers or running shoes.
However, just like many other products in the marketplace, there are good and bad rash guards. Below is an article on what makes a great rash guard, and what you should look for when you purchase one.
Fabric and construction
- Fabric: A nylon/lycra blend is preferred over polyester. Nylon/lycra is more expensive, but definitely worth it in the long run, for both durability and yield. It also has a much nicer hand (softness and feel). Polyester wears out much faster and tends to retain odor. One advantage that polyester offers is better moisture management, but moisture wicking technology has more than equaled the playing field.
- Construction: Look for flatlock stitching on the fabric panels and triple stitching on the sleeves and bottom piece with reinforced backing. This will ensure your rash guard doesn’t fall apart at the seams after you roll a few times.
Design vs. Functionality
- What are the top 2 complaints regarding rash guards? Without a doubt, the runaway winner is that grappling rash guards ride up on your stomach, back and sometimes chest while you roll or fight. The second is badly placed seams that chafe athletes during training. Just like the badly constructed gi jacket with the seam down the middle of the back, rash guards have similar issues. I’ve recently seen a rash guard that has a unique design with seams running in the middle of the back and chest. Guess what – that will bother grapplers when they’re rolling.
The primary purpose of a great rash guard is to protect the athlete wearing it, not inhibit their performance. It is the first line of defense between skin on the athlete’s upper torso and everything else. Grappling rash guards should be tailored longer and be constructed so that rolling upwards during training is minimized or eliminated. As well, seams that meet under the arm pit, across the back or across the chest make for interesting designs and bad functional rash guards.
A 6 panel fabric design is optimal for both long and short sleeve rash guards. This ensures maximum mobility and fabric yield under wet and dry conditions. Chest and back panels should be constructed of one vertical piece. Side panels should not have seams under the arms like long-sleeve t-shirts – that is the highest friction point of any upper body garment due to arm movement – and instead should run down the length of the sleeve. The last two panels should be above the shoulder area, where the athlete encounters the least amount of friction.
Chemical Treatment
Moisture wicking technology and anti-microbial treatments are standard and should be expected in any high quality rash guard. Note: anti-microbial does not mean leave your rash guard in your gym bag for a few days then wear it the next class – you know who you are 
. SPF protection is great for surfers or outdoor athletes that prefer to train in rash guards. It is not as important for grapplers or MMA fighters unless they train outside quite a bit.
Design or Logo Printing
Dye sublimation is preferred whenever possible. Unlinke plastisol with a stretch based additive, sublimation is permanent and will not peel off. We’ve all seen the rash guards with logos half hanging off or peeling after a few uses. Sublimation is easy on polyester and notoriously difficult on nylon/lycra, though that is changing due to advancements in technology. In cases where sublimation is not possible, a water-based ink for synthetic materials should be used during the printing process. This does not “quite” equal sublimation, but the ink will bleed into the fabric, ensuring a logo that lasts and doesn’t peel off.
The Rupture Signature Rash Guard meets all of these criteria. Our US-made rash guards have been widely recognized as the runaway leader for quality and price by the grappling and MMA community. Make sure your next rash guard is constructed and designed to these standards.
Cheers,
Nick
P.S. Some random nag points:
Hanging neck tags do not belong on rash guards. Period. One of the most annoying things about buying a rash guard with a hanging neck tag is the constant scraping across the neck by a hard tag. T-shirt manufacturers got wise to this long ago and started printing tagless shirts.
Tight compression fit across chest, loose fit bottom. Please pick one or the other. What’s the point, really?
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After a long, tough road, Tyler Toner finally makes it to the the WEC! And as always, we’re going to be in his corner – win, lose or draw.
I’ve known Tyler for quite some time, and I’m amazed at how well he’s managed his career. He embodies everything a sponsor would want from an athlete. Courage, athleticism, politeness, humility, charisma – he truly has it all. Tyler is one of the nicest guys I’ve ever met, and we’re extremely proud to have him as part of the Rupture family.
Below is an article on Tyler’s upcoming fight, courtesy of the WEC.
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Roughly 2,800 people attended UFC 1 at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Co. One of those intrigued spectators was a 10-year-old Tae Kwon Do student named Tyler Toner. The boy didn’t find the spectacle – which happened to be unregulated at the time — to be disturbing or violent. In fact, the only thing that shocked him, as would be the case for many who watched that night on Nov. 12, 1993, was witnessing a skinny Brazilian named RoyceGracie
repeatedly conquer Goliaths to win the 8-man tournament.
