Mutual combat, a term commonly used in United States courts, occurs when two individuals intentionally and consensually engage in a fair fight,[1][2] while not hurting bystanders or damaging property.
"[7] Thus since the fight did not injure a third party or damage property nor have a substantial risk to do so, it was allowed by this law.
[8] In 2014, after Zac Efron had engaged in a fight in Skid Row, law enforcement officials did not make any arrests because they viewed it as mutual combat.
[9] Mutual combat has been used to deny damage claims,[10] as a legal defense,[11] and to drop charges against fighting students.
[12] Oregon law specifically bans mutual combat, according to subsection three of ORS 161.215: "a person is not justified in using physical force upon another person if: the physical force involved is the product of a combat by agreement not specifically authorized by law."