Dawg Fight

This Dada dude is only promoting himself. He's (badly) trying to sell us on the idea, that he is some kind of philanthropist, helping the people in his poor community; but he is simply using and abusing said community to further his illegal backyard cockfights -relentlessly Inciting already hurt fighters to keep on. One of the most laughable statements is, that he is making no money off of it. Yeah, right. I can't believe Netflix is carrying this disgrace. MMA came a long way, but this is a throwback to the stone age. Formally amateurish and with regards to content despicable.

No wonder Kimbo cut him off.

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.

I'm gonna make this short and sweet. Learn how to film a fight. And since I need 5 lines apparently: Learn how to edit said camera work so you don't have so many jump cuts that I'm nauseous and don't have any idea about what's going on in the fight. Watch how professionals film boxing and you'll see how you should have done it. Perhaps you were going for creating the chaos of the fight. Only thing you created was something I couldn't watch.