English Ultraviolence (2026)

Heavy Weekend 01: Secret no-rules fight clubs are multiplying rapidly across Europe, run behind closed doors and kept off the authorities’ radar. There are no tickets, no crowds, and no public venues. This is not bare-knuckle boxing: eye-gouging, biting, stamping, head-butts, and choking are all permitted. It is not sport but organised ultraviolence. Hanrahan goes inside one of the UK’s first no-rules fight clubs to uncover why young men are putting everything on the line on bare concrete.