Mixed martial arts (MMA) is on the rise in the United States. In 2023, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)—MMA's largest fight organizer—generated a record $1.3 billion in revenue. The UFC's ...

The biblical phrase “nothing new under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9) came to mind as I was scrolling through videos and came across Armored MMA. This combat sports league represents a return to medieval ...

What if the knights traded in the round table for a round cage, then beat the shit out of one another? That’s the premise of M-1 Medieval Armored MMA, the new combat sport that combines medieval times ...

The air reeks of sweat and sulfur; the groans and thuds of men in combat surround me. I stoop to pick up an axe and approach a stack of tires with white numbers stenciled on them, eyes leveled at a ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- On Saturday, at 1 p.m., on ESPN and in the basketball arena at Georgia State University, Boeheim's Army plays Armored Athlete in the Super 16. Win that game and the Syracuse-based ...

LITCHFIELD — It might have looked and sounded like a medieval battle between enemies, but the War in the North was more of a competition between friends. The first armored combat event of its kind in ...