Fast forward 16 years later and Toner has a sociology bachelor’s degree he never uses and is primed to make his own debut inside the cage against unbeaten Hawaiian Brandon Visher (13-0) at WEC 48.
Like Royce Gracie, the lanky Toner has been an underdog in many of his pro fights, but he keeps proving people wrong. At 10-1, 1 NC, “Thunder” boasts a pro kickboxing win over Japan’s Kenichi Ogata, a 2006 World Shootboxing Champion. The 26-year-old Coloradan, a disciple of Amal Easton, Trevor Wittman and Duane Ludwig, spoke about the path that led him to martial arts.
Q: Why fight?
Toner: I ended up training Jeet Kune Do and my instructor took us to the very first UFC here in Denver. It reminded me of going to a Denver Broncos game or something. I had been to full contact martial arts tournaments so it didn’t seem like anything new to me. I just remember me and my brother betting on who was going to win the next fight and Royce Gracie was not somebody we picked. So when he won, Brazilian jiu-jitsu stayed in my mind for like 10 years after that.
I went to college and went grocery shopping and I saw a big sign that said “Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.” I remembered that from the UFC and I freaked out right away. I started training two days a week and that turned into six days a week. I fell in love with it. Fighting has taught me that I’m tougher than I thought I was. I have fought as a huge underdog and through some pretty bad positions, so my coaches say I have a lot of heart.
Q: What titles have you won in the sport?
Toner: Ring of Fire title as a featherweight. I was the national point sparring champion in Tae Kwon Do when I was 8 years old (chuckles). It was pretty exciting for me back then. It was the first fighter to score five points. Pretty much the only target they scored was chest or stomach with punches. You could get a point for going to the head but you had to pull it, you couldn’t actually make contact with the head. It taught me to learn how to manage my adrenaline a little.
Q: What was your highest rank in Tae Kwon Do?
Toner: Brown belt. My brother and I stopped training right before we got our Black Belts.
Q: Any regrets about not earning your black belt?
Toner: Not really. Football is a lot cooler to a 13-year-old kid than Tae Kwon Do was. So I played football, played some lacrosse. I came back to martial arts when I went to Boulder (University of Colorado) for college.
Q: You’re a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Amal Easton, but you’ve won half of your fights by knockout or TKO. Is your preference to stand with Visher?
Toner: I like to think of myself as pretty well-rounded but I like to stand more, just from years of training with Duane Ludwig. It’s something that I picked up more naturally. But I’ve been training Brazilian jiu-jitsu for like six years now, so I have a lot of submissions as well. A lot of my coaches say my ground is better than my standup. But I like to stand more. I think it’s more fun.
Q: What do you know about Brandon Visher?
Toner: I’ve watched videos of him. He looks like a good athlete with quick, heavy hands. He’s 12-0 but hopefully I’ll end that streak … I haven’t really thought about him being undefeated. He’s just another fighter. I don’t really care.
Q: Who are some of the people that you train with?
Toner: Eliot Marshall, Amal Easton, Duane Ludwig, Trevor Wittman, Nate Marquardt and Shane Carwin.
Q: Talk about the biggest win of your career to date.
Toner: My biggest win was over Kenichi Ogata. He was the 2006 World Shootboxing Champion. He’s fought pretty much all of my idols in kickboxing and I went in there on two weeks’ notice, fighting up a weight class (at 155 pounds), against a guy who had over 100 kickboxing fights and it was my first kickboxing match. I was a pretty big underdog. It was an awesome experience.
Q: You had the chance to watch Brandon Visher beat Courtney Buck. What were your impressions of him that night?
Toner: He always kind of does the same thing: He’s an athletic guy with quick, heavy hands and that’s what he does. I think I’m more well-rounded and hopefully I can expose the fact that he’s pretty one-dimensional.
I always like to stand in my fights. I have a more versatile standup game than him with more kicks and knees. If it does go to the ground I think I’m more well-rounded there as well.
Some people summit mountains. Others conquer triathlons, sky dive, or chase giant waves around the world. Whether it’s the adrenaline rush or a personal affliction, everyone has a passion that drives them. For me, that passion manifests itself in the form of physical combat.
