All Posts

Welcome to the Armored League's "Battle of the Boroughs," where fighters suit up in 70 pounds of full steel armor to settle scores in the ring with swords, axes, and full-contact combat. From 60-second high-intensity rounds to blunt weapon rules, see what it takes to survive in this extreme sport. FOX 5 NY's Jennifer Williams reports. https://www.fox5ny.com/video/fmc-ntkqx53t50ee8sjy

The Melrose Ballroom in Astoria became a spectacle of medieval times as various knights from Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx participated in the “Battle of the Boroughs” on Thursday, Sept. 17. Held by the Armored League, the mix of roleplay and combat sports took place in a battling cage similar to those used in MMA fights. https://qns.com/2026/09/medieval-combat-astoria-battle-of-the-boroughs/

January 29th, 2026. Queens, New York. The Armored League and Gladiators NYC have arranged a hexagonal MMA cage flanked by rows of seats on each side. People spill into walkways and hang over the rails on the second floor. It’s a sold-out house: packed and unruly. A giant wave pool of bodies inside Melrose Ballroom. The room is saturated in an intense technicolor veil. Upstairs, the fighters step into complex labyrinths of armor and begin to warm up—thoughtfully and with great

Armored league mixed martial arts combat — imagine a UFC cage match with dulled medieval swords and steel suits of armor — takes to the cage Friday night in a sold-out event in East Hollywood. Yes, you read that right: This is knightly combat in the 21st century. But this isn’t a Ren Faire reenactment or a Medieval Times dinner show. Armored combat is unscripted, and fighters go full contact with weapons. The event will be at the Ukrainian Cultural Center. It’s a collaboratio

Part role-play, part combat sport, the new entertainment venture pits fighters against one another inside a UFC-style cage. But unlike mixed martial arts, these combatants suit up in medieval-style armor and wield swords, shields, axes and other weapons. Once upon a time, knights battled in castles. Today, they’re throwing down inside a cage. New York City has long been a hub for underground subcultures — from punk rock to hip-hop — that eventually broke into the mainstream.

MMA met GoT at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in East Hollywood last Friday, Sept. 4, for the West Coast debut of The Armored League — a full-contact combat sport where fighters decked in armor beat each other with medieval steel. A sell-out 800-person crowd, many dressed in their Ren Faire-best, filled the room with deafening roars as the fighters bashed their opponents’ body and heads with real (albeit blunted) weapons like swords, axes, polearms combined with shields and h