Influencer Frankie LaPenna stepped into a San Francisco cage on 18 September for a bout that looked more like science fiction than a conventional combat-sports event. LaPenna faced a six-foot (182.88 cm) humanoid robot in what robotics company Robot Entertainment Kombat (REK) described as the first Human vs. Robot fight of its kind.
The machine was an EngineAI T800, a humanoid robot designed with a look reminiscent of the T-800 from The Terminator films and weighs between 75kg and 85kg (165 and 187 lbs) LaPenna, known for comedy, stunt and entertainment content, entered the cage wearing protective equipment, a helmet and boxing gloves.
