Three years. No gloves. No rules. Just teeth, blood, and something way darker than Fight Club.
Europe is seeing a clandestine emergence of illegal underground "No Rules" fight clubs: no rules, no rounds, no gloves. Young men are risking life and limb at these hidden events, which allow everything from biting and head-butting to eye-gouging and neck stamping. This world is one of unfiltered ultraviolence and raw instinct. Away Days got special access into this scene. We spent three years attending hidden brawls all over Europe to document what is one of the most authentic new countercultures on earth.
Direction
Hanrahan embeds himself completely—no safety net, no heroics.
Cinematography
Pickup's handheld work puts you *in* the cage, suffocating.
Director
Jake Hanrahan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
These clubs exploded post-COVID across former industrial UK and Eastern European cities, filling the void left by shuttered gyms and vanished working-class community spaces.
Hanrahan's previous work covering ISIS and cartels actually informed his approach here—he recognized the same recruitment patterns: alienated young men, ritualized violence, found family through trauma.
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