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Relieve Your Pent-Up Anger with These Five VICE Docs About Fighting

You know you really need this now.

If you're looking to actually fight someone, we can't help you there. But if you get the same satisfaction watching other people throw down, then we've got you more than covered.

Explore the different ways fights can manifest across the world, from lucha libre-style theatrics in the Bronx to wrestling tournaments with warring tribes in South Sudan. And if you're feeling exceptionally violent, come with us to Delaware for the controversial CZW Tournament of Death, one of the bloodiest forms of wrestling in the world. Think lots of barbed wire and makeshift weapons.

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Check out five of these fighting docs below and watch more videos from across our VICE channels on video.vice.com.

From Death in the Ring to a Light Heavyweight Title Bout: Sergey Kovalev

Of Sergey Kovalev's 30 victories, 26 have ended in knockouts. But that journey to success hasn't been all highs. Kovalev talks to VICE Sports about he dealt with the death of one his opponents caused by their fight just three days prior. It almost ended his own career, but he's since managed to return to fighting and hasn't lost since.

Wrestling for Peace in South Sudan

South Sudan has been in near-constant turmoil since its inception, but one thing that brings people of warring tribes together is wrestling. We spent time with the wrestlers and Peter Biar Ajak, who saw the need for a unifying event and created a wrestling tournament to bring people together.

Bloodlust: Tournament of Death

Fucked Up vocalist Damian Abraham goes to Delaware to get an inside look at one of the most violent forms of wrestling in the world—Deathmatch. The sport is an ultra-violent style of wrestling that includes makeshift weapons, light bulb tubes, and barbed wire to ensure a maximum amount of bloodletting.

Black Widow: Dominating the Masculine World of Boxing

Nina Cranstoun is one of the only female boxing promoters in the UK. Her brassy charms lures in some of the biggest underground fighters from across the country, with the hope of making the hyper-masculine world of amateur boxing a little bit more spectacular.

Lucha Libre Wrestling in the Bronx

We head to the Bronx Wrestling Federation to meet the small community of people behind the theatrical world of Mexican-style lucha libre wrestling. VICE's Jaimie Sanchez talks with former wrestler John Torres, who now documents the fights as a filmmaker.