Is The Armored League the next big sporting spectacle?

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. The Armored League could be the next big cultural breakout.

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.

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