The audience has never been bigger, because on some level, we love fighting, if only because it reminds us of our most primal roots that have long been shelved and put aside by civilization.Īnd nowhere is appreciation for the beauty of fighting more apparent than in the wide, storied genre of martial arts cinema. Look at the exponential growth in sophistication from the early days of mixed martial arts to how the sport has become in 2015, going from big guys winging punches at one another to a beautiful, scientific system of mixed grappling and striking styles. Others fight professionally, and have only continued to expand the complete picture of what a fighter is. Today, robotic drones are poised to do much of our fighting for us-whether we ultimately end up in a Robot Jox scenario where wars are decided by giant mech battles is a valid (and awesome) question.Īnd yet, despite all of our sophistication and technology, we still fight by hand as well. Technology rapidly came into play and has been seen out to its inevitable conclusion, which removes man from the equation almost entirely. At times, it has been a necessary tool of survival-kill or be killed-and that proved an extremely effective motivation and crucible for enhancing mankind’s fighting prowess. Fighting, whether sanctioned or no-holds-barred, is without a doubt the oldest form of competition that mankind has ever engaged in.

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