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cage fighting

British  

noun

  1. a form of extreme fighting taking place in an enclosed space

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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On the way home, the assembled entourage watched mixed martial arts cage fighting aboard his plane.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

It may be, for example, the first great mixed martial arts — cage fighting — novel.

From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2021

How many fans of cage fighting, I wondered, actually cage-fight?

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 10, 2018

McGowan has promised to legalise cage fighting if elected, a major policy reversal by Labor in WA.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 27, 2016

The fighters end up pressed against the cage fighting for that potential takedown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2016

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