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In 2000, BYU and UVU (UVSC) students put together a fight club, invite only, legal because of consensual altercation laws, fights got shut down not because of the brawl but bc of public disturbance as the group quickly grew to 100s of people in attendance.
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Framed after the movie but with minimal damage (gloves and rounds implemented), the inexperienced fighters testified of the absolute spirit of vitalism inhabiting the club, describing it as filling a need they didn't even know was there.
Even the author of Fight Club Chuck Palahniuk was aware of that fight club chapter, and brought it up in interviews.
