Just a couple of additions that I believe were overlooked but must be taken into consideration. Early on the fight could be effected by a large number of average ladies attending the fight. Surely these ladies won't effect the wild haymakers thrown by the younger Phaded in the early rounds but they could easily catch the Grappler Lestat gawking at the the audience.
Secondly, if the fight does seem to make it to the later rounds then security will have to be at an all time high. I can easily imagine many prior drunks Phaded tangled with and a family member or two entering the ring and turning this into an "ALL against Phaded" match. In this case the more mature Lestat stands a 'fighters chance'.