Really, I can’t really explain the reasons. Five years or so ago, my Judo coach, Steve Sanford, said you had to be mentally bereft of all your senses to be a Judo player. Of course, this point of view came from a man that used duct tape instead of sports tape because it was less expensive, but the argument stands. Steve was a 5th dan and played Judo until a medical condition told him to take it easy. Even then, he still visited the gym from time to time. Another coach, Harry Doherty, the guy who took over the club, was strictly prohibited from fighting after neck surgery. One throw and he could be paralyzed from the neck down. Harry explained his time on the mat to his wife by telling her he never fought, which was a small lie, to say the least. He did significantly minimize the risk by never being thrown. Indeed, I’ve never seen Harry off his feet. I asked Harry once why he risked so much to spend time on the mat. He just smiled and said it was better than anything else.
After knee surgery and a long period of rehabilitation, I have recently returned to Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I have yet to return to boxing, but that’s coming soon. My time away from the mat and the gym was a period of deep reflection and personal misery. I found myself missing the little things I used to take for granted: the smell of the gym, the bruises that are inevitable after training (especially when drilling technique with less experienced athletes), the smack talk and camaraderie. What I missed the most, however, was fighting. I found little relief in other forms of physical exercise – mentally, every leg extension was a low kick, every bench press rep a punch, every medicine ball exercise a tai otoshi or uchi mata. I feared I would go insane. The day I returned to the mat, a 10-ton weight was lifted off my chest.
During my period of inactivity, my personal interest in Mixed Martial Arts grew. Certainly, this is also related to my involvement in Rupture and the interactions I have with professional and amateur MMA fighters, promoters and managers. However, there was something else nagging at me. And then, though a friend, a BJJ brown belt, I met Matthew Hickney. This young film maker was the director and producer of ”Walking To The Cage“, an award-winning documentary about Mixed Martial Arts. I watched it three times in one day, and many more times after. The subjects of the film – coaches, amateur and professional fighters, all shared different periods of adversity, injuries, pain and suffering – and above everything else, a genuine love for the sport. I found that I shared their joy when they won, sorrow when they lost, distress and anger when they were hurt. I also knew, then and there, that despite being a competitive Judoka and Jiu-Jitsu player, a piece of me wanted something else.
In the next few months, my footsteps will lead to a cage, where someone will wait to engage me in an officially sanctioned Mixed Martial Arts fight. I have no idea who this person will be, or when the event will take place, exactly. I’ve been preparing for this moment for a long time; maybe since the moment I put on a gi for the first time as a young boy, maybe even longer than that. I expect to walk in the cage and have my hand raised at the end. Maybe that will happen, maybe it won’t. But, barring another serious injury, I know it’s something I absolutely have to do. Why, exactly? To be honest, I find most words to be inadequate. I think the title of this story, aptly borrowed from Matt’s documentary, explains it much better than I ever can.
I actually spend a lot of time thinking about what we do on a day to day basis to live up to our slogan. Since founding Rupture Clothing two years ago, it sometimes seems that we deliberately did everything right the hard way. And although many things have changed as we’ve grown, our four founding pillars still remain the same:
Believe it or not, it’s relatively easy to enter the clothing business. Try finding a company that manufactures rash guards. A quick search on alibaba.com or tradekey.com gives you instant gratification from many foreign countries. You’ll get promising emails, guarantees of satisfaction, desires of “long lasting relationships”, even free samples. It is a statistical fact that between 95-97% of clothing sold in America today are made overseas. Why is soft goods importing so attractive? In a word, cost. But what’s the price we really pay?
We all know the US economy hasn’t been great, so let’s take the US unemployment rate first: It’s currently hovering at around 10%. Then, there’s this:
“The number of child workers around the world remains extremely high with 73 million children from 10-14 years old now employed worldwide, more than 13 percent of all children in this age group, the International Labour Organization (ILO) announced today in Geneva.
These figures only tell part of the story, warns the ILO. No one really knows how many children under 10 are working and no statistics are available on the number of girls engaged full-time in domestic work. If all were taken into account, the total number of child workers around the world today might well be in the hundreds of million.”
These are staggering statistics. Can you imagine sending your 7 year-old to work in a factory instead of going to school? Here’s a video of a child working in the Hanes factory - I could not make it halfway through. Global competition for cheaper commodities feeds this vicious cycle. Someone said to me once: “My clothes come from China, and my tax money go to weapons factories. I don’t like either one, but that’s reality.” Unfortunately, there’s a lot of truth in that statement – it is up to us to change that.
