HISTORY
The history of underground and bare knuckle fighting. From ancient traditions to modern promotions, trace the evolution of combat sports.
THE FELONY FIGHTS STORY: THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL FIGHT SERIES EVER MADE
Some things are made to provoke. Felony Fights was made to provoke. The DVD series -- five volumes released in 2005 and 2006 -- featured convicted...
THE HISTORY OF BACKYARD FIGHTING IN AMERICA: FROM KIMBO SLICE TO STREETBEEFS
American backyard fighting has a history older than America itself. Bare-knuckle prizefighting in the colonies predated the Revolution. Frontier...
THE HISTORY OF BARE KNUCKLE BOXING: FROM 1719 TO THE MODERN REVIVAL
For 300 years, bare-knuckle boxing has existed in some form -- celebrated, outlawed, forgotten, and now revived. It is the oldest form of organized...
HOW YOUTUBE CREATED THE UNDERGROUND FIGHTING INDUSTRY
The underground fighting industry was not born in a gym, a promoter's office, or an athletic commission hearing room. It was born on a video-sharing...
THE HYPE CREW: WHO REALLY RUNS KING OF THE STREETS?
Nobody knows who they are. That is not a figure of speech or a marketing conceit -- it is a statement of operational fact. The Hype Crew, the...
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE UNDERGROUND COMBAT LEAGUE: NYC'S LEGENDARY UCL
There is a particular kind of fighting organization that can only exist in the space created by prohibition. The Underground Combat League was that...
HOW A ST. PETERSBURG FIGHT CLUB BECAME GLOBAL: THE STRELKA STORY
In 2011, a group of men set up a makeshift ring filled with sand in an open space somewhere in St. Petersburg, Russia. Two fighters stepped in....
THE COMPLETE TIMELINE OF UNDERGROUND FIGHTING: FROM ANCIENT COMBAT TO YOUTUBE
Underground fighting is not a modern invention. Long before cameras, commissions, and pay-per-view, human beings settled disputes, tested their...