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    Default Dambe - Brutal Nigerian combat sport where fighters have one arm wrapped in cord

    Anyone seen this before?

    It's huge in Nigeria & West Africa but becoming huge on YouTube right across the Planet.

    Here's a heads up....

    These Boxers Fight With Cords Wrapped Around Their Fists. Crowds Love It.

    With its popularity have come questions about its safety.

    Some believe dambe is too dangerous in any form. Split brows, broken noses, smashed teeth and knockouts are common. The destruction is written in scars on the faces of fighters who have spent years in the ring.

    “It’s too brutal,” Femi Babafemi, an amateur boxing coach, said. “Those that are doing it are really endangering their lives.”

    Still, dambe has become a full-time job for many fighters. Fans, ring owners and wealthy patrons support their favorite fighters. One established boxer, Auta Nafiu Abdullah, who has fought for seven years, said he earned, on average, about 100,000 Nigerian naira, or about $275, a month.

    The fights are frenetic and perilous.

    Boxers gather in fighting clans around a sand pit, taunting rivals and breaking suddenly into combat. Today, they head-butt and kick as well as punch. All the while, singers and drummers play mesmeric songs to embolden fighters.

    Bello, who started watching dambe 40 years ago, said he started the league in 2017 with fellow enthusiasts because he had grown fed up with what he saw as the declining quality of the sport.

    https://youtu.be/c5W5_SoQyxs
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    Default Re: Dambe - Brutal Nigerian combat sport where fighters have one arm wrapped in cord

    Wilder would rip this sport up


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    Default Re: Dambe - Brutal Nigerian combat sport where fighters have one arm wrapped in cord

    winner gets the black panther suit

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    Default Re: Dambe - Brutal Nigerian combat sport where fighters have one arm wrapped in cord

    That leather cord and wire they wrap around their arm has gotta do some serious fucking damage and cause brutal cuts.
    Must be like getting hit with a lump of wood.

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