The competitors, wearing only a pair of leather breeches, coat themselves in olive oil and perform a ceremonial procession before getting to grips with their slippery opponents and flinging each other around to the delighted cheers of thousands of spectators.
Olive oil is used by competitors to make themselves slippery.
mnli hypothesis: Olive oil is used by competitors to make themselves slippery. premise: The competitors, wearing only a pair of leather breeches, coat themselves in olive oil and perform a ceremonial procession before getting to grips with their slippery opponents and flinging each other around to the delighted cheers of thousands of spectators.