[2] From 2011 to 2013, prior to launching FMD, Nutt operated an MMA promotion called DARE Fight Sports in Thailand.
[19][20] On June 7, 2014, Full Metal Dojo's inaugural event took place at Seduction Night Club in Patong, Phuket, Thailand.
[22] In the main event, Finland's Glenn Sparv won the inaugural Full Metal Dojo middleweight sword via second-round TKO over Iranian wrestler Mehdi Bagheri.
[29] In August 2020, Full Metal Dojo launched the Fight Circus events by partnering with the live streaming pornographic site CamSoda.
[40][41] The company also offered former professional basketball player Nate Robinson to compete in Fight Circus and get US$200,000 for every fighter he faces in one night, after losing a second-round knockout loss to YouTuber Jake Paul.
[45][46][47] In 2022, the CEO Jon Nutt fought an "MMA Symmetrical match" against the Thai team fighters "Bank" and "No Money".
[53][54] On June 30, 2023, WBC Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury made a guest appearance at Fight Circus 7 at to celebrate the CEO Jon Nutt's birthday in Thailand.
[56][57][58] Fury was pictured partying in the ring with cosplaying dwarfs after throwing a birthday cake in Jon Nutt's face.
[59][60] On April 2, 2023, former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson was teamed up with fellow PRIDE veteran Bob Sapp in a siamese boxing match for the main event of Fight Circus 6: The Rise Or Fall Of Sloppy Balboa held at Illuzion Nightclub in Phuket.
[63] They faced the promotion's CEO Jon Nutt and Bangtao Muay Thai’s strength and conditioning coach Andrew Wood known as "Woody".
[70] The event also saw former World Lethwei Championship Champion Souris Manfredi fought two smaller fighters named Indica and Sativa also known as RUN THC.
[9] Brown reposted the footage of the event to his X account and seemingly endorsed groin-kicking over slapfighting[79] by adding the caption: "So much for power slap!
"[80][81] On January 12, 2025, Matt Brown acted as the partner of UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman when he returned to the ring and competed at Fight Circus 12 in Phuket, Thailand in a "wheelchair boxing match" against the CEO of the promotion Jon Nutt.