{"id":105779,"date":"2014-07-21T10:38:10","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T17:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=105779"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:50:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:50:47","slug":"insane-2-vs-2-obstacle-course-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/insane-2-vs-2-obstacle-course-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Insane 2 vs. 2 Obstacle Course MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If Russian 5 vs. 5 team based MMA wasn&#8217;t crazy enough, today we bring you footage from &#8216;Hip Show&#8217;.  Where fighters are on teams of 2, and battle in an obstacle course environment complete with rope swings, and insanely high padded platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Fighters can earn points by successfully landing takedowns, knockdowns submissions, clean ground and pound, and for controlling the top of the large obstacle in the middle (similar to king of the hill).  Check it out below and give us your thoughts.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q4xzs2besWk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/1991049-american-gladiators-meets-mma-in-the-insane-new-two-on-two-hip-show-on-axs-tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bleacher Report in 2013<\/a>, Hip Show commentator said:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This is realistic fighting,&#8221; play-by-play announcer Cyrus Fees told Bleacher Report. &#8220;If you were going to get in a bar fight or a street fight, realistically it&#8217;s often going to be two-on-two or two-on-one situations. 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