Mask (2013)

Charles Lewis founded TapouT in 1997 prompting a whirlwind life that intersected the birth of a sport Selling TapouT apparel out of the trunk of his car during road trips throughout California a hot bed of mixed martial arts in the late 1990s Lewis took on the superhero persona of Mask as he donned war paint on his face and wore outlandish comic book outfits Masks vision quickly came to represent hardcore aspects of MMA fandom at a time when the sport floundered under political pressure The history of MMA cannot be told without mentioning Charles Mask Lewis or the era in which he emerged On March 11 2009 Lewis was killed by a drunk driver in Newport Beach Calif To honor his contributions the sports dominant promoter the Ultimate Fighting Championship UFC posthumously inducted Mask as the first and only nonfighter into the UFC Hall of Fame