If you’re into violent sports but don’t like UFC, there has never been many other options…until now.
Professional Knight Fighting is a thing, and you are going to be begging for more after you see this video of the most brutal knockout we’ve ever seen. Holy shit!
Knight fighting started off as gag. Russia' leading MMA promotion M-1 Global introduced brawls between armor clad warriors as a way to fill time during the real showbrawls between underwear clad warriors.
But as M-1 president Vadim Finkelchtein told MMAFighting.com last year, they were a hit. "[Fans] seemed to really like it. They were impressed and supported the knights. So, I thought it was worth continuing," he said.
All of that is the set up for this, a video of what M-1 describes as the "the hardest KO at M-1 Medieval."
And before you go thinking it's all staged, that the armor protects them from any real damage, take note of the winner's bloodied face when he takes off his mask.
Among the many hilarious things about this video is how ineffective the swords are. They might as well be hitting each other with baguettes. On the other hand, the series of blows the winner delivers with his shield are vicious.
According to the video's description knockouts are extremely rare in Knight Fighting which I guess makes perfect sense given that these dudes are covered in full-body plate armor. I'd like to suggest that after every round these knights are forced to remove one piece of their armor but that seems like it'd open up the sport to SERIOUS injury, so it's probably not realistic whatsoever.
If you want to keep up with the wild world of Knight Fighting you can subscribe to their official YouTube Channel at M-1 Global World.
