RIVALS: Bareknuckle Boxing Meets MMA in Calcio Storico - VICE World of Sports
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- Опубліковано 9 січ 2018
- In Florence, history is honored when fresh blood is spilled in an ancient game.
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American football: we are men's sport
Calcio storico: say it again
Only Football ⚽
@BaldUglyMonkey I guess safety is a bad thing then. :/
@BaldUglyMonkey Calcio storico is born from Roman game
Anyone can act stupid once a year there is no way anyone can handle 17 weeks+ of this sport
@@keithcalvosa5894 but they can.
Still playing a 500 year old sport.. thats culture
Much more older...this sport was legionary sport
3000 years
Wanna see another crazy sport??Knight fighting on my channel!
Yeap. True culture
@David Rogers are you a racist or something
Some guys just need stuff like this. The violence, the athleticism, the teamwork… it makes us feel good. It’s hard to explain.
As an Aussie I really wanna travel to Italy to see this live. That looks like it would be a memory of a life time.
@Pray without ceasing LULZ?? It comes from Harpastum palyed by Romans and down until Renaissance. At most could have been invented by Britons in the British isles.
@@alessandrom7181 its absolutely awesome my brother . Love the history behind Calico Storico.
He just meant we play lots and love our footy (rugby league) over here in Aussie land , looks similar but without the 1 on 1 combat 😉✌️
@Pray without ceasing Just imagine someone stealing your beer 😱 Lots of expletives XXXX
As a scot,me too
@@praywithoutceasing4939If you’re an aussie why did you say “you” instead of “we” ????????
I like how at 9:14 white scores and blue goes from wanting to kill him to giving him a pat on the back. Goes to show this sport is full of big hits and fighting but respect of your opponent isn't thrown out the window.
Krak Rex um...every other team sport does the same thing.
Yeah but is every other sport as violent where basically 50% of a match is to maim the other dude? Trust me I don't give the other guy an attaboy after he just scored while the game is still being played in my rugby matches.
Sh8y 96 not at all the same
Sh8y 96 not really
Duffer Man this seems to be more about race than anything else
Italy is beautiful...
xdl2704 I've been to Italy and yes it is, it's stole my heart
Indeed it is
Until you enter this arena...
@@shaunszalai3823 anyplace is beautiful when you visit, try living there. It's actually quite disgusting
beautiful but full of cunts.
Went to the calcio 2 years ago, first move of the game as the ball was still in the air from the ref throwing in at the start one fella smacked a fella from the ither team and ko'd him clean! Going back again this year, there's nothing like it, better than any fight Night or football match I was ever at, it's the local passion, the atmosphere is just incredible in an old square in Florence, all the traditional garb they wear, everything about it is just amazing! You can't belive what you're watching, it's like being a spectator at a medieval battle!
Italy has so much culture. This is only the preview.
i got a brain trauma just opening the notification
Kanin Keller ladies and gentlemen we have a neurologist among us with no sense of humor
M SBS obviously not, that shyt was FUNNY!!!
Pussy
pussy
Then you must be gringo, or french
Thats how gangs shoud settle their problems!
Mr.G rg i agree bit unfortunately most of them are cowards
Mr.G rg ...now that’s a great idea!!!
Mr.G rg I would watch the gang Olympic games
I can understand why they wouldn't do it, this can kill someone
Non é più così da qualche anno. Adesso non possono giocare più criminali. Sono dei grandi atleti.
GOD BLESS THE WOMAN WHO SAID SHE DOESNT THINK ITS RIGHT TO INTERFERE WITH PASSION 6:37
Lucky Coast she also caked therm heroes, which is totally stupid
I thought that was awful wise also
Agreed Lucky Coast, what an understanding wife.
Yea, more women need to adapt this attitude and just cut the bullshit
Lucky Coast I agree with you but god isn't real
Are you not entertained!!
King Swagga cant remember the reference but still funny haha
its from Gladiator!
King Swagga why aren’t you laughing like you were way up in the fucking sky ?
I remember seeing this on tv in florence and was like holy shit this is a sport?
it is not.
They put this on TV? ESPN, FOX SPORTS, NBC sports and Sky are dropping the ball.
Firenze* don't use dumb Anglofied name made to pussify this great city
@@wolfguptaceo ben detto!
@@pietrotatini8970 It's an experience.
Well I guess Italy is next on my bucket list
Simply Joe e
So did you go?
In the meantime a quarantine happened
i will go just buy ducati mv agusta
This sport needs to be picked up by all the major networks. Ratings would go through the roof. No commercials, just pure ass kicking.
