Pillow fighting is moving out of the bedroom and into the boxing ring. The Pillow Fight Championship, or PFC, plans to hold (it) first live, pay-to-watch event in Florida on January 29.
Steve Williams had the idea of (turn) a children's game into a professional fighting sport. The head of PFC said professional pillow fighting will have the (excite) of hand-to-hand fighting without the violence of mixed martial arts, or MMA, and boxing. He said it is not a joke.
The male and female athletes in January's event come (most) from MMA and boxing. But Williams said the athletes are not going to get (injure). "The fighters don't like to be hurt, and there are a lot of people don't want to see the blood. They want to see good competition, and they just don't want (see) the violence."
Since many people grew up pillow fighting with friends or relatives, Williams (hope) the new sport will be popular and can attract a large audience, including children.
"You can call it unusual sport, but we think it's going to have main appeal (吸引)," he said. "Think about how they mixed country music rap music and brought these different audiences together. That's what we're doing, and we hope it brings in a different kind of viewers."
