Fight Masters: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

With the aid of science, find out precisely how much damage the world's best fighters can cause. You might think you have little in common with an Ultimate Fighting Champion or a Navy SEAL, but the need to defend yourself can arise for any person at any time. Fight Masters shows there's a precise science behind striking the right blow. "It's not about being a black belt, or worrying about being a martial artist, or taking karate", says self-defence instructor Dominick DiVito. "It's about knowing a man's weaknesses, and not worrying about his strengths". Experts ranging from UFC champion Randy Couture to Californian police sergeant Gary Fredo reveal some of those weaknesses in a specially designed lab, as a crack team of scientists monitor every move. The results are astonishing, as Dr. Ross Donaldson from the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center reveals after watching Fredo use nothing but his cupped hands to damage the ear canal of a moulded replica of the human head. "It's almost twice as much pressure as it would take to burst the ear drum, which would of course cause a deafening noise. It would also put the person off balance for some amount of time. It would be quite a significant blow". While most of us are never likely to need such techniques, you never know when having some self-defence know-how at your fingertips might just save your life.

Series details

• Title: Fight Masters
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Sports
• Premiere date: 2008-06-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-06-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: National Geographic
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 38283
• TVDB ID: 83683

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-06-09; final listed air date 2008-06-13; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Fight Masters on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.