Bout
Bout noun - A competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize.
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Fights
Bout and fights are semantically related in physical encounter topic. Sometimes you can use "Bout" instead a noun "Fights".
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Gabby arranges a series of fixed fights for Burleigh, all to set up a championship bout with Speed, which Burleigh will lose, making Gabby a lot of money.
Source: Film / The Milky Way -
Turkish, who has a reputation for running honest fights, has a bout coming up between his best fighter and one managed by monstrous local gangster Brick Top (Alan Ford).
Source: Film / Snatch. - Miyagi sets the injury and he fights the last bout with his bullying nemesis trying to SWEEP THE LEG... until Daniel does the kicking equivalent of a FALCON PUNCH!
Source: Game-Breaking Injury
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