lookyoung said:
Your right its not street fighting but it is the closest thing to a streetfight. Closer than boxing or any other sport. Now do you mean to tell me that s streetfighter could take on randy coutoure or matt hughes, or st pierre. I don't care how crazy he is or what kind of mentality he has. You must be smoking some good stuff if you think that.
I have been in many streetfights and I have learned more in bjj training than I have in any streetfight.
BTW I don't receommend fighting if your outnumbered or if someone has a gun, bjj or anything else will not work.
Nobody here will ever reach the level of any world-class fighter. Those guys are extremely rare, and are near-experts and everything. Someone who tries to emulate them will spend a lot of time learn several martial arts, they will be decent at all, but not deadly with either.
In a bar, guy A is below-average in BJJ, wrestling, kickboxing, judo, and boxing. Guy B has 1-punch KO power, above-average strength, knows basic low-kicks and knees, basic greco-roman wrestling, and knows how to sprawl.
If guy B lands the first shot its basically over. He has repeated the same few moves so many times they are instinctual, its not like UFC where you know your opponents months in advance, and can plan accordingly. In a bar fight, you have to react entirely on training and instinct, there is no thought.
Size is often scoffed at by BJJ guys, and unjustly. While its true an expert 170lb BJJ guy might be able to outmaneuver a 250lber in a cage fight with rules, if you have a 250lb puncher vs a 170lb decent MMA amateur in a flash bar fight, I would bet on the 250lber.
This isnt a theoretical discussion of who would win, but rather a discussion on how to win a flash fight. And in my opinion, the best answer is to strike first and hard, and then run away.