Boxers fight each other while keeping one foot in a car tire and teams of two men wearing one shirt battle it out in ‘Siamese Twins Kickboxing’ during a truly bizarre Thai martial arts competition
Full Metal Dojo hosts the regular Fight Circus MMA promotion in Thailand
These events are actually the UFC combined with a Japanese game show
There are weird and wonderful events that take MMA to bizarre new places
Fight Circus is developing a cult following and all events are live streamed
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You have never seen boxing or kickboxing like this.
Full Metal Dojo’s Fight Circus is the Thai equivalent of the UFC crossed with a Japanese game show and they’ve created some entertaining and downright bizarre variations on the sport in new videos posted online.
The first is New Generation Siamese Twin Kickboxing, which was introduced by the mad fighting organization in late 2021.
In this ‘sport’ two fighters are crammed into the same t-shirt and pinned together at the waist and against another pair of fighters in the same formation.
“Siamese kickboxing, where two become one, it’s like the Spice Girls use all kinds of hallucinogens and they had a taste for glorious kickboxing,” a Full Metal Dojo spokesperson announced online.
Do you remember the Australian game show It’s a Knock Out? This is kind of the same, except people are literally knocked out during Siamese Twins Kickboxing as part of Fight Circus
Ben ‘Claw Hammer’ elaborates further: ‘New Generation Siamese Kickboxing pits two men versus two men strapped to the chest and abdomen.’
Fans are confused, but enthralled.
“This is so ridiculous. I love it,” said one.
The rules are simple, it’s really just kickboxing. Once a pair of tied dudes knock down another pair of tied dudes, they’re the winner.
The absolute randomness of the Full Metal Dojo Fight Circus doesn’t stop there.
No footwork? Do not worry! Just plant your front foot and go hammer and pliers with your opponent in Foot in a Tire at Fight Circus
Another new invention is Foot in the band [sic]†
“They can’t take their foot out of the band, they have to keep their foot in the band and just swap, just bang,” said a Full Metal Dojo announcer.
And that’s basically it. No footwork, no chance of dodging, no reach advantage – just two boxers standing close together and pounding each other with blows until one is knocked out of the band.
The Full Metal Dojo Fight Circus also features a range of other weird and wonderful types of fights, including female Lethwei [full contact Burmese boxing that allows head butting]kick only attack and intergender wrestle.
“With the world on its knees, only one organization in the world stood up and delivered the kind of no-nonsense, high-impact, yet heartwarmingly inclusive and progressive event needed to truly unite humanity,” reads an official press release for Fight Circus. †
Fortunately, you don’t have to travel to Thailand to be part of the madness. Bouts are streamed live and also posted on YouTube for posterity.