Fight 1 of the TFC Event 3 Barbarians FT (St. Petersburg, Russia) vs HFA (Gdynia, Poland)

It's the sport everyone's talking about. It's like an all out brawl. It's a new Russian sport called Team Fighting Championship (TFC) which involves 10 men fighting each other all at once - 5 on 5. With that many guys fighting you'll need a lot of referees which in this sport, is five! Insanity!...

Team Fighting Championship is held in a 30,000 square-foot arena that is completely empty. The display is meant for television viewers only. The fight takes place in a 40 by 40 ring with five referees. Each event costs $200,000 to put on.

Jefferson, the president of New Jersey-based MMA promotion Global Proving Ground believes TFC could find some footing in the United States, provided its promoters don't try to sell it as MMA. Pay-per-view is the first step.

"If the promotion keeps listening to the good advice it's getting and grows, it could get pretty popular," he said. "This is a new, different sport that gives combat athletes another way to make money." - mmafighting

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