Hooligan put up a fight (10)

I believe the answer is:

roughhouse

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'a fight' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'hooligan put up' is the wordplay.
'hooligan' becomes 'rough' (I've seen this before).
'put up' becomes 'house' (put up can mean to house or accommodate).
'rough'+'house'='ROUGHHOUSE'

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