Underground tournament movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant underground tournament movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, serious and exciting films and TV shows about / with underground tournament, martial arts, fight, mixed martial arts, combat, underground fighting, martial arts tournament, fight club, illegal fistfight and master warrior plots mostly in Action, Drama and Sport genres shot in USA, Canada, Hong Kong and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as underground tournament: Gladiator Cop (1995), Damage (2009), The Circuit 2: The Final Punch (2002), Street Warrior (2008), Ring of Steel (1994), Snatch (2000), Brawler (2011), The Ultimate Game (2001), Bloodsport III (1996), Hurts Like Hell (2022).

List of underground tournament movies

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 3.1
 551
Gladiator Cop (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Andrew Garret is a cop trying to reveal the background of secret killing fights named "Game". He takes part in the fights under the nickname Gladiator.One of the Game bosses, Parmenion, wants him to fight with the ancient sword that once ...
Style: independent film
Plot: cop, heroes, warrior, martial arts, sword fight, murder, karate, underground tournament, kickboxer, fight club, combat, male female relationship ...
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 5.7
 7K
Damage (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An ex-con battles it out in the cage to pay for the operation that would save the daughter of his victim. Along the way he finds fatherly love, and friendship, in the most unlikely of places.
Style: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, cult classic ...
Plot: martial arts, fight, danger, fall in love, rivalry, contests and competitions, ambition, underground tournament, wrestler, violence, love, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, seattle
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The Circuit 2: The Final Punch (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Prisoners are dying at the Ogden Correctional Institution, a prison where a corrupt Warden has taken justice and business into his own hands. In the bowels of this prison, an underground fighting society has been formed. The Circuit is flourishing ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, fight, prisoner, martial arts tournament, illegal fistfight, prison, criminal's revenge, capoeira, vengeance, heroes, vigilantism, life is a bitch ...
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 4.4
 607
Street Warrior (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An Iraqi war vet returns home to find that his brother is in a coma from participating in an illegal underground fight club.
Style: serious, tense, exciting, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, vengeance, gladiator, contests and competitions, vigilantism, rivalry, tough heroes, deathtrap, underground fighting, underground tournament, cage fighting, danger ...
Place: usa, california
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 4.9
 313
Ring of Steel (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A champion fencer accidentally kills an opponent in a match. Disgraced, he is blackballed from the fencing community, until a mysterious stranger saves his life one night from a gang of muggers. He soon finds himself caught up in the world of ...
Style: action adventure, erotic, neo noir, independent film
Plot: fencing, martial arts, sex scene, making love, nudity, villainess, bare chested male, male female relationship, combat, showdown, katana, heroes ...
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 8.2
 904K
Snatch (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The second film from British director Guy Ritchie. Snatch tells an obscure story similar to his first fast-paced crazy character-colliding filled film “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.” There are two overlapping stories here – one is the ...
Style: entertaining, witty, dark comedy, funny, clever ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: heist, caper, gambling, organized crime, gangster, robbery, criminal heroes, cons and scams, group of criminals, sarcasm, master criminal, boxing ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 2000s, 20th century
Place: england, london, britain, antwerp, belgium ...
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 3.9
 371
Brawler (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Sidelined by an injury incurred while protecting his young brother, underground fighter Charlie Fontaine feels blindsided when he discovers his brother having sex on his couch with his new wife, Kat. Fueled by rage, a determined Charlie makes plans ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, martial arts tournament, contests and competitions, rivalry, siblings relations, strong violent content, family relations, athlete's life, underground tournament, mixed martial arts, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, brother vs brother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new orleans, usa
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The Ultimate Game (2001)
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An annual contest brings together the fiercest fighters on a remote island to earn the title of the Ultimate Champion. Two fighters must join forces to win the tournament and escape with their lives.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense
Plot: martial arts, competition, tough guy, heroes, warrior, kickboxing, abduction, martial arts tournament, wrestler, male female relationship, underground tournament, cage fighting ...
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Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Four fighters different backgrounds come together to train under an ex MMA rising star and then ultimately have to fight each other and the traitor in heir midst.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic, inspirational ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, martial arts tournament, fight, streetfighting, boxer, kickboxing, kickboxer, cage fighting, athlete and trainer, martial arts training, bully, hand to hand combat ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: louisiana, usa
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Bloodsport III (1996)
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Bloodsport III brings us back to the world of Alex Cardo. This time he must battle in a fight to end all fights - The Kumite, the most vicious warrior alive - Beast. He must not only battle for his own honor, but also avenge the death of Sun, his ...
