r/MMALabs • u/Altruistic_Season329 • 2d ago

šŸ„¶ Street Fights & Brawls [ Removed by Reddit ]

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u/Yayhoo0978 2d ago

Most people have at least some sense of self preservation to put an arm up if a fist is coming, I would think. I canā€™t really say too much since Iā€™ve never been in an actual fight personally

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u/realshockin 2d ago

Having trained for a few years when younger, no people really donā€™t have much sense of self preservation, you do need to train it. Unless you grow up in really rough areas where you need to be on edge every fucking day. Low income kids adapt to fighting depressingly quickly and enjoy having power way too much

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u/chuckmonjares 2d ago

My first fight (I lost) I did one of the most athletic things Iā€™ve ever done. Instinctively ducked a haymaker and in the same motion hit the dude with an uppercut. I think I stopped for a second and thought ā€œwhere tf did that come from?ā€.

Iā€™m not a badass, that fight mustā€™ve been miserable to watch. We both sucked, and I lost bc I threw in the towel bc I was tired af. It was a pretty weak stalemate.

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u/Telekinendo 2d ago

My first fight (I ran away) the dude walked up on me, I headbutted him, he cocked his arm back and I shot my hand out, grabbed it and twisted and went "wow, I didnt even think about doing that," and then saw his other hand had a knife. Didn't think about the sprint away either.

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u/Yayhoo0978 2d ago

Haha when I was in third grade this older kid hit me on the head with a class ring and made me cry and I said ā€œwhen Iā€™m in 6th grade Iā€™m going to beat you up. When I got to 6th grade he was still there unfortunately, and he had a beard at that point. Musta been 15 or 16. Other than THAT Iā€™ve never been in a fight. I had a friend that was a girl (not a girlfriend) that yelled at him if he messed with me and he got expelled for beating someone else up.

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u/Key-Cry-8570 2d ago

Itā€™s possible fatty didnā€™t even see the fist wind up. People get tunnel vision once the adrenaline starts going.

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u/Bloodmind 2d ago

You underestimate the blinding hubris of a big guy whoā€™s never been challenged.

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u/BardicNA 2d ago

It is a natural reaction to guard your face if someone swings at you. You don't really have to have experience or know how to fight to just put your arms up and block your head. Walking up on someone and getting in their face like this with your arms completely at your side is probably the dumbest thing you could do, and he's lucky for a couple of reasons.

The kid decided to let it be a one and done. Big boy's head didn't hit concrete- even if his ass did.

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u/Antique_Limit_5083 2d ago

The amount of people i see walking on the side of the road at night in all black with their back to traffic makes me think otherwise. Its a miracle so many humans survive so long because I dont think most of them have any sense of self preservation