5:17 Why does that dude look like he's trying real hard not to stab the other guy in the throat with a butter knife
He's probably thinking "another annoying turist"
@Karl Scher He's British
😂
It's because they are filming the host speaking English in one take then translating on another before he gives his answer.... He's like, I don't fucking understand English
It's brutal but you can tell there's still a huge amount of respect between the players. They'll wail on someone as hard as they can but as soon as they can't defend themselves they back off
This the shit I subbed to vice sports for
A guy I started mma with in the 90s has played this, he is never talked about but he's one of the UK pioneers of mma, he even drew with Werdum way back in the days.
London2ATL James Zikic 🙂
Name?
@@giorgiociaravolol1998 James Zikic
@@ilsecco6945 yes
If he was citizen of Florence, otherwise he's saying crap.
This is actually amazing. Its football with hockey fights. This is actually the best thing I've seen.
I think this is one of the few sports with a similar mentality to the GAA, where you’re from is where you play, you don’t play for money, only the glory of representing your parish or county
Pride is worth so much more than money and it brings out the most raw and honest sporting behaviour
“ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!?!”
ORGOGLIOSO DI ESSERE FIORENTINO 🇮🇹💜
Man, what a great sense of tradition, respect and fair play. This is a fantastic sport. You couldn't pay me to play it, but it's fantastic.
The ironic thing is they don't even get paid lol
🇮🇹 Proud to be italian 🇮🇹
Nothing be proud about this so called sport
@@trigoria7477 oh shut up
Oh shush. They keeping culture alive! Even if violent. I wouldnt mind bringing back the gladiator coliseum and having wooden swords and weapons.
@@TheBlazersfan22 keep moving forward mate we don’t want that barbaric culture to return
@@trigoria7477 you don’t want or one of your personality?
class, we‘re gonna to italy
Girls : OMG yes it‘s gonna be so romantic
Boys :
America: Football
Italy: Warrior Kick and Punchball
a combination of rugby, boxing, wrestling, australian rules football kung fu and water polo with an overlay of pantomime
Like bush footy back in 1970's Australia...thank god for Calcio
Calcio storico born before all these sports you have listed.
@@Stazzo82 except for the kungfu one... It's even before centuries began...
@@AerisReyha kung fu dates back to 200 BC, the game from which Florentine historical football derives, was taken by the Roman legionaries by the ancient Greeks. Long before 200 BC.
Ps: football, soccer, rugby, handball. All sports that derive from the spheromachy (ancient Greece), which became the Harpastum (ancient Rome), to then become in the Middle Ages as the historical Florentine football, father of modern games.
As an Australian can attest to this football Kung-fu you speak of. Getting punched in the throat or stomachs out of the blue randomly is completely normal
Are we just gonna ignore that ridiculously perfect throw at 1:00?
As someone who's had amateur MMA fights and a life long martial artist I love this. Not because its MMA , but the fact that its a way of settling disputes without weapons. Communities should have these as I think it'd lower weapon crimes.
I think it should be altered though. Not just place vs place, but instead individuals vs individuals
Plague Doc, there is a village in South America, where once a year the villagers fight each other. This town has no crime for the rest of the year. 100% you are correct. You should look it up. I saw this on a documentary about how far it takes a person to become violent. I don't remember the name of the doc, but you might like it.
Plague Doc That's a slippery slope my friend. Now it's settling disputes through fist fights then in 10 years we could have a purge every year
Idiot
Currently we settle disputes with war. A fist fight is much more civil.
I feel my testosterone rising
Thanks for the top comment guys
Breaumance haha I'm actually on steroids right now
warfighter1988 watch the vice swole series episode 3. That'll tell you about steroids
That isn't your testosterone. That's your testes
warfighter1988 Make a video where you’re using it or you’re lying!
and brain cells dying
By far the craziest sport i've ever seen, good on you Florence.
Belíssimo Cálcio Storico ⚽de Florence🇮🇹
Firenze
Italy is a country with enormous contradictions and controversies, but one thing makes us different ... we have 20 centuries of history, INSIDE.
persian
egpyt
@@tyoyusuf8501 Persia doesnt exist anymore, Italy does.
@@dezmonasg6708 i meat oldest civilization in the world or universe
@@dezmonasg6708 i keat summerian mesopotamia babylonia
for those who have not understood it ... players cannot be replaced, so the more players you put out of play, the easier it is to score ...
What a beautiful tradition, thanks for the upload Vice.
More background info on the whole event would have made this clip more than a vague promo for Florence.