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, independent film, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, tournament, mixed martial arts, heroes, kickboxing, rivalry, vengeance, ambition, hand to hand combat, master warrior, violence, martial artist ...
Time: 90s
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Hurts Like Hell (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Thailand
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story: From illegal gambling to match-fixing, discover the seedy underworld behind the once-revered sport of Muay Thai in this drama inspired by real events.
Style: disturbing, realistic, captivating, tense
Plot: muay thai, underground fighting, boxing, arena, boxing match, martial arts, underground tournament, athlete's life, fixed match, master warrior, life is a bitch, frame up ...
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Female Fight Squad (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A former fighter reluctantly returns to the life she abandoned in order to help her sister survive the sadistic world of illegal fighting and the maniac who runs it.
Style: harsh, tense, brutal, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: female wrestler, female fight, martial arts, female warrior, fight, violence, mixed martial arts, revenge, female fighter, female martial artist, vengeance, danger ...
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Born a Champion (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: After a blood- soaked jujitsu match in Dubai, fighting legend Mickey Kelley falls to superstar Blaine. But years later, an online video proves that Blaine cheated, and the world demands a rematch. Can the aging underdog get back into shape in time ...
Style: tense, captivating, inspirational
Plot: jujitsu, fight, professional sports, contests and competitions, combat, rivalry, battles, boxing champion, life is a bitch, athlete's life, martial arts, professional rivalry ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
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Lord of the Streets (2022)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When Jason Dyson refuses to make his prized fighter throw an MMA match, a notorious gangster collects his debt by killing the fighter and kidnapping Jason's daughter. Now he must train a prisoner to endure five consecutive underground fights to ...
Style: captivating, psychological, suspenseful, tense
Plot: martial arts, prison fight, gangster, underground fighting, fight for supremacy, underground tournament, warrior, child abduction, prison life, kidnapping, battles, fight ...
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 3.7
 311
Rumble (2017)
Genre: Action
Country: Mexico
Story: An aging and injured former MMA champ is forced back into a deadly Mexican underground fight circuit to save is girlfriend who is kidnapped by a mysterious cartel leader and criminal mastermind.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: underground fighting, combat, militant, battles, martial arts, saving a life, fight club, fight, martial artist, organized crime, underground tournament, girl
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 5.1
 1K
Bartkowiak (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sport
Country: Poland
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After his brother dies in a car crash, a disgraced MMA fighter takes over the family nightclub — and soon learns his sibling's death wasn’t an accident.
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot: nightclub, master warrior, mixed martial arts, fight, underground fighting, organized crime, speakeasy, criminal, martial arts, underground tournament, truth, battles ...
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Maisie Undercover: Shadow Boxer (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The beautiful ex-cop/bar owner/private eye goes undercover as a boxer at an illegal underground fight club in order to find the killer of a female boxer.
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot: underground fighting, investigation, crime solving, murder investigation, murder mystery, private detective, unsolved crime, working undercover, female detective, detective inspector, crime investigation, fighting crime ...
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American Fighter (2019)
Genre: Action, Biography
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A desperate teenager is forced into the dangerous world of underground fighting to win enough money to save his ailing mother. He finds out what he's made of in the face of these violent hungry competitors.
Style: captivating, tense
Plot: boxing, social problems, ultimate fighting championship, financial problem, professional wrestling, underground tournament, intrigue, wrestler, combat, fight, rivals, showdown ...
Time: year 1981
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 4.2
 597
Honor (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In a world where street gangs collide with the law, neighborhood friends, Raymond and Gabriel, must decide which side of the battle to join. This will be the ultimate fight - the one for power, family, and HONOR.
Style: suspense, exciting, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: streetfighting, martial arts, gang, urban ghetto life, friendship, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, organized crime, showdown, gang war, underground tournament, underground fighting ...
