Just because fighter-vs-fighter close-in manoeuvring combat has been rare in recent years doesn't mean that it won't ever happen again, but the real significance of Typhoon's agility isn't in the 'airshow end' of the envelope - its in supersonic manoeuvrability - where I understand today's fighters may be more lacking, and where the significance lies in being able to gimbal the other chap as quick as poss, or indeed to disengage before re-attacking.
There is (IMHO) a debate to be had about inherently unstable aircraft reliant on FBW versus aircraft like the MiG-29, with 'conventional' hydromechanical controls and aerodynamics which allow brief excursions into the 'tatty bits of the envelope', where the FCS of a Typhoon (for example) might simply prohibit the pilot from venturing. But whether this does any more than allowing spectacular airshow manoeuvres, I don't know, while Eurofighter's HAVV roll seems to offer a similar ability to point the nose (and sensors and seekers) off boresight!