History...

[Faustinn]

This is a really random question, but I was curious...anyways, I was wanting to know the reasons and history behind the company and such. Why you started it, etc. All the fun stuff that people don't really know.

[Tom Gavrilos]

Let me tell you why I started this website:

I couldn't find half-way decent BJJ/MMA shirts, gloves or pads etc... to save my life.

There were a few choice companies sure enough almost every time clothing didn't look the way it was advertised or last longer than a month of use!

Even worse, the companies I respected had HUGE logos, crazy colors, etc...

So, I decided that I wanted to make something unique, clean and not full of billboard logos. Something that I would wear myself and others would be proud to wear too!

Thats my official statement I have in the About us.

More specifically I made some basic shirts for myself without plans of selling them. They were very simple. People liked them so I started making more and the company really took off with the "Represent Your Roots" line. If you look at OLD SCHOOL you will see my original shirts.

Alot of friends/fighters help me with advertising etc and that helped lauch things as well...
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i130/brazilianjiujitsugear/standing_smiling_clean_TM3.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i130/brazilianjiujitsugear/randleshirt1.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i130/brazilianjiujitsugear/SeanSherk2.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i130/brazilianjiujitsugear/MayhemMiller3.jpg

[Ryan]

Thats some good advertisement!

I actually found out about this company because I had seen Forrest Griffin wear the original line during an interview.

[Tom Gavrilos]

news to me Ryan. What interview? Also someone told me Hordeski was wearing RepRoots Poland on his IFL interview.

Havent seen either of these.

[Ryan]

It was a post fight interview in the locker room.

[Tom Gavrilos]

cool. Remember which fight?

[Ryan]

Sorry no. Must have been awhile ago. Maybe Elvis Sinosic or someone?