Knights fighting - Sergey Ukolov (RUS) vs. Mike Ivey (USA), M-1 Medieval, M-1 Challenge 50

Heavyweight knights. M-1 Medieval - professional fights between armored knights. This is a kind of sports where fighters use to wear armor of medieval warriors and use replicas of ancient swords with blunt razor to fight each other. The very first fight on historical fencing had been held at "M-1 Challenge 50: Battle on Neva" between 5 times Champion of the World and 10-times Champion of Russia - Sergei Ukolov and American Mike Ivey - Champion of Meridian Great Tournament, Rage of Steel, 4-times champion of command US championship.
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Knights fighting - Sergey Ukolov(RUS) vs. Michael Ivey(USA), M-1 Medieval - M-1 Challenge 50
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[@JoshBoss92]

Slowly but surely, back to gladiator fights. BRING BACK THE GAMES

[@DomR1997]

LET THE SCUM OF OUR CITIES FIGHT TO THE DEATH FOR GLORY!!!

[@memoacuna3642]

Next thing someone innocently suggests making the fights more real, then adding animals. Next thing you know, we flood the arena and recreate a sea battle.

[@Epicblueteam]

You remember gladiator wars?

[@tresojos]

waiting for the day my friend, waiting for the day

[@Observer29830]

Plenty of important opinions from famous specialists in medieval combat can be found down below.

[@Michau940]

+Observer29830 KZbin comment section is always full of specialists in all kind of stuff

[@Michau940]

It's a wonderful place full of important knowlege and positive people. By reading comments you will eventually reach true enlightenment

[@uhsepevaldez8470]

dont forget the people who are experienced in the ring seems to be a lot of em as well

[@Hasansworstnightmare]

Uhsepe Valdez not really

[@benfly-rinker6924]

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[@sethdillard5840]

This is the coolest thing I have ever seen

[@yoco93cro]

then join us :)

[@user-bp3pr5uc6p]

This still is the coolest thing and we’re in 2020 so...

[@addisonkirtley1691]

I wish this sport was more popular in the US, maybe then we could provide more competition. Very fun to watch and can’t wait to see this sport develop over time 👍🏼

[@paradoxal69420]

Its an european sports, since its.. made in europe.

[@addisonkirtley1691]

@@paradoxal69420 baseball wasn’t made in the U.S. and yet it’s still very popular here 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@goatfader]

American looks like hes just learning the sport whilst Russian looks experienced on when and what to do.

[@hellagesoon]

+GoatFader I am surprised Americans taking part in this.

[@purpleprinc3]

To be fair, Russia has quite a bit of medieval history whereas the US well...ya' know.

[@NewYorkKnightsCombat1]

By comparison, that's pretty much what is going on. While Ivey is a Crossfit god, the USA has only been doing this for a few short years, while Ukolov and the Russians have been at it for about a decade.

[@cole4134]

GoatFader the white cloth is well performed . No doubt about that but we must not forget that we are looking at a smaller shield and better boots

[@thehorde3016]

purpleprinc3 the country? No medieval history. But these Americans bloodline comes from Europe, where their ancestors were apart of the same medieval history as these Russians

[@knighttemplar7649]

as an American myself i got to say that Russian guy spanked his opponent real bad

[@hellagesoon]

+KNIGHT TEMPLAR I am new to this sport but i would say Sergey is hard opponent to take on, he is Russian ''bogatyr''.

[@knighttemplar7649]

hellagesoon oh yeah how can you join ?

[@hellagesoon]

KNIGHT TEMPLAR I didn't expressed correctly, I meant I am fun of this new sport. I think anyone can join, you can find and contact US team and ask them or form one. I would like to join but don't think I have stamina for it since I am smoker.

[@knighttemplar7649]

hellagesoon dude i seen potheads play this sport im pretty sure you have the stamina p.s. you wont be running much

[@shrekas2966]

+hellagesoon ruskiy bogatyr - aleksandr pistoletov. best song to describe this.

[@williamprice5079]

It's like the dude in blue has never played Dark Souls!

[@TheAlexislol]

Xb

[@VileMr.Grinch]

William Price Seriously though ! He should have spammed R1, I mean he has a straight sword for fuck's sake

[@dieseluk2k]

This is epic, much better than ufc.

[@stanostwald6631]

@@neongamer721 there is this russian lightweight fighter who can throw high kicks and probably flying knee, forgot the name but you probably find it after some searches.

