Posted on 01/28/2023 3:41:14 PM PST by algore
These are the men and women in the business of making viewers cringe as they risk their lives en route to being crowned 'slap fighting' champion.
Many are trained in other mixed martial arts sports, and have waded into unfamiliar territory with this 'up and coming' sport.
The aim of the game is simple: slap your opponent hard enough that they aren't able to slap you back.
Competitors stand at arm’s length from each other and take turns slapping their opponent in the face.
They are not allowed to move, flinch, or defend themselves. As a result, the injuries are often brutal. The sport is becoming monetised over time, but there's still not enough in the winnings for competitors to leave their day jobs, and one league still keeps earnings confidential
'You don't have to worry about training for defensive purposes because you just got to stand there and accept it,' a former MMA fighter-turned-slap champion known as 'Wolverine' told DailyMail.com. 'As long as you got a good chin, to me, you'll be fine.'
But even the hulking Wolverine was temporarily disfigured by the sport, which he considers more punishing than MMA.
'If I feel like if I've [blacked] out for a second, I know that's probably going to cause a concussion,' slap fighter Frank 'The Tank', added.
'It's just kind of like the determination to continue,' Frank said. 'It's just willpower.'
If there's no clear winner by forfeiture, a winner is named at the end of the round. In one such video, two high profile competitors engaged in a passionate kiss at the end of the match.
There is rarely bad blood between competitors, and they often hug it out at the end of the tournament
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I remember asking a woman to slap me in a bar once, i wanted to know what it felt like. She was timid and casually slaped me. I said give it all you got and I got it good as she used all her might. It honestly wasn’t bad, but to do it as a sport, you got to be crazy.
Republicans have been doing this for decades.
People clamoring for more spectacles of violence because they just can’t get enough in real life
I believe the creators of South Park covered slapping.
The trick is to be in a bar, and the women not slap you.
Let me have at it. Nature has a way of phasing out things it doesn’t need.
LOL that was funny never seen that movie before.
Beyond PSTUPID!! EVIL!! Our society is so SICK!
I have never seen an episode of any version of Real Housewives, but from the promos I’ve seen during commercial breaks this slap fest sounds like what the end of each Real Housewives should be like. That, or a purse fight.
This entire planet is falling apart.
Too bad Moe Howard is no longer with us.
As long as they don’t use high heels.
Rates up there in intelligence with Roshambo or Rochambeau. In modern day United States, Roshambo or Rochambeau is when two or more guys kick, punch, squeeze, or knee each other in the groin to win something (an object, money, bets, etc..) until one of them gives up or falls down. The last one standing wins. This is a modern American twist on the game.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=roshambo
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