The phrase throw down the gauntlet isn’t reserved for life-or-death challenges today. However, someone who did this in the ...

It’s full-contact medieval armored combat using blunt weapons ... They also wear modern helmets, shin guards and gloves. But soft doesn’t necessarily mean safer, Webb said.

Helmet? Check. Gloves? Check. It's a sport with a lot of pads - let's call it medieval football. At Armored Academy of Arizona, they teach Buhurt, a martial art based on early medieval tournament ...

This one from an Armored MMA fight night last August has over 2 million views and it’s the full battle, all 17 minutes of medieval combat action. The most-watched moments from the clip come at 3 ...

Armored MMA combines MMA's rules and hand-to-hand combat format with the weapons and plated armor of medieval knights. Each match comprises three rounds, two minutes each, fought with shields ...

Welcome to Armored MMA, or AMMA, a combat sport surging in popularity. It’s a one-on-one cage fight in which warriors are outfitted in medieval armor and use genuine weapons. “Medieval combat ...

Here's what to know. Participants with an interest in medieval times don full armored suits and participate in one-on-one duels, "last-man standing" five-on-five melees and group battles.

This medieval combat still exists in the modern day, but now it is a sport or hobby for both men and women. Armored Combat Worldwide (ACW) is a league that organizes these competitive matches.

Shellans said she got into medieval armored combat in 2017. "When we hit another person’s armor, sometimes it sparks and that spark produces a smell of ozone. I smelt ozone in my helmet in my ...

CANTON − Mixed martial arts fighting with a medieval twist will make a tour stop at the Hall of Fame Village this summer. Armored MMA will bring its show to the Center for Performance on June 7 ...

CANTON, Ohio – OK, this was a new one on us: There is an Armored MMA league featuring professional medieval combat. And it’s bringing an event to Northeast Ohio on Saturday, June 7.