Why don't we see the Chinese style of fighting in the world famous free-for-alls?

It's actually the same when it comes to the actual battlefield. You think Chinese martial arts are different because of the influence of movies. Jackie Chan once did a program about martial arts film shooting today, and also specifically said martial arts film, the key is to make it look good, if all the consideration of the actual combat action, it will be like a hooligan brawl.

In fact, the scope of Chinese martial arts is very large. You're talking about Shaolin-based external frame boxing, which has a lot of aerial maneuvers. But most of these moves are performative in nature and are not used in actual combat.

In fact, Chinese martial arts also have many practical boxing styles, such as taijiquan, which is based on grappling. And the Chinese Sanda is actually based on the external frame boxing, absorbing part of the internal frame boxing style.

Additionally, even foreign combat, the rules are not the same, for example, a few years ago, the popular K1, prohibit wrestling, making it difficult to hold the wrestling of the boxing is difficult to play, the result has become the world of Muay Thai. And the UFC, which has been popular in the past few years, is again dominated by sleeping techniques.