Polish MMA event brings street fighting into the ring.

Human beings are innately inventive. Someone invents the wheel and give it some time, there are 1,000,000,000 automobiles.

Human beings are innately competitive. Someone invents a wheel and and give it some time, there are thousands of wheel companies.

Someone invents a straight right and a choke hold, and give it some time, you have MMA.

Human beings, many of them, are also innately stupid. Someone invents MMA and and give it some time, you have stupid MMA.

The latest Stupid MMA is Team Fighting, a cluster f@$% merger of MMA with soccer hooliganism.

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This is the Polish Hooligans vs. the Swedish Wisemen. The former team name is the more accurate.

The official website proclaims proudly: Team Fighting Championship (TFC) promotes a new approach to the martial arts where you can enjoy the exciting moments of a group street fighting transferred to the sport grounds.

It’s a bit like conventional MMA, but with teams of five fighters facing off in a crude ring that appears to be made of rope and old car tires. The rules are simple according to the organisers. No blows to the Adam’s apple, groin kicks, biting or spitting. This appears to leave a wide range of options available.

The participants certainly seem to have no problems employing techniques ranging from stamping on a downed opponent to insane flying kicks, knees and tackles. Presumably a headbutt to the groin might be frowned on, but it would fall within the rules as they are written.

There are actually more referees in the ring than there are rules, with five keeping track of proceedings. Any early advantage translates to a winning edge as fighters double, triple and quadruple team opponents in an attacking frenzy. [source : news.com.au]