[Zuuljin]

I dont think it would work. I really dont think anyone of any real skill would actually participate unless it was someone who's in jail for life and really has nothing to live for. Why would someone with extreme weapon skill, who trained all of their life, go into a battle they may or may not come out alive from?

Take any fighting sport, and I bet you can name on one hand all the people who have gone undefeated. Noone would live long enough to be a "star" in the ring. This isn't the movies. In a battle like this, even the best in the world are bound to make a mistake, and when they do, their dead. With how quickly battles would be over, you would have to go through an insane amount of people just to make it worth your time. How awesome would it be to go to the main event, spend an hour driving there, pay $100 for a ticket, wait for the event, then its over in 5 seconds because the first guy tripped. Ok time to go home! Not. You'd have to have 4-5 battles just to make it through an hour, and at that rate, you'll run out of people to fight in no time.

Back then they had a near unlimited supply of people since they put people in there against their will, but signing up people to voluntarily do this, you wouldn't get near enough people to keep it going.


IMO, a better fight would be pure hand-to-hand, but with absolutely no rules. The first person to get knocked out/tap out loses. And I mean no rules at all. Kick to the groin, breaking arms/legs, throat punches, eye gouges etc etc. That way people still get fucked up, you can see who the best fighter is without being restricted in any way, shape or form, and the people dont die afterwords, so once their broken bones heal, or their eye grows back, they can return to the ring to fight again.

Thats one reason why I dont like MMA or UFC. I feel that as raw as it is, its still too restrictive to really show off who the best fighter is. People always say "Would Bruce Lee or Chuck Norris dominate the (insert style here)?" and the answer is unknown, because in a real fight, you use things you cant use in the televised fights. But put them in a real street fight sort of situation, and who knows, they just might.