Fans of the game claim this type of play gives the player a more realistic feel for man-to-man combat where most terrain will be unfamiliar.
The two armies met and the battle began with man-to-man combat between one soldier from each army.
Not as sporting, perhaps ... but despite the popular concept of winged warriors and man-to-man combat, there was little room for chivalry in war.
There is some sources, mainly from Gudbrandsdalen, who document that certain moves from the dance (especially the throwing), were used in man-to-man combat.
Add to that a vicarious delight in man-to-man combat of a kind that already in his lifetime had mercifully become almost extinct.
In contrast, a weapon intended to be used in man-to-man combat is called a melee weapon.
The term "melee" generally means man-to-man or hand-to-hand combat.
He forgot caution and the accepted rules of flying; the exhilaration of man-to-man combat surged In his blood.
Paris suggests that he and Menelaos meet in single man-to-man combat.
That's his version of man-to-man combat.