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California officials are calling foul on a company hosting man vs. robot cage fights<\/a> in the state. Robot Entertainment Kombat hosted what it called the \u201cworld\u2019s first human-robot fight\u201d in San Francisco last month, shocking the internet.<\/p>\n A video of the fight<\/a> shows the man, influencer Frankie LaPenna, clad in headgear, gloves, and kneepads facing off against a 6-foot-tall robot. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n California officials are putting a stop to a company\u2019s human vs. robot fights. YouTube\/Frankie Lapenna\/REK<\/p>\n The clip shows LaPenna and the robot exchanging blows<\/a>, with the robot dramatically kicking the YouTuber to the ground several times. The fight racked up over 8 million views on YouTube, disturbing some.<\/p>\n \u201cWelp, this is how it all begins,\u201d one commenter joked.<\/p>\n \u201cSome people will come back to this video after 20 or 30 years and will say \u201cwe could have stopped all this if we wanted to,\u201d another user said. <\/p>\n \u201cFighting someone who can\u2019t feel pain is genuinely terrifying,\u201d a third user commented. <\/p>\n Robot Entertainment Kombat hosted the \u201cworld\u2019s first human-robot fight in late September in San Francisco. YouTube\/Frankie Lapenna\/REK<\/p>\n The robot dealt LaPenna some serious blows during the match. YouTube\/Frankie Lapenna\/REK<\/p>\n But state officials aren\u2019t happy. Robot Entertainment received a cease and desist from the California State Athletic Commission following the fight, who ordered the company to stop the fights, or face a misdemeanor. <\/p>\n \u201cWe made it boys. California sent us a Cease and Desist for \u201cUNSANCTIONED HUMAN VERSUS HUMANOID ROBOT CAGE FIGHT,\u201d the company\u2019s CEO Cix Liv said in an X post<\/a> that included the letter. <\/p>\n The California State Athletic Commission sent the company a cease and desist following the match. <\/p>\n But the letter wasn\u2019t sent because people were facing off against robots, but rather because the company did not have the proper approval. According to the California business code<\/a>, \u201cno [full contact martial arts] event shall take place without the prior approval of the commission.\u201d<\/p>\n Robot Entertainment Kombat has a fight scheduled in San Francisco for October 9, but this time, it\u2019s robot vs. robot, no humans involved. <\/p>\n Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/p>\n California Post News: Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, TikTok<\/a>, X<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, WhatsApp<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t
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