A lot of you know the reason behind our company’s name. It originated from a torn pair of board shorts, incidentally made in China. Our slogan, however, is an entirely different story. Being “A Genuine American Brand” is something we take extremely seriously. And it comes at a price, both monetarily and from an opportunity standpoint. Finding overseas manufacturers is easy. Now try finding a decent cut and sew facility that does the same in the United States – your luck starts running out quick. Anything from grappling shorts, T-shirts, hoodies, even packing accessories and hang tags. Your choices are extremely limited, because soft goods manufacturing in the USA is close to extinction. And, just as in every other industry, there are the good companies and the not so good companies. Finding the great ones from a smaller sampling is quite a bit more difficult.
US-based manufacturing is not only more expensive, it limits the products we can offer. Expanding our product line is our most difficult undertaking. We receive hundreds of requests a month for sparring gear (gloves, shin guards, etc.), gi’s, even shoes. We could probably triple our business overnight and cut costs in half by outsourcing the manufacturing of our products to a third-world country. The monetary incentives are there in black and white. So why haven’t we sold out?
Well, because of this: We’re pretty damn proud of the fact that every time we sell a product, an American gets to keep their job, or an American family gets to send their son or daughter to school rather than to a factory. We have dealt with the same US-based suppliers and manufacturers since we have been in business, and everything we make is proudly made in the USA. We also take an enormous amount of pride in the quality of the products we make. To date, we have had two single returns in two years out of the thousands of products we have sold, and only one was due to a manufacturing defect. Every day we exist, we prove that America can still compete, even in an industry where it’s outnumbered by over 9 to 1. And not only compete, but crush the competition. We not only promise uncompromising quality and durability, we deliver it – day by day, garment by garment. Our gear constantly rates higher than every other company, and we’re the fastest growing brand in athletic apparel, specifically in MMA and grappling.
It’s not easy to do the right thing. It hardly ever is. But the feedback we get from our customers for being a true “Made in the USA” company is overwhelming. We can’t change the way our government spends our tax dollars, but we don’t have to perpetuate the problem of importing goods made under unethical conditions. On the contrary, in the coming months we will announce efforts sponsored and funded by Rupture Clothing to combat the problem of child labor. After all, we’re a company started by fighters. And we’re not about to back down from this fight.
Here are Rupture Clothing, one of the most frequent requests we get is for gear samples. So we’ve thought of a way to do just that: We’ll be giving away free gear every month to a few fans of the Rupture Clothing Facebook page.
All you have to do to be eligible for the free Rupture goodies is be a fan of our Facebook page. So if you’re not one already, what are you waiting for? Once you become a fan, you’ll also get exclusive fighter news, gear specials and much more!! So click here and connect to us today!
(courtesy of graciemag.com)
Rupture fighter Chad Robichaux and his 8-0 professional record are starting to make waves. Below is part of an graciemag.com. article on Chad and his upcoming bout with Takafumi Otsuka under the SHINE Fight promotion.
Simply stated, Gracie Barra Black Belt, Professor Chad “Robo” Robichaux, his received his share of blessing in 2009; leading Gracie Barra The Woodlands, and a family of his own; life in ‘09 has been rewarding and busy. However, outside of the academy Robo has represented his Gracie Barra Team last year with an 8-0 Pro MMA record, all submission victories and never seeing a 3rd round. Recently in November Robo stepped into the cage, cornered by legendary Gracie Barra Professor, Vinicius “Draculino” Magalhaes and Coaches Todd Moore, Daniel Kim, and Lewis Wood to face off with a game and now 9-2 opponent. In true Jiu-Jitsu fashion Robo scored an early take down over the 20 year wrestling veteran and finished him in round 1 by rear naked choke earning him the Legacy FC Bantamweight Title.
Robo’s dominating win gave him the momentum to move into 2010 with great things on the horizon. He was found by matchmaker Ron Foster, and picked up by the newly prestigious promotion SH1NE Fights, who has stacked their fight rooster with a deep A-List of Fighters from USA, Brazil, Russia, UK, and Japan. Now fresh off signing his 3 fight deal with SH1NE, March 2010 will bring Robo to meet his toughest challenge yet, as he will be facing Japanese Super Star, Takafumi Otsuka. The bout will be aired on PPV and is sure to be a war. Foster, definitely made this one to be the crowd pleaser! Expect fireworks as these two fighters are very likely two of the most technical and athletic MMA practitioners in the world today.