Why are there rival districts? Are they differentiated by class? Trades? Origin?
What time of year does the event take place? Why?
Where do city officials stand on this? How do
Could Calcio Storico ever be exported? If so, how? If not, why?
Just a few things I’d be curious to see in this type of clip.
The rivalry goes way back in history. Today they just keep the tradition there is no bad blood between them. They are just split in 4 districts because Florence was originally built that way in the past (today there are a lot more but the main ones are these 4). The event takes place in the beginning of June. It goes on for about a week from the first match to the finals. The city officials of course agree to this and actually spectate. I don't know if it can be exported but I am pretty sure there is no copyrights. I'm actually from Florence so I hope I clarified some things for you :)
Thanks for the reply, cleared some stuff up.
Great tradition you guys have. Forza Firenze!
And i want to annex another fact. Is very common to see games between districts in the same city here in Italy (run, bow, horses and this sort of things). This comes from our history, from the fact that before the italian State there where dozens of little state-city and inside the city, like now two regions plays football against each other, districts were sport rivals
I had the same questions too
Italy has a great tradition of city rivalries in various sporting endeavours. I watched a film about a horse race, called the Palio.
All interesting stuff. I think you would make a better Vice reporter than the guy who did this, however, it was just 10 minutes - maybe you could do an extended story on this!
wow they actually made football fun to watch i usually only like fighting sports but if you put a mix together that might even make it more fun...
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I can't believe how many judgmental/narrow minded people are commenting negatively about this. This sport is a celebration of history, tradition, familial honor, bravery, sacrifice, humility. It's brutal and it's violent, but it's beautiful in its own way. If you can't identify with these people and/or respect what they put themselves through, then you are missing out on much of what you as a human have evolved to experience...you're living in a bubble of comfort and self indulgence; you're a wraith, and your life signifies nothing.
The only people that think that way are people that don't have to pay their hospital bills...
Irate People This thing happens once a year. There were no deaths and serious injuries in the event. It's like a brawl in a bar, minus the chairs and pocket knives.
What an event!! These guys, and their fans, are so passionate about this game! Love it.
In my younger days this is the sport I’d want to play!!!!
I’d get rocked. Over and over but this just feels like an intense and powerful sport
Still no idea where the fookin goals are.
the walls are the gates
There's a net that's a few feet high on top of the back wall, running the entire width of the field, the net is the goal, if it goes over the net you lose half a point.
Basically you've just got to make it to the other end of the field, and just drop the ball over the wall. The whole wall is the goal.
Just the short net above the wall is the goal.
helpmark fucking*, not ”fooking” you McGregor wannabe.
BUONGIORNO! Innanzitutto grazie per questo bel video, molto professionale e chiaro. L'ho usato come materiale didattico in un corso di lingua e cultura italiana per due gruppi di studenti americani e ho sollecitato, come esperimento culturale, le loro reazioni scritte. Sperando di fare cosa gradita, copio le reazioni e i commenti degli studenti:
"Ed è per questo che Roma è migliore!" (credo che questo studente fosse in vena di scherzi)
"Qualcuno può allenarmi ad essere uno di questi gladiatori per favore?"
"Perché indossano parastinchi se poi si colpiscono in faccia tutto il tempo?"
Uno studente voleva assolutamente che io partecipassi a una partita di calcio storico ma, da torinese, so di non potere, e me ne rammarico.
"Sono molto coraggiosi! È molto difficile per noi provare." (E lo credo bene)
"Cosa succede alla mucca cerimoniale?" "Non è troppo lavoro solo per una mucca?"
"Sarebbe bello se questo gioco si facesse anche negli USA"
"Tutto molto interessante!"
"Ammiro moltissimo i giocatori che rischiano la vita per il loro quartiere!"
Grazie per il video e per aver letto i commenti dei miei studenti. Da parte mia posso solo presentare questi fenomeni storico-culturali come esempi della nostra ricchezza e varietà. Soprattutto quando non si obbligano animali a combattere o a morire per divertimento. Adulti e consenzienti è sempre, a mio parere, la formula migliore.
da torinese partecipa alla battaglia delle arance di Ivrea, cosi gli fai vedere cosa vuol dire andare all'assalto di un carro trainato da cavalli (sacri per tutto il tragitto, nessuno li ha mai toccati), e prendersele di santa ragione per festeggiare con gli amici la sera con alcool e lividi.
So how is the quarantine
This sport needs to go global!
