MMA fighters are fit, strong, fast, aggressive, gutsy, well skilled in pressure-tested stand up and ground arts, and have incredible conditioning. Anyone who thinks that isn't going to cut it in an average self defence situation is delluded, eye pokