Showmanship (Ex)

Once per day at 1st level, a pit fighter can treat a regular combat as a performance combat (Ultimate Combat 153), with the crowd’s starting attitude being indifferent. He makes performance checks, may use performance feats, and takes bonuses or penalties based on the crowd’s reaction as normal, even if there is no crowd actually watching the fight. Only the pit fighter is affected by this ability. Activating this ability is a swift action. The encounter’s CR determines the DC of the pit fighter’s performance checks, as summarized in the table below.

The pit fighter can use this ability one additional time per day at 4th level and every three levels thereafter (to a maximum of four times per day at 10th level).