From the director of Cocaine Cowboys, comes a documentary about backyard "dawg" fights. Basically in the poor areas of Miami, where most people can't find work, gang violence surrounds the areas, and for one day (a week or month), there are these bare knuckle fights. Some fights are straight boxing while others are MMA style.
The documentary follows Da-da who use to roll with Kimbo Slice (who if you don't know is the most famous bareknuckle back yard brawler who made it from underground videos to the UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator etc...), and his quest to get to the main street stage. He pays the fighters that win between $25 - $100 for a fight (which is more money that most of the fighters would see in a month's work - as some of them were ex-cons etc...) where someone will get knocked out, lose a tooth, or even break some bones. It's brutal and raw... it's also a sad reality that most people won't face.
It's a harsh film, where there isn't really an answer. It's just a depiction of what happens when you don't have any hope left. This is in contrast to the darker elements of cockfighting and dog fighting where people have a choice to fight or not.
The documentary follows Da-da who use to roll with Kimbo Slice (who if you don't know is the most famous bareknuckle back yard brawler who made it from underground videos to the UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator etc...), and his quest to get to the main street stage. He pays the fighters that win between $25 - $100 for a fight (which is more money that most of the fighters would see in a month's work - as some of them were ex-cons etc...) where someone will get knocked out, lose a tooth, or even break some bones. It's brutal and raw... it's also a sad reality that most people won't face.
It's a harsh film, where there isn't really an answer. It's just a depiction of what happens when you don't have any hope left. This is in contrast to the darker elements of cockfighting and dog fighting where people have a choice to fight or not.