The image that I can’t forget—the one that truly pulls me into the savage, surreal, and ridiculously compelling world of professional slap fighting—is the open hand of heavyweight champion Damien “the ...

LAS VEGAS – The Power Slap promotion championed by UFC CEO Dana White got a big boost this past Friday. When former UFC fighter Paige VanZant made her slap fighting debut in Las Vegas, she became ...

While touring Japan a decade ago, Raymond Hernandez saw something on TV he thought was pretty funny. Five guys stood in a circle. One turned to his right and slapped the guy next to him in the face, ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Medical experts are worried that slap fighting, a combat sport that has seen viral success in recent years, could be leading to concussions and serious brain damage. Slap fighting is ...

Some slap-fighting beatdowns have gone viral, including a video from eastern Europe showing a man who continues to compete even as half of his face swells to seemingly twice its size. Such exposure ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Professional fighting events where two competitors take turns forcefully slapping each other with an open hand can now happen in Texas after a vote last month by state regulators. The ...

If two people repeatedly slap each other alongside the head, it might seem obvious that they are putting themselves at risk of serious injury. In a recent study, researchers quantified just how ...