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 5.6
 28K
The Quest (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Ghang-gheng, the ancient winner-take-all competition in which the deadliest fighters from around the world employ the most spectacular feats of martial arts skills ever displayed in order to win the prized Golden Dragon. But fighting prowess alone ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, stylized, period piece ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, fight scenes, martial arts tournament, mixed martial arts, island, contests and competitions, friendship, mentor, brutality, life philosophy, revenge, escapades ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: himalaya, asia, new york, thailand, tibet
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Fatal Contact (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young man learns the fighting techniques of Sanda from a coach. The two become best friends as the young man prepares to enter an underground tournament, competing against some of the top fighters of the world.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot: martial arts, street fighter, fight, kung fu, heroes, ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions, athlete's life, organized crime, crime boss, triad ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia
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Kengan Ashura (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Sport
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Since the Edo periods of Japan, gladiator arenas exist in certain areas. In these arenas, wealthy business owners and merchants hire gladiators to fight in unarmed combat where winner takes all. Toki Taouma, nicknamed "Ashura," joins these ...
Style: anime, suspense, serious, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: martial arts, arena, rivals, fight, determination, politics, master warrior, rivalry, fight to the death, secret organization, boxing, warrior ...
Place: japan
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 4.2
 221
Dragon Fire (1993)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Los Angeles 2050 A.D. Crime. Drugs. Violence. Rape. The City of Angels has descended into chaos. Street fighter Dominic La Banca seeks to avenge his brother's death in this lawless city. To find the killer, he must enter the deadly underworld ...
Style: independent film
Plot: martial arts, kickboxing, distopia, gang leader, space shuttle, underground tournament, gang, sex, female nudity, murder, revenge, tournament ...
Time: future, near future, 2030s
Place: los angeles
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The Prize Fighter (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: "Bags" the boxer (funnyman Tim Conway) and his manager, Shake (Don Knotts), are quite a pair: One is a dim bulb, and the other has a mean streak. Times are tough and they must save their gym, so they line up some moneymaking fights. But ...
Style: funny
Plot: boxing, boxer, exploitation, hooligan, mafia, great depression, gangster, boxing match, illegal fistfight, fistfight, champion, underground tournament ...
Time: year 1979, 1930s
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 4.1
 106
Blood Ring (1991)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Max, a prize boxer who has developed a drinking habit after his girlfriend Susan left him, gets involved in dirty business once she asks him to help her find her missing husband.
Style: independent film
Plot: martial arts, fight, competition, martial artist, alcoholic, kickboxer, dark hero, fistfight, illegal fistfight, hand to hand combat, underground tournament, brawl ...
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Fist of Glory (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Vietnam. The last days of the war. A crack squad of Army special forces commandos led by Johnny Reynolds undertakes an unauthorized combat mission behind enemy lines with disasterous results.
Style: independent film
Plot: vietnam war, martial arts, competition, fight, martial arts tournament, special forces, shootout, friendship between men, rescue mission, brawl, jungle, gladiator ...
Place: vietnam, saigon
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 5.1
 329
Star Runner (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Preparing for the hand-to-hand battle of his life and the title of Champion Star Runner, a headstrong fighter creates a deadly hybrid mix of Thai kickboxing and Chinese kung fu. Get ready for the ultimate Pan-Asian mixed martial arts competition, ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, love affair, athlete's life, ambition, rivalry, tragic love, heroes, contests and competitions, hopes, love and romance, starting over, tournament ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, korea
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Tekken: The Motion Picture (1998)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story: All of your favorite Tekken characters are here as they battle their way through each other to win the Iron Fist tournament, where fighters of unequaled strength from around the world gather to test their strength in the gladitorial arena. Of ...
Style: anime, serious, computer animated, captivating, futuristic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: heroes, master warrior, tough heroes, imaginary, vengeance, rivalry, danger, fight, violence, ambition, family feud, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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 4.6
 891
Ring of Fire (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The main character, Johnny Woo, is a Chinese doctor who has given up fighting in the ring. His brother is a teacher in a kick-boxing club. Johnny Woo fall in love with Julie, whose brother is a teacher in a rival kick-boxing club. Tension builds ...
Style: independent film, fast, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, streetfighting, street fighter, street gang, tough heroes, gang war, illegal fistfight, kickboxing, shakespeare, competition, fight, heroes ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, california
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 4.3
 1K
Pit Fighter (2005)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Jack Severino has no memory, all he knows is the brutal sport of Pit Fighting. When his past catches him up, he realizes he is not who he thought he was. For some men must fight for redemption.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kickboxer, haunted by the past, vengeance, rivalry, memory loss, martial arts, murder, wrestler, boxing, heroes, dog fighting, tough heroes ...
Place: latin america, mexico
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