場じょう外がい乱らん闘とう

noun

brawl outside the ring; ringside fight

Used in professional wrestling and combat sports for a fight that spills outside the ring or occurs outside the designated competition area.

• 試し合あい中ちゅうに場じょう外がい乱らん闘とうが始はじまり、観かん客きゃくは大だい興こう奮ふんだった。

  A brawl outside the ring broke out during the match, and the crowd went wild.

noun

verbal fight via the media; media war of words

Idiomatic extension: a public dispute or heated exchange conducted through the media, as if fighting outside the ring.

• 政せい治じ家か同どう士しの場じょう外がい乱らん闘とうが連れん日じつニュースを賑にぎわせている。

  The media war of words between the politicians has been making headlines every day.