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cage fighting

British  

noun

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

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Last year he flew in it to a Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch and to attend a wrestling event at which his girlfriend, a country and western singer, performed, and then to her home in Nashville, Tenn. He has been spotted at parties and sporting events and is such a huge fan of Ultimate Fighting Championship cage fighting that he once proposed a partnership with the FBI.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Seattle Times

“I like kickboxing and cage fighting,” he said.

From Washington Post

“Besides doing cage fighting, I train self-defense first and foremost,” Holland told ESPN.

From Seattle Times

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

From New York Times