Time Limits and Regulations

No-time-limit combat sports were raw, unfiltered displays of willpower and punishment. The danger wasn’t limited to the ring—it seeped into the crowd, the air, and the very structure of the event. Fighters absorbed trauma with no promise of an end. Spectators watched with mounting tension and discomfort. The result was a chaotic environment that occasionally tipped into violence or collapse.

In the end, these brutal marathons forced the sport to evolve. Timed rounds, medical oversight, controlled environments, and reinforced infrastructure were not conveniences—they were necessities born from carnage. Today’s fighters are protected by regulation, but those early days serve as a haunting reminder of what happens when limits aren’t enforced by rules but revealed in blood, sweat, and silence.