— Full Metal Dojo (@FullMetalDojo)
November 18, 2022
The circus will be in town the week before Christmas, and it will
bring with it several presents of violence and comedy.
The Thailand-based fight league Full
Metal Dojo will be staging its fifth “Fight Circus” event on
Dec. 17 at the Illuzion Nightclub in Phuket. Per the league’s press
release, FMD will be putting on the “12 Fights of Christmas,”
although not every “fight” may be a combat sports bout. The event
follows its recent “Fight Circus Vol. 4” card in November, where
the organization suffered a lengthy delay at the beginning of the
broadcast when the truck carrying its ring flipped over and the
company had to build a new one on fight night. It is unclear at
this time if “Fight Circus 5: Hanukkah Gone Wrongukkah, an Homage
to Scrooged” will air on Fite.tv or another platform.
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“Will be a Christmas Fight Show like none other,” the release
wrote. “Seriously! Have you seen what the heck we’re doing?? Well
now we’re going to do All the Weird stuff. Only with More Epic
Holiday Spirit!! And good cheer. Think about it? Can Santa actually
Beat up 2 Elves. At Illuzions on Phuket, the Original Fight Island,
with a super cool exclusive Christmas Party. We’ll find out!”
— Full Metal Dojo (@FullMetalDojo)
November 18, 2022
Each match will feature a differing set of rules, ranging from body
builders duking it out under modified boxing rules, people throwing
down inside of a phone booth and even a contest where the rules
change round to round. The order of the billing is not yet set, as
to which fight will serve as the main event, but it is expected
that the “MMAsymmetrical” bout will be the final fight on the card
– especially if one competitor is dressed as Santa Claus while his
or her opponents are dressed as Christmas elves.
As mentioned above, some encounters may be of the non-combat
variety, such as a karaoke battle involving Christmas carols, a
chef vs. chef affair that could involve cooking instead of
punching, and the fan-favorite event of leg wrestling. The majority
of the “12 Fights of Christmas” will see combatants duke it out for
various prizes ranging from giant checks to axes to marijuana
paraphernalia, and even unique paintings.
Some of the debuting contests vary from a tag-team slap fight made
up of Only Fans models, or body builders boxing. Other past
favorites from previous Fight Circus shows, like “Siamese
Kickboxing” of two kickboxers taped together fighting two other
kickboxers also taped up, or “Foot in the Tire Boxing” that forces
both fighters to keep one foot within the confines of a tire while
throwing down, will be on the lineup.
The organization also put together a unique style of combat called
“Wheel of Violence,” which at its inception had various individuals
spin a wheel that contained six different styles of fighting, and
the one it lands on is the ruleset of that round. Those styles at
Fight Circus 4 include: five minutes of MMA competition, three
minutes of muay thai, two minutes of spinning strikes only, 90
seconds of kicking only, 90 seconds of punching only and 90 seconds
of the aforementioned “Foot in the Tire Boxing.” It is uncertain
whether Bob
Sapp will be involved in this production, as he has
participated in previous shows.