Black people will win if it get global
Paul Womack no...fuck globalism...is italian, only for italians
Nido lol ikr. wait till a bunch of Crips sneak brass knuckles in there.
thats not what he meant also if it goes global there is les chance of this
only they can do it cause of respect for opponents and rules. If you do that country vs. country it will be end in a katastrophe
I played Rugby and train Muay Thai. I would looooove this.
I love the historical and cultural things like this.
So you are an intelligent person, the most of the comments here seems to be written by 5 years old children who don't understand that is an ancient tradition and not an inmates fighting.
The passion and determination is second to none what a great test of one's man hood to take part in this sport
It’s really cool that these are ordinary guys from the actual districts they are representing. People from Florence deserve to have tradition that is all their own.
I love this, it has all my favourite sports rolled into one, and is driven by passion and respect, this needs to be a worldwide sport!
Shaun Szalai
Well said.👍
You want kids to do this?
Shaun Szalai I
Alex Malcolm when they become adults if they choose to then, yea
Zoe chavarria thank you 😃
how to make what would be otherwise rival gangs in a city with a bunch of thugs with weapons into a sport,culture and entertainment,BRILLIANT
Why? Justify your reasoning
if you talk in general, i see your point, if you refer to Florence people in particular, if you refer to THIS sport at this time... those are not gangs, and they do not go out doing illegal stuff. this is history and passion and culture and pride all mixed. no hard feeling after. there are no enemies. so no, calcianti are not gagsters in disguise, and would not be gagsters if calcio didn't exist. peace
@been m8 what? they have a championship to beat each other up instead of having cartel wars
Thank God their are places in this world where men can be men .
ThE BeSt ! Be quite internet tough boy
blablabla
ThE BeSt ! Said the basement dweller
*there
Ding Dong what?
Now these are men that haven't forgot there history and heritage and in this day and age it's just class.
Imagine being the cow and wondering why these dudes are fighting over me.
NOICE
Probably to eat it as a celebration
Haha, that Roman Gladiator blood still runs deep in us 🇮🇹
@M'Load, 1Man Bukkake Baller. Cum hard or go home. Bullshit, you're writing a bullshit, very fake news. Are you payed?
@@extremathule982 He is right.
@@niccolopasqualetti2698 ...Ma fammi il piacere, va, va...
The gladiators usually werent Romans though lolol... almost always were foreign slaves/captured fighters
SBakerNYC but try telling them that, their in denial😑🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Imagine the mountain from game of thrones in this
he'd get exhausted in 15 seconds and then have the shit beaten out of him
exactly, for a 400lb man but not for this. There are no breaks, played in summer (pretty hot in Italy), in sand plus (more importantly) he is not a fighter. You need fighters or rugby players. Need to be ready to break bones. One of the aims is to injure the opponent so that he leaves the field (no subs, they don't exist in this game). One of them walks out, you have an extra player! There are rules though and some of them now each other...
B He’s a strongman dumbass, he needs decent conditioning because his sport calls for it. You don’t know what you’re talking about, kid.
@@giuseppeamodio8235 you just need balls and hearth to do this
@@joskomrnjola And cardio for days
Every time I watch these Vice mini docs I leave with more questions than answers.
Italy has many surprises , many tradtions unknown , they also have medieval horse racing to fenching and combats dating back to 15th century.
Its traditions and its baeutiful to see that they follow their traditions even dough world changed
Shout out to the homie in the Lary Bird Boston jersey ✊
90% of this game involves beating your opponent so badly that they can't play anymore. I've been looking for a sport for a long time that bridges the gap between modern football and traditional gladiator fighting. Thanks. Really thank you.
Avrei un desiderio nella mia vita vedere una finale del calcio fiorentino fatto di uomini veri con valori e tanto orgoglio avanti sempre ragazzi!!👏👏
If your an mma fan you can appreciate this...its awesome hope it makes it's way in America badass sport
it is not a sport it is a tradition of 600 years ago, it can not become an American tradition
This is a MAN SPORT BRO
It's nice to see a community come together !!!!!
A Tribe Called Red in the intro... well done
Chris Willis Is that who did the song? I tried Shazaming it but didn't get anything
A Tribe Called Red - R.E.D (feat. Black Beat and Yasiin Bey)
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I salute them for their courages, greetings from Indonesia
Man I would pay money to see some kind of international pro league of Calcio Storico
We need more of this to release steam!!
I was like wtf are the Swedes doing there lol
KhkMister Raptor just looks like the swedish flag.but its the flag of one of those 4 city teams
I as a swede, thought that myself 😛
@James O according to what?
@James O Source?
