It's been several years since the inception of a new combat sport, called slap fighting, and the concern over traumatic brain injuries is mounting. A team of neurologists has now reviewed the footage ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Medical experts are worried that slap fighting, a combat sport that has seen viral success in recent years, could be leading to concussions and serious brain damage. Slap fighting is ...

If two people repeatedly slap each other alongside the head, it might seem obvious that they are putting themselves at risk of serious injury. In a recent study, researchers quantified just how ...

After clearing her debt, she officially signed a contract with Power Slap under the UFC in August, making her debut as the ...

Nov. 11—When did slap fighting become a thing? A better question: How did it become a thing? Two men, both standing with their hands behind their backs, take turns delivering open-handed slaps. The ...

It doesn't really seem necessary to say this but slap fighting is not one of those sports that has a lot of healthful side effects. It's growing quite a following anyway, with millions watching ...

Slap fighting is taking social media and the internet by storm. Friday, that storm arrives in New Orleans. Power Slap is the world’s premier slap fighting organization, developed by Dana White in ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

An Alabama lawmaker wants to strengthen the state’s prohibition on slap fighting, a brutal contest that is popular on YouTube and sanctioned in the state of Nevada. In a slap fight, two contestants ...

Oklahoma’s attorney general issued an opinion this week regulating the sport of slap fighting, declaring it a “combative sport.” In his opinion handed down Thursday, Attorney General Gentner Drummond ...

Max Holloway’s previously unknown connection to the biggest (literally) Power Slap star has been revealed ahead of UFC 308. Holloway will try to win back the featherweight belt from new champion Ilia ...

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond officially defines slap-fighting as a recognized combat sport, by affirming the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission’s authority to regulate the growing sport.