A strange little side quest
There is a neat bit of history hiding behind the kind of play you find in Alien vs Predator. Boxing entered the modern Olympic Games in 1904 at St. Louis. There is another connection worth keeping in the same mental pocket: Atari's Gran Trak 10 from 1974 is recognized as the first arcade racing video game. So a round of Alien vs Predator is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer combat sports timeline.