Lol Sweden just copied the squad’s flag
I cannot believe these guys do this for free these are the definition of warriors just for the love
Whites VS Blues is the ultimate game. Lots of history there. You ask me? There is only one colour: BIANCHI!
Looks like the city park football games I played in when I was a teenager. I still have a knot (scar) on my head (35 years later) from a massive clash of heads.
I just watching this sport recently in a few months
and it was pretty cool watching it and knowing the
long history. I'm happy to say it will be one of things
to add onto my bucket list. 100%.
I love Italy, thats why I married an Italian.
This is basically how state of origin rugby league was played about 30 years ago- best sport in history! It's gay now. God bless these Italians for staying real men!
you can play similar games once or twice a year, but if you had to play 3 or 4 games a month, the athletes would not last a year.
Italians are hardly in the ufc or boxing
Don't forget this thing. There are some rules that regular the fighting and one of them is that it's always a 1v1 fight. You are not allowed to engage or help a teammate who is beaten the hell out of his body. It's honest man to man fighting.
Now imagine this with a chicken instead of a ball.
So. . . this is why the Italy National Rugby team are good.
But they're not?
Mike Hunt called sarcasm mate
Mike Hunt they're actually not bad.
:D are they?
Sn0reSnoreDan cuz punching us banned
This is gaelic football without a ref
Specialità Fiorentina perchè non esiste in altri posti in Italia
Ismail Khayam potresti inventare il calcio bergamasco, con un mattone al posto del pallone
Ismail Khayam ci vorrebbe un campionato come fanno col calcio gaelico, sicuro meglio del calcio normale
Per favore fate lo, una competizione tra tutte le borghese itialane (funzionerebbe perfettamente in Italia grazie a tutti i rivalità tra le regioni). Sono inglese, ma mi piacerebbe vederlo su Sky sports o qualcosa così. Penso che questo sport sia uno dei meglio di storia
Hahahah gaelic
Ezio Auditore would be proud
Badass! It's like rugby with fighting, you gotta love that! 😃
This is now my favourite sport.
1:49 No f*cks given.
Liquid2KS LMAO good spot 😂😂😂😂
Even though I m Italian and I really enjoy to attend these traditional games, the thing that make me laugh a lot is that the teams in the game are named using Catholic terms like "holy cross" or "holy spirit", even if there s nothing holy 😂
Perché non hai neanche guardato il video sennò capiresti
It's so nerve-wracking, the fans are amazing. Pleased to meet you. In Lombok - Mandalika - Indonesia there is a Stick Fighting Festival which is a routine event every year, if you wish you can come to watch it whenever friends come to visit Lombok - Mandalika - Indonesia. Thank you for sharing and hopefully stay healthy always with your family. Amen. "Google translation" 🙏🙏🙏
3:15 Rick Grim Walking Dead 😂
it's like irish football and rugby but with no rules? SING ME UP
Absolutely AWESOME!!! MMA Soccer .Much respect!!
And still the Italian footballers are rolling on the grass crying like little girls even though the opposing player is nowhere near them...
You are describing german players in the Bundesliga.
Not Italian, but you just described all soccer players honestly. They are all a bunch of cry baby fakers
Christopher Gordon that’s a huge generalization. there’s a lot of harsh tackles in soccer
not true at all. Probably an ignorant yank
You mean the Juventus players of course
It’s actually feels like I’m in a time machine
American football is a gay version of Calcio Storico
Amen brother :)))
Rodrigo Melotto Calcio Storico is a gay fusion of MMA & Rugby
YungFuego25 im a rugby player and you dont know shit you talkin about
CTE is coming both ways
@@Fuegolino Man, when Calcio storico was invetend MMA and Rugby not yet existed.
this is just pure and amazing
The passion is unreal
I'm 36 years old... how am I just now hearing about this?
In Italy we say "meglio tardi che mai", better late than never 😉
lol the celtics jersey
ShakaSquid Larry Bird the 🐐
AMAZING! I love it. I want to go participate
Absolutely Facinating
Seeing these beasts beat the hell out of each other I can't believe Italian troops were beaten so easily in WW2, and their football players act like prima donnas on the pitch.
But also gives a glimpse how good the Roman legions could have been.
Forza Italia!
Italy was beaten badly in WW2 not because of their troops but because of their inadeguate and outdated equipment.
This is my favorite world sports event. Thank you Vice for showing it off to more.
Football,rugby,basketball,hockey,mma, and boxing ok this is the ballsiest/manliest sport in the world
Stimme zu,echter männersport,Ball spielen und prügeln,wäre gern dabei
What’s the tune from the starting credits?