total fighting

British  

noun

1. a combat sport in which very few restrictions are placed on the type of blows or tactics that may be used

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Example Sentences

The roughly 200,000 black Americans who served in the Union Army comprised an estimated 10 percent of the North’s total fighting force.

From Slate

He commands one of three volunteer Islamic battalions out of about 30 volunteer units in total fighting now in eastern Ukraine.

From New York Times

Tensions are emerging between the local populace and the foreign fighters, estimated by U.S. officials and analysts to number around 15,000, or about half of the total fighting force.

From Washington Post

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, since the beginning of the so-called war on drugs, the addiction rate in America has remained steady at 1.3%, despite the fact that each year state and local governments spend more and more money – over $1 trillion in total – fighting the drug war.

From Time

The Army needs to reduce its total fighting force to 82,000 by 2020 The Ministry of Defence is announcing a third round of Army redundancies later.

From BBC