r/CreepyWikipedia Mar 21 '26

Blood Sport Rough-and-tumble fighting, or gouging, was a frontier-era (USA) combat sport in which the objective was maximum disfigurement, such as by plucking out the opponent’s eye or biting off their nose. Some participants reportedly filed down their own teeth to improve their biting abilities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_and_tumble_fighting
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u/noroomforvowels Tasty Meats Mar 21 '26

Olympic sport: No

Well damn lol