"UWM’s vision is to create a large-scale sport and entertainment experience where martial artists can compete against each other with real weapons, with an objective measure of who would have won in a real combat situation"<p>Well the one with the gun would have won in a 'real' combat situation (what does that mean, anyway?) How is he going to score an icepick to the eye vs a baseball bat swing to the shoulder? While the latter is painful, it's a lot less debilitating than the former.<p>While I think there are many legitimate uses for an armor like this, and I'd love one to integrate into our training, building a spectator sport out of this isn't going to be one of them. What people like about the UFC is the same thing some people like about cycling over car races - it's not about getting from point A to B, but doing so purely using unleveraged physical abilities.<p>Still, cool tech.