Have you ever actually went to an MMA school and trained? What makes you think that there's no mindset training included? Of course we train and analyze both street fights and pro fights. You're under the misconception that having a sport element automatically means there's no real life application, which is black and white thinking. Under MMA rules, the only thing that isn't allowed is small joint manipulations, which most people don't know how to do, and knees to the head once a hand is on the ground (which means you were fucked anyway).
Yes, I've proven this in a "real" context plenty of times. Most fights don't "come or of nowhere," they begin with a bunch of posturing and shoving and yelling, giving me ample time to light up my fighting instincts. And even if you did "surprise attack" me, I'm still in a physically and mentally superior position to be the victor. Get close with "dialogue," and make the mistake of putting your hands on me and that's where no-gi BJJ comes in, which is an integral part of MMA.
Yes, war is different than basic training, but the soldier that has gone through boot camp is in a better position than the guy that watches war movies, is out of shape and thinks he knows combat. I fought a police officer yesterday under "no rules" combat -- told him he didn't have to stick to Muay Thai. He could use his Marine training or whatever he wanted. Eye gauge, bite, whatever. He threw about 15 wild punches, got winded, caught a vicious leg check, switch kick to head combo and gave up.
Again, the average person is lazy, docile, out of shape and non-aggressive. And every time they come in with that same "I fight in the streets" crap, they quickly realized that they came to the wrong person posturing up. Believe it, don't believe it -- that's up to you, but I'm really not going to spend more time beating my chest to prove this point.
Yes, I've proven this in a "real" context plenty of times. Most fights don't "come or of nowhere," they begin with a bunch of posturing and shoving and yelling, giving me ample time to light up my fighting instincts. And even if you did "surprise attack" me, I'm still in a physically and mentally superior position to be the victor. Get close with "dialogue," and make the mistake of putting your hands on me and that's where no-gi BJJ comes in, which is an integral part of MMA.
Yes, war is different than basic training, but the soldier that has gone through boot camp is in a better position than the guy that watches war movies, is out of shape and thinks he knows combat. I fought a police officer yesterday under "no rules" combat -- told him he didn't have to stick to Muay Thai. He could use his Marine training or whatever he wanted. Eye gauge, bite, whatever. He threw about 15 wild punches, got winded, caught a vicious leg check, switch kick to head combo and gave up.
Again, the average person is lazy, docile, out of shape and non-aggressive. And every time they come in with that same "I fight in the streets" crap, they quickly realized that they came to the wrong person posturing up. Believe it, don't believe it -- that's up to you, but I'm really not going to spend more time beating my chest to prove this point.