Rupture Clothing would like to wish Josh Calvo good luck tonight for his fight against Portland, OR fighter John Heath. Josh will be fighting at Rumble on the Ridge VIII – Hostile Engagement. This will be Josh’s second professional fight and we’re very proud to sponsor him. Good luck Josh!!
Rupture Clothing was recently placed under the spotlight by the Seattle MMA Examiner. Bryan Edge-Salois conducted the interview with the Rupture Clothing founders. Be sure to read all about it!! The entire interview can be found below, or by visiting this link:
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Rupture Clothing is what happens when you get three guys together that all love mixed martial arts and hate overpriced, poor quality MMA gear and clothes.
So who are these three guys? One is a Sr. Marketing Analyst for ‘Big Oil’. One is an ex-Marketing guy from NBC. One is a senior Microsoft engineer. And all of them love MMA.
What inspired you to start Rupture Clothing? Was there an “Aha!” (or “Dammit!”) moment?
The “Dammit” moment occurred about 3 years or so ago during no-gi training. I had just purchased a new pair of $60 grappling shorts that were made overseas. They “ruptured” during the first day of training. As you can imagine, I was pretty pissed. I just figured we could make a good product here in the USA that grapplers and fighters could rely on for quality and durability and they wouldn’t have to pay an arm an a leg for.
OK, so what’s the brand name of the $60 grappling shorts that ripped on the first day? You don’t need to be shy here.
I’ll be polite and decline to respond. I’ll say this much – I’m not the only person that thinks their products suck.
OK, we’ll give you points for taking the high road. So what makes your products better than your competitors? Is there a ‘secret sauce’ or process? A rash guard is pretty much a rash guard, right?
Well, no, not really J. For instance, our compression-fit rash guards are slightly thicker than the flimsy rash guards made by everyone else. The printing on our materials is bled into the fabric with water-based inks, even on the synthetic garments, so our logos stay permanently attached and don’t peel off after you roll a few times. Also, our rash guards are cut about 2 inches longer than normal. One of the biggest complaints grapplers have is that rash guards tend to “ride up” on their torso while rolling, and we cut our rash guards longer to solve this issue specifically.
Really, the main reason our products have taken off so well in the grappling and MMA community is our price point, attention to quality and the fact that everything we sell is manufactured, printed and embroidered in the USA under strict quality control standards. We truly believe we have the best no-gi grappling gear in the business, and the feedback we get from our customers and partner academies such as American Top Team, Macaco Gold Team, M1 Stary Oskol, Bullshido.net and many others validates that, and motivates us to constantly deliver high-quality products to the MMA marketplace.
You’re all in different areas of the county. How do you collaborate to move the company forward?
We talk on the phone literally hours a day, from morning to night, and communicate via email, IM and text constantly. We have weekly conference calls every Sunday. I think being in different cities actually forces us to operate better, because it encourages constant communication and the subject matter is almost always business when we talk. A lot of the back-and-forth good-natured banter is saved for when we meet face to face, which is about once a month or so.
What would you like to see Rupture accomplish? Do want to dethrone the bigger companies? Any other goals you would like to achieve?
We truly want to change the sport of MMA from within. We pride ourselves in being “good for the sport”, so to speak. We don’t portray violence, skulls, death and destruction with our designs. I wouldn’t want a parent to be embarrassed to have their children wear our products. We don’t employ girls in skimpy bikinis to help sell our products because we don’t think that’s what the sport is about.
Our sales pitch is pretty simple really: The best quality MMA product, at affordable prices, made in the USA.
It’s a message that’s getting a lot of traction and has helped us get where we are today. We are one of the fastest growing brands in MMA and as long as we continue to deliver great gear at great prices to our customers, the future will take care of itself. We have some other plans as well, but all in good time.
Who are some of your favorite fighters?
First and foremost, all of the fighters we sponsor – Demian Maia, Tim Credeur, Killa-B, Tyler Toner, Luigi Mondelli, Mac Danzig, etc. All of our guys have been great to us and really represent the sport well, and we’re very proud of them.
