Heavy Weekend with Jake Hanrahan

English Ultraviolence

Underground “no rules” fight clubs are spreading fast across Europe, organised in secret and hidden from the authorities. No tickets, no spectators, no public locations. This isn’t bare-knuckle boxing. Eye-gouging, biting, stamping, head-butts and choking are all allowed. It’s not sport—it’s organised ultraviolence. We attended one of the UK’s first no-rules fight clubs to find out why young men are risking it all on the concrete.