[@stanostwald6631]

@neon gamer search for: highlights of mr hype kick on the channel of wmfc knights

[@0range1968UK]

Sergey won with both aggressive sword, shield, sword-pommel, glove & knee strikes. clever balance & use of a smaller shield. amazing fight.

[@FenrirFire18]

Captain Russia certainly didn't leave room for error. He took every opening without hesitation. No time for feelings here, hehe. Even tried to trip him at one point. Made me think of how a "knight fight" really went down back when it was to the death and for king and country. I'm sure Captain Russia would have killed him ten times over on those grounds.

[@7dayspking]

...this isn't representative of historical combat. The mentality of the Russian though is impressive.

[@carritohmc]

Apparently they did do grappling (taking people down, and holding positions in order to better target certain areas with a misericordia), lances, pole arms and such were very effective against armored opponents, at least more so than swords. Swords were used as secondary weapons, for duels, or personal defense. There was a super interesting read about some knight who would go around challenging others, it didn't necessarily end in death, at least not immediately as wounds could always get infected later, but these were all friendly duels in front of a King. There was another account where two knights were fighting for honor (guy raped the other guys wife, other guy claimed the wife simply cheated), married guy had the other one down and gave him the chance to survive if he would admit guilt, other guy didn't and was killed at that point of the fight, which honestly makes me thing maybe he was innocent. Either way, it was an interesting knight fight, I think it was Jean Carrouges or something.

[@capolean2902]

the american wouldve pulled out his edc if it was a life or death situation

[@tedstyle3798]

Why are they fighting in a freaking ring when they should be fighting in a pit!!!!

[@Nick-hg1ys]

Ted Style soon enough well go back to using pits just you wait.

[@LOLldianafun]

Ted Style kmkfscc

[@ThePinkMan]

Probably just convenience. M-1 is an MMA promotion first and foremost, so it's likely just cheaper to use the same ring for both sports rather than build an entirely unique structure for the knights to fight in. They probably even hold multiple MMA fights and knight fights in there on the same day.

[@treeguardien]

Because this is kindergarden....

[@DildoFagginsNL]

Damn.. the amount of mutual respect, trust and discipline both fighters need to have to fight like this without causing fatal injuries makes this even more impressive.

[@jacobboyd6606]

Are you dumb?

[@solwen]

I really wonder what the champions of the middle age would think of this.

[@urbanmyths95]

+solwen it looks crap and these guys can't fight wiht a sword properly

[@umartdagnir]

They would think: "OMG, these guys are over 6 ft tall, real Goliaths, no wonder they do not even bother to learn how to fight properly".

[@redrangerrr558]

@@urbanmyths95 plus their defensive stances were terrible.

[@kiosrel]

@@redrangerrr558 This sport is highly modified to be safe, so stabbings don't even exist and therefore how you fight in this sport is very different from how you fought back then.

[@cylelance4307]

i just found out about this yesterday, and it is one of the greatest things I've ever seen

[@CCJG028]

They oughta have a league where they use death row immates. Talking rapists, murderers the real scum of the earth. Full contact, proper weapons and armor to the death. I'd pay money to see that.

[@ploglo13]

We got a well adjusted individual right here, folks!

[@CCJG028]

You can well adjust your lips around my tip.

[@TheJprox]

I feel you. The empathy I feel for the victims and their family, is too painful for me to show any mercy towards those bastards.

[@YukiGibson]

quite not a bad idea, but imposible during our era

[@Tokkoking]

So you wanna bring back the Roman coliseum.

[@paininthebass101]

FOR THE ORRDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[@andrewwilson9562]

0/10 noobs didn't use duck + lean back technique.

[@mechak.7504]

FOR THE BLUEEEE ANND GOOOLLLD!!

[@paininthebass101]

Mecha Kyle AGATHAS WILL IS BROKEN

[@user-xr4zx9fx2f]

THEEEEE ORDEEEEEEER!!!!!

[@raoulduke1440]

:) rip chivalry medieval warfare, forever in my heart. Dankest community of all time, insane players, first game of its genre. This game will not be forgotten.

[@m.raskhanuma3574]

When me and my brother both playin lightsaber toys What my mother see: "just playin sword toys" What my father see:

[@zmakoto7724]

14:20 I love how he (white) just takes it. Like, "you haven't got a chance, gimme your best shot"

[@ytrew9717]

I'm not interested about sport of any kind, except this one I just discovered. That's impressive.

