- — Plutor
"New-Age" fighters
From The Great Outdoor Fight
Over the years, the Great Outdoor Fight has seen a number of innovations in personal combat. Young Jude Surrency's introduction of Asian martial arts to the field gave him the championship in 1933, for example. Some people trace the history of innovation back to the very first fight, where Isidro Jackson's no-holds-barred brawling was so effective against the unsuspecting pugilists and gentlemen boxers of his era. As a result, a small number of contestants see the Fight as a laboratory in which they can test their own personal fighting technique.
Most other fighters view these innovators with derision, preferring to use tried and tested methods of inflicting injury. Indeed, number of "New-Age" fighters to survive into day three is very low. So far, the only one to have become champion was the Voodo Fu practitioner Dino King in 1956 (whether or not Ishihiro Yagi should be considered of this group is a matter of debate among Fight historians, since he technically practiced a very traditional style of martial arts). Even so, there's no telling when the next great innovation will occur.
[edit] "New Age" and the 2007 fight
Due to the lack of traditional competitors in the 2007 fight the "New Age" movement grew significantly, especially thanks to champion and new comer Murdoc D. Jillers. Murdoc's style was best described by an anonymous friend of his who stated: "Watching Murdoc fight is like going to see a Pink Floyd concert on acid, only, at this concert, someone is trying to kill you." Murdoc was no the only "New Age" competitor however, and it is said by many who watched the event that "everytime you go through the footage you see some new innovation that will change the fight forever".
