Memphis Armored Fight Club

Got plans this weekend? Our friends at Arkansas Ring of Steel are ready to show you a good time! Arkansas Renaissance Festival runs tomorrow through October 4.

Arkansas Renaissance Festival returns Aug. 29, and the knights are ready to joust If you’ve ever wanted to spend a day watching knights clash, shopping handcrafted goods and eating your way through a medieval-style marketplace, the Arkansas R

Huge congratulations to our own Austin Miller for winning gold at last weekend's tournament! Proud of you, mane! ⚔

“Teammates always hit the hardest!”

An MC made this declaration right before two of our Knights, Austin and Logan, faced off for the first time in a sanctioned tournament. It has rung true every time they’ve stepped into the list together. No one knows a fighter’s style, habits, or preferences better than their own teammate.

So when the time comes to compete, the only way to beat your teammate is to give it your all, swing your hardest, and know that when a hand goes up after two rounds, a loss to one individual is still a victory for Memphis.

This weekend, our dueling duo is traveling to Wisconsin to represent the Memphis Armored Fight Club in the Rogues and Mercenaries Longsword Competition. While there, they will forge bonds with the area's local teams, receive training from the nation’s best duelist, and hopefully haul in a few more medals for the Club.

No matter who wins, they'll bring back experience to share with the rest of the team, making our local events more exciting and hard-hitting. Stay tuned for more details about upcoming events, and good luck to both!

Memphis.

Thanks for showing up.

Seriously.

It was hot enough to cook a knight in his own armor, but you packed Growler’s, cheered every fight, and made Midtown Smackdown one hell of a night.

If you took photos or videos, don’t keep them to yourself! Send them over. We’d love to see the event through your eyes (especially if your camera caught the hits we didn’t feel until this morning).

Friendly reminder: Tonight we’re voluntarily putting on 80+ pounds of steel plate armor in 9.000 degree heat and hitting each other with swords (and axes, and maybe a mace or two).

It’d be kinda awkward if nobody watched.

Midtown Smackdown
Growler’s
7–10 PM
Doors open at 6

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Meet Marc.

We love Marc. We also know that sparring with Marc means hitting the ground. Repeatedly. With much force.

Come see why the safest place to be during one of his fights is outside the ring.

Midtown Smackdown
Saturday, July 11 | 7–10 PM
Growler’s Midtown

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Meet Ryan.

Specialty: Sword & Buckler.

Because full-sized shields are for people who lack confidence.

See Ryan in action at Midtown Smackdown
Saturday, July 11
7–10 PM
Growler’s Midtown

Less shield. More audacity.

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Meet Annie.

She brings a shield... mostly so her opponents have something to bounce off of.

See why they stop smiling when the fight starts.

Midtown Smackdown
Saturday, July 11 | 7–10 PM
Growler’s Midtown

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Meet Austin.
180 pounds of bad decisions wrapped in steel.

Specialty: Profight.
Translation: If there's a duel, it's because Austin is already halfway through a fight.

Catch him at Midtown Smackdown
Saturday, July 11
7–10 PM
Growler's, Midtown

Think you've got what it takes to watch full-contact medieval combat without yelling "OH!" every 30 seconds?

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