[@danzigrulze5211]

They are developing a new armor that is reactive to velocities of weapon impacts on the body. It is being designed so that fighters from different martial skills in weapons can fight each other and the statistics says who is better not some judges.

[@Imakebootysclap]

this is no match this is one man giving up more and more as the fight went on

[@frostychicken3652]

Not really, if you watch the video he was fighting hard the whole time just very tired.

[@zenjr1004]

Is that fedor Emilianenko at 18:58?

[@matchwat9127]

zenjr1004 yes

[@monknathal5764]

omg fedor is here

[@johnsew5071]

+monk nathal I'm pretty sure Fedor owns a % of M1.

[@laitela01]

The Russian one totally dominated

[@KonJamo]

that kick and skull split move tho, seriously the russian had him pretty good

[@tattoobillyband7725]

Amazing to watch and the endurance of these men also amazing

[@antoinemozart243]

The wonderful city of St Petersburg in the background.

[@Trizzle2Jernts]

Is there a patch coming out soon? Swords seem a little underpowered. Nerf the shields

[@jakemarten9405]

watch a video where a guy gets hit on the head with a sword. it may change your opinion

[@purpleprinc3]

*enters the arena dressed as a Saracen night* I'm here to put the 'fun' back into fundamentalism

[@Gauntletbloggs]

Why aren't they matrixing? no drags or rainbow strikes?

[@aaronpaul899]

+Alex Smith THIS IS FAKE AND GAY ITS UNLIKE WHAT THEY MAKE IN HOLYWOOD

[@h1zchan]

+Alex Smith Because they're not playing Chivalry Medieval Warfare?

[@Gauntletbloggs]

+Henrick Likesrabbits Amateurs, 0/10 would git rekt in the real world on a dueling server.

[@gianfrancow2850]

what is the purpose of giving them swords which can't inflict any real damage? GIVE THEM FUCKING HAMMERS.

[@OverNine9ousend]

Trust me, if he hits him properly with a sword in the head or in thinner armor area, it WILL fucking hurt, and it will heart alot

[@Mirrabam]

War hammers were made to inflict blunt force trauma. if they used hammers, flails, and maces then death serious injury would be very prevalent to the point where there would be no more fighters lol

[@unger4132]

Don't knock it till you try it. Obviously at some point in history they thought it was fun.

[@Dantick09]

Yes feed the christians to the lions first and show it on TV, then the jews and the muslims

[@7dayspking]

Hammers are not the magical weapons you seem to believe they are. More importantly it would neither be quite as safe to have people bashing each other with hammers for 20 minutes, it'd also be a lot more tiring.

[@exotickeltic6260]

FOR BLOOD,FOR GLORY,FOR HONOUR!

[@DeathMetalThrasher]

The Russian knows what he's doing.

[@DomR1997]

Was the American even using a proper stance?

[@donavanb1534]

The russian pushed so hard which probably confused the US guy so he got rekt

[@NewYorkKnightsCombat1]

He is one of the best in the world

[@gerythionargarys7848]

The American was using a more or less proper stance, but he did not seem sure of himself throughout. The Rus had him on the defensive from gauntlet fall.

[@7dayspking]

+DomR1997 define 'proper stance' ...seriously though that Russian did not relent, by the second round his opponent was just a heavy punching bag.

[@IceColdProfessional]

Why isn't this shit more popular in the U.S.?

[@stefanocillo2703]

I perfectly understand that the russian folks who started this promote the usage of russian weaponry, but IMHO with arming swords and shields the fight can become pretty slow, and be the interest of few. I would really like to see XV or XVI century west-european fighting, with more elaborate (and protective) armour, no shield and two handed longswords, where a well-placed donnerschlag can truly end a fight. That would center the fight more around swordplay, IMHO, but probably make it more violent.

[@alejandroc.s.1478]

Hadror Sunwielder what it seems we are saying here is: "LET THE BLOOD RUN"

[@PSRJ1921plus2153]

Hadror Sunwielder Who knows, personally I think it would be all about keeping the distance almost without a contact.

[@eirikmarthinsen3850]

Alejandro Contreras Would not be much blood with full western plate armor.

[@LeonidasRex1]

+Pasan Etternavn is right, check out schologladitoria. He has some videos of HEMA matches in plate armour. The HEMA format would be a lot more entertaining.

