MMA Fighters Brawl During Paris Fashion Week | UFC Betting Sites

It wasn’t that long ago when mixed martial arts (MMA) was illegal in Paris.

Fast-forward to early 2025 and some of the top fighters in France were banging it out during Paris Fashion Week, thanks to a collaboration between Coucou Bebe and artist Pyotr Pavlensky, titled TESTOSTERONE, from inside Elysée Montmartre in Paris, France.

Eight fighters went toe-to-toe in four separate fights, each consisting of three, one-minute rounds (courtesy of local promoter Hexagone MMA). Among the well-dressed combatants were PFL veteran Anthony Dizy, world grappling champion Alexis Fontes, Muay Thai world champion Mike Wasserman, and national MMA champion Samba Sima.

The runway doubled as the cage walkway.

“TESTOSTERONE drew its name from the hormone that symbolizes power, aggression, and vitality, weaving these themes into an exploration of masculinity for the Menswear Fall/Winter 2025 collection,” read the accompanying release. “The entire presentation was inspired by the artwork and practice of Pyotr Pavlensky, whose work is represented under the stewardship of A/POLITICAL. Coucou Bebe and Pyotr Pavlensky share a hallucinatory quality in their work whereby people do not believe what they are seeing is real.”

First rule of MMA … it’s as real as it gets.