I was just told about a new magical thing to grace its presence in our world…
The Fight Football League
Yes, you read that right. Football… and fighting… I swear to god I just got goosebumps. Someone has had the ingenious idea to combine the biggest up and coming sport in the world, MMA, with the best sport in the world.. Football. This is going to be GIGANTIC.
From the information Ive gathered, the FFL was developed from an ancient Roman gladiator game known as Harpastum. This just keeps getting awesomer and awesomer (yes it’s a word) and Harpastum was an extremely popular game during the reign of the Roman empire. It was a combination of rugby, soccer, and football. This new incantation is a combination of MMA, Football and rugby. DUDE, I want to drink a beer, Eat a giant leg of a turkey, and grunt like a manbeast. This is just too damn incredible.
The Fight Football League is taking the Roman empires game, along with modern games and technology to develop rules for this new sport to make it the toughest postmodern form of sporting. The current title of a player in this league is a ‘footballfighter’. HOW BAD ASS IS THAT!? Its like something you make up as a kid, “Hi, Im a ninjaastronautcowboy.” These guys train not just for the condition to run for 48 minutes but to fight and defend themselves while trying to score a goal. You need to be in incredible shape to compete in this sport.
The gameplay objective is to score a goal carrying a soccer-like ball, but along the way players are allowed to fight opponents using several designated fighting techniques. Now it wouldn’t be organized in any way if there werent some rules. The rules as of now state that a player is only allowed to fight one against one, they are not allowed to strike when running or throw a strike towards a player whom is running, and no hitting from the back or on the ground. An illegal blow can result in elimination.
Unfortunately Americans are going to have to wait for this amazement because it has been created and currently runs out of Italy. Which is fitting because this is the birthplace of the Romans. The company appears to be growing significantly, already confirming a partnership with ‘Infront Italy’ which is a worldwide leader in the sports entertainment business.
I for one, am already a diehard fan and I don’t know even one team name or players name. But I will shortly, and I think you will to.
Join their fan page on facebook for info on this bad ass sport.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fight-Football-League/185412679581
Also check out this video, to give you an idea of the action.
HOLY SHIT! hahaha, this looks fucking awesome!!!! When are they coming to America!?
I wanna play this! Dude Mitch, you stumbled onto something thats gonna take the world by storm. This is gonna sweep the US like crazy.
Meh. I highly doubt this catches on in the U.S. at all.
Normally Id say something like this is just a gimmicky joke. Yet the fact its starting in Italy, and out of America, I give them more credibility and a chance at making this an awesome sport, but they need to figure out how to balance the fighting with the actual scoring. If every player is in their own one on one brawl, then whos scoring?? I dont fully believe in this yet, but because it was developed out of America, Ill give it a shot.
Is very entertaining sport. If Americans watch reality show, they like FFL. Tough fights and great sports man.