What happens when you combine MMA, American football, water polo, ultimate frisbee,and boxing? FFL – Fight Football League. I think this is one of those sports that I’ll just stand back and watch.
The Fight Football League gives us a brief history lesson on the sport:
Fight Football League (FFL), is an organization which promotes a new form of entertainment that takes inspiration from an ancient game called “Harpastum”.
This very popular game during Roman Empire was practiced as a training for battle, it is the foundation of modern Soccer and Rugby and it is still played once a year since 1500 in Florence, Italy with the name of “Calcio Storico”.
Fightfootball takes the essence of these legendary games, introducing innovative rules and equipment to develop a tough but safe game.
After you watch the videos below, you might think its lawlessness, but here are some rules of their website:
In the FFL the objective is to score goal, however, players are allowed to fight their opponents using several fighting techniques. FFL Rules are manifold, it is only allowed to fight only one against one, it is not allowed to strike when running or towards whom is running, no hitting from the back or on the ground, injuries or KOs can consequence into the elimination of the player.
