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** The bull always dies; even if the matador fails to kill it, the bull is led out of the ring and slaughtered. This is because a bull that was allowed to fight more than once would mangle every matador that faced it; fighting bulls learn quickly. There are some illegal bullfights where amateur, inexperienced, or hard-luck matadors fight bulls that, in violation of the law, were not killed after being in a bullfight. These tend to end bloodily for the matadors.
* In the Ancient Greek martial art pankration, a fighter can die from being strangled or having his neck snapped. The only rules prohibited eye gouging and biting, and the implementation of those rules caused Sparta, in a sign of their immense [[Badass|badassness]], to withdraw their team in protest. Subverted in that, while beating the other dude bloody was approved and applauded, killing your opponent was an instant forfeit, as it showed that they had more fighting spirit than you did, and were willing to continue fighting even unto death. The philosopher [[Plato]] was a two-time champion at pankration. [[Genius Bruiser]] indeed.
* During its early years, [[Useful Notes/Mixed Martial Arts|Mixed Martial Arts]] was compared to "human cockfighting", and the sensationalistic word "bloodsport" is still commonly used in mainstream media to describe it. Old school boxing purists will stand beside their framed pictures of Muhammad Ali looming with fist cocked over an unconscious Sonny Liston and complain about how "brutal" the emerging sport is. Suffice it to say, modern MMA is no more dangerous or brutal than boxing, and arguably less so.
** A major reason for this is that MMA fights often reduce to grappling, and fighters will tap out. That beats getting beating senseless. That said, submissions are going down every year as fighters learn how to break more and more holds.
* Boxing. Yes, fights go 'only' to knockout. But repeated concussions are not a good thing: 20% of all professional boxers eventually develop "dementia pugilistica," and some boxers have even [[Casualty in the Ring|gotten seriously hurt or even killed in the ring]]. The American Medical Association calls for a ban on boxing.
* In its early years, [[Useful Notes/American Football|American Football]] (then primarily played at the collegiate level) was an incredibly violent sport. It was a regular occurrence for players to die as a result of injuries sustained on the field. Many of these deaths were the result of mass movement plays, a now-banned type of play in which the whole offensive team started running from 20 yards behind the starting line right before the whistle blew. A lot of skulls got caved in this way. It got to the point that the President of the United States threatened to push for it to be outlawed, leading to the creation of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association (now known as the NCAA) in 1906 to regulate the game. The President in question who made that threat? ''[[Theodore Roosevelt]]''. Yes, football used to be so violent, even the most [[Badass]] President in history thought it went too far.
* This trope may explain some of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh5hNY83UA4 the appeal] of [[Australian Rules Football]].
** And, by extension, the International Rules series.
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