[@user-rm3qj9mb2b]

I want to watch this now.

[@megaknight84]

Best thing ever. Now you can truly say chivalry aint dead

[@NobleNemesis]

I'd like to see more of the etiquette used in fencing to make thing interesting as opposed to the MAA like feel of corner grapples etc, but it's still entertaining none the less. :P

[@garychynne1377]

THANK YOU GARE

[@exodurus367]

the russian guy is on other lvl then his oponent.. but awsome resistance of the american guy

[@Nazdreg1]

What do they wear under the mail neckguard? I mean those shield edge punches might be dangerous in this region or does the mail protect enough from the blunt force? Apart from that, amazing sport and good job Sergey! :)

[@user-xg1xe8fj6g]

Just few time ago found out that maces were twice more usual in medieval battle then all other weapons all together - here we can see why it was so.

[@gabrielolmedo6816]

AWSOME FIGHT!

[@Antonio-yn7rk]

Awesome!

[@OldManLokin]

13:51 Lmao

[@justsaiyansteve]

What an amazing world we live in.

[@user-jt2gg5zy8r]

Серёга, давай!

[@elchronico]

This is so much better than the North American version with sensors on foam body armour and rubber weapons. This is a tru warriors sport

[@kiosrel]

that's called soft combat wich isn't a sport, but this is other side of the mma world

[@BGSoccerMagic]

If you ever wonder why some of the helmet designs for the medieval armor had a sharp snout, well first not only to make a blow to the head with a lance to glance of but also when in close combat to serve as a weapon, the most vulnerable spot on a fully armored combatant were the eye holes. The same applies for the sharp edges on the knees and elbows, those were not put there as decorations.

[@morderoc6018]

Just... no.

[@JarthenGreenmeadow]

After the fight at 19:00 or so you can hear Ivey say he got his ass whooped.

[@dylanmccallister6739]

wait, this sport exists in this form as well? I know about sparring. but using full on tourney blades and real armor? holy shit.

[@david2odo]

I love the confidence radiating off the fighters, they look badass and they know it. I wonder which one is the American....hhmm so hard to tell.

[@robertramos1297]

"Skyrim battle music plays"

[@grahamsmallwood]

3:46 is why I hate those center-handle shields. Good for screening but not blocking.

[@rhettrapoza477]

Damn it Murica, Step your Knight Game up.

[@herbstimherzen]

Шикарно

[@ryanhouk3560]

This was quite the mismatch

[@CountryMaster16]

im wondering how thick does your gambeson need to be and your plate to not suffer with broken bones after every battle

[@MrDragon013]

Question... how do I get involved in this?

[@TheTalkingEdge]

Damn.... Now I'm aware again of the long wait time for the next season of Game of Thrones.

[@fr33ko]

TNA called, they wanted their six sided ring back! Stupid jokes aside, this stuff is awesome.

[@mikerevell8145]

How do I train to do this! Awesome!

[@Strike666]

i presume the stab movement is restricted, no?

[@deleted7602]

it is ... in real wars they would be looking for gaps in the armors and stabing each others.

[@TheShowdown16]

deleted But the way they are fighting is not historicly accurate (at all) anyway.

[@nightfury8440]

@@TheShowdown16 killing each other is definitely not legal so they can't.

[@halo12390]

i think their using something inspired by tournament rules of old. stabs arent allowed because it could get deadly. though i would like to see them implement stabs in a non lethal way. no idea how though

[@kooroshrostami27]

@@deleted7602 in real "wars" they would use a polearm or a warhammer and this fight would last a few seconds.

[@roderickaust1]

I can't get over how quiet and dead the crowd is. That is so demotivating for the fighters

[@NobleNemesis]

1:12. ... Dayum.

[@wisebeardman7197]

The guy in blue needs a bigger and more rounded shield and he needs to use it as his main weapon. I see him holding his shield out in front of himself instead of covering his head and neck with it ready to fend off strikes and use it to create an opening in his opponents guard. The thing about the kite shield is it's solid and is meant to defend the head and neck on the weak side. A traditional viking round shield has a huge range of motion that the kite shield lacks and can be used more like a weapon to gain an advantage. He should be striking first with the shield and then with the sword. There are some guys on youtube who have made a very nice video on this subject if anyone is into historically accurate sword fighting. This is more of an ammeter display than anything because these guys look more trained in MMA than anything and are just thrown into suits of armor.

