combat sports theme

also known as: martial arts

There is a sport, or martial art, that involves combat or mock combat under rules and constraints that are meant to prevent serious injury.

Notes

If serious injury is part of the objective then "blood sports" is used instead.

22 total · 3 choice · 6 major · 13 minor

Story	Level	Motivation
ldr2019e1x01	choice	The story revolves around a combat league where mind-controlled reptilian beasts are made to battle each other in mortal combat.
voy6x15	choice	The viewer is made to ponder whether gladiatorial combat is barbaric or something that falls within the limits of what might be labeled as healthy competition.
voy6x15	choice	Seven was kidnapped and forced to compete in a mixed martial arts ring sport called "Tsunkatse".
bbf1x14	major	Walker Smith was fighting to prove himself in an alien no-holds-barred fighting ring sport called "Mutai".
futurama2x08	major	The story centered around Bender joining the Ultimate Robot Fighting league.
futurama7x06	major	The story featured a flying, full contact fighting league with women in skimpy clothes on the Moon.
movie: Heatseeker (1995)	major	The film is about a 100% human kickboxing champion who competes in a mixed brutal martial arts tournament in which the other competitors are all cybernetically enhanced.
movie: Robot Jox (1989)	major	International disputes were settled with gladiator-style matches between giant robots operated by pilots called "robot jox" who are contracted to fight ten matches.
tftc1989e6x07	major	The story concerns two female and two male martial arts experts. The end goal was to have the two men compete in a (more or less) Malaysian rules death match that would end only with surrender or unconsciousness. In a surprise plot twist, the two women were made to fight in place of the men.
ahp6x32	minor	In his sketch, Alfred Hitchcock feigned to defeat an alleged jiu-jitsu master in a boxing ring by contriving to have him stand on Hitchcock's own foot.