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Watch Part Two of Our Brutal New Series, ‘Spartan Bare Knuckle’

Using ultraviolence to help fight crime, addiction, and mental illness? It sounds ludicrous but in northern England, it seems to be working.  

A young white boxer lies slumped against the hay bales demarcating a bare knuckle boxing ring
Photo by Jonangelo Molinari

In a new VICE series, we followed the UK’s only licensed bare-knuckle pit fighting club in the build up to its main summer event, Fight Fest.

Billed as a ‘real-life Fight Club,’ Spartan provides a valuable dose of ultraviolence to communities who use its cathartic powers to battle problems related to mental health, addiction, and crime.

Watch part two of our series below; follow these links for parts one and three.