No eye gouging. No pulling hair. No breaking fingers. Everything else, it seems, is in play. An ultimate fighter wins his match by having the opponent submit, saying he can't take the pain any longer.
Fights consist of three five-minute rounds.
They don't normally last that long. But I found that at this, I might be better than average. A new choke hold could propel Deerborn up the ultimate fighting ladder. Most fighters, he said, have some special move that gives them the advantage. I've tried it with my partner.