[@ergosum5755]

the holy youtube algorithm brought us toghether once again my children. ^^

[@Liedton]

i love that so much thats every time fair ^^

[@slipper329]

how the hell do you get into this because its awesome

[@Just_Ride_Channel]

This is SPARTA! 6:27

[@TheRostami]

I like it all it is Persian knight costume .... Even the shield logo which was Sasanian empire symbol Simourgh....

[@violent_bebop9687]

what I learned....shield strikes are GOOD

[@qwsx12]

Esau a man of the field.

[@worldsyours5441]

Damn that uppercut!

[@hellagesoon]

I am surprised Americans are interested in this kind of sport since they are more gun lovers, but good fight. Just discovered this sport and like it.

[@potyka_dasha4826]

Против Уколова шансов у американца почти не было ,но молодец продержался. А Сергей лучший в мире сейчас

[@intelkek7655]

Where do i sign up?

[@taylorw.2856]

American and Russian, both strong people :) and countries... Glad we can finally get along... never understood why Americans hate Russians, I like them, too bad people are brainwashed otherwise.

[@user-zf4uj2zc3h]

Taylor James 🤝

[@TheBabyJesus2]

the blunted swords allow for lighter armour giving greater freedom of movement, the russians two strap shild is superior at it cannot be twisted, more of a heavy impact match than melle combat

[@Maxuras]

I was clearly routing for the Viking because of the Armor and the shield choice and at the end of Round one I was still hoping he could turn this in his favor but from the beginning of round 2 on it quickly became obvious, that the white dude is the better fighter in every aspect (other then fashion).

[@DaneStolthed]

I would LOVE to take this Rusky on!

[@kaiodacio4332]

poderia me dizer o nome do evento .?

[@Jamklanson]

10:26 American could've gotten some good shield hits in there

[@ThePunkboy33]

how do i become a part of this because this is something i need to be a part of. haha

[@kant019]

how much does a shield like that wheight?

[@gabrielolmedo6816]

O started to see this videos new, and I wonder if there is going to be a 2016 tournament. Anyone knows?

[@gabrielolmedo6816]

I*

[@NewYorkKnightsCombat1]

Look up the Battle of the NAtions and the International Medieval Combat Federation. They have tournaments every year.

[@sarcosmortis7179]

Ukolov seems to be more resourceful, he uses his sword, shield bashing, punches and kicks: He used good combinations too, for example: shield bashing, punching then shield bashing then sword to the helmet.

[@NewYorkKnightsCombat1]

He is one of the best in the world.

[@jono601]

I can’t believe much safer MMA looks in comparison

[@PaulGaruccio]

The shield power jabs seem to rattle the opponents head better then slash from the sword

[@datdabdoe1417]

The American is Clearly unskilled, but he took the hits a lot better than Iv seen other fighters, and his Endurance is More than acceptable, I think if he develops his skills he could have a real place in the Sport.

[@poopdawg2301]

I was waiting for one to spec the other out with his dds

[@user-ct9ji2be1t]

Какой вес мечей у них?

[@godofwar8256]

FOR HONOR has such realistic graphics

[@finesser2799]

6:20 is so funny for some reason

[@viki2133]

That shield just screams *'Murica*

[@AleVlaSandor]

It's almost a harvesting season

[@EnsoLLC]

Shield Bash is such a cool move. And I think a Viking Axe work better in this match up. Or a Metal Spikes Club :)

[@mver191]

Swords are pretty ineffective against armor (except pummel) so they fight with those. It is not the point to kill eachother lol

[@mver191]

Swords are pretty ineffective against armor (except pummel) so they fight with those. It is not the point to kill eachother lol

[@mver191]

Swords are pretty ineffective against armor (except pummel) so they fight with those. It is not the point to kill eachother lol

[@JALENHATCHER]

I love A good fight

[@jameslindsey666]

WTF dude...way to represent Murica... I need to learn this sport and make America great again!

[@purpleprinc3]

Nah fair play to him he took a beating and still stood his ground, I think he represented the US well.

[@GuardianAssassin]

Also, after the match he applauded and hugged his opponent with a smile. That is sportsmanlike conduct.

[@montymacdonald4722]

that's looks fun

[@user-nu9vc4be1e]

They have a Stormcloak fighting! Skyrim belongs to the Nords!