Team China and team Philippines squared off in a crazy, never seen before bout which saw six MMA fighters sharing a single octagon at once.

The epic brawl – appropriately advertised as ‘Raw Fury’ - took place at URCC 77 back in April 2019, at the Cove Manila in the Philippines.

But while the URCC – Universal Reality Combat Championship – might sound like an official organisation, the fight appeared more like a street brawl than one between trained professionals.

The insanity was not completely unadulterated – had the fight seen the 3 vs 3 matchup reduced to a 3 on 1, the last man standing would be allowed to decide for himself whether to opt-out, or to take on three combatants alone.

But of course, this fight was never going to reach that point.

Representing team Philippines in the matchup was Sugar Ray ‘The Mammoth’ Estroso, Brian ‘The Batman’ Paule, and Mark ‘The Wolf’ Palomar.

Their opposition, team China, was comprised of Tian Hong Yan, Zhao Sigi and Zhouzhe Yihang.

The commentators covering the madness warned the audience: “Don’t blink! This will be fast, and this will be ruthless!”, and they could not have been more accurate in their predictions.

The fighters quickly arranged themselves into 1 on 1 matchups, but that did not stop them from occasionally letting their guard down to help out a struggling teammate.

The contest was ended only 55 seconds into the first round, as team Philippines’ Estroso submitted one of one Chinese fighters.

Even with three umpires, it was impossible to control the chaos from the beginning, and after the referee stoppage, coaches and officials piled into the octagon to break up the fighters, who seemed to have some choice words for each other.

The submitted fighter claimed he had received illegal blows to the back of his head.

Eventually, the officials signalled to the fighters and the crowd that the match would not continue, and the host nation was awarded the victory to a chorus of cheers from the Filipino crowd.

After seeing the sheer mayhem of this fight, one can only wonder how a UFC matchup of the same nature might look. Perhaps team USA vs team Brazil, or even team Russia? That would certainly be a pay-per-view worth the money.