Make no sense! They even made a roman style arena! Only victory matters! Even slave gladiators, the champions ofc, were idolised by the crowd, get the best food, medical treatment, they could even buy their freedom! You would get booed only if boring, a coward or dragging the fight! Every society would react the same! It's just forced, could have been a knight who got falsely accused by someone jealous, aiming at the same rank, and not believed because "jobless"! Ffs It's not hard!