A few other names that come to mind are of course Fedor Emelianenko, Wanderlei Silva, BJ Penn, Georges St. Pierre and Anderson Silva.
Do you guys train actively, or are you just fans of the sport?
We all train actively. Brett is a BJJ Blue Belt and Muay Thai instructor. Fadi is a phenomenal BJJ Brown Belt (he’s won a bunch of titles, including NAGA, US Open and US Nationals, and placed at Mundials). I’m a Judo Brown Belt, a BJJ Blue Belt, and a better-than-average boxer.
We love to train, and I think that’s reflected in the quality of the products we sell. It’s interesting to note that almost every time we talk to an academy owner that wants to put our products in their pro shops or co-brand with us, we often-times identify the pain points with their current merchandise before they have a chance to tell us what they are. They’re also pretty surprised when we start to pick their brains for training tips, as they’re used to talking to sales reps without a grappling or fighting background for the most part.
Do you sponsor any fighters? If so, who?
We sponsor a bunch of fighters. The most notable ones are Demian Maia, who’s fighing Nate Marquardt at UFC102, Tim Credeur, Ben Saunders and Tyler Toner, who’s the current Ring of Fire lightweight champion and ShootBox Champions Carnival Champion.
We also sponsor some notable grapplers – Luigi Mondelli, who just won his 5th Pan-American Gold Medal and is Fighting Gabriel Gonzaga at NAGA New England, and Jayson Patino, who just won the ADCC Trials and is going to ADCC Worlds in Barcelona. We just added Patino Macaco to our sponsored fighters roster.
We also have a few other big guys in the sport that we’ve engaged and are currently talking to about representing our brand. You can see all the fighters we sponsor at http://www.ruptureclothing.com/fighters.php
I readily admit that I’m not in the target demographic (18-35) for MMA ‘Lifestyle’ clothes. But can someone tell me why all MMA gear looks like it was a designed by an ‘emo’ 14-year old with a Goth-Pirate fixation?
I really have no idea . We stray from that as much as we can as a brand. It cheapens the sport and reinforces the idea of MMA as human cockfighting that is still prevalent in some circles and keeps the sport from growing. Our new line actually has a completely different look than mostly everything available in MMA apparel. Look for it on our website (http://www.ruptureclothing.com) in about a week or so.
Thanks for the interview guys.
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Rupture Clothing is proud to add Macaco Gold Team USA to our roster of affiliated academies. Patino Macaco’s stable of young fighters will be in full force at Grappler’s Quest on June 27 and 28, and Patino Macaco is the favorite to win the All-Star Pro Middleweight superfight. If you’re in the New Jersey area, you won’t want to miss this exciting event.
Rupture Clothing will have a booth at Grappler’s Quest, where our full line of world-class grappling gear will be available for purchase. Grab a pair of shorts, rash guard or a shirt while at the event and save on shipping costs. See you there!!
The first of the Abu Dhabi Regional Championships is coming to Houston in less than six weeks. Excitement is building around what is certain to be the biggest and best grappling tournament in Texas this year.
If you haven’t registered yet, visit adccregionals.com and sign up! We will be there and we will be giving away some awesome prize packs. Hope to see you there!
We’re proud to announce that Rupture Clothing fighter Jayson Patino won his division at the ADCC North American Trials and will be headed to the ADCC Championships in Barcelona. Expect more great things from this phenomenal young grappler – possibly even an ADCC Worlds Title this year!
Congrats Jayson!!
Rupture Clothing is extremely proud to add American Top Team fighter Ben “Killa-B” Saunders to our roster of sponsored fighers. Ben will face Mike Swick this weekend at UFC 99 in Germany in what promises to be one of the most exciting fights of the night.
Our world-class, American-made fight shorts are the choice of American Top Team, M-1 Global Stary Oskol, Macaco Gold Team and many other top academies and training camps. We’re pretty excited that on June 13, Ben will be wearing them in the cage as well.
WAR BEN!!!
ROF Lightweight champion and Rupture Fightwear fighter Tyler Toner pulled off a stunning upset in his ShootBoxing debut against 2006 ShootBoxing Champion Kenichi Ogata. Tyler’s win came by way of KO at the 3 minute mark in the first round.
I don’t have pics yet – though I’m sure Tyler will send us some as soon as he lands back in the states. Props to him for a huge win on a fight he took on extremely short notice and under only ShootBoxing rules.
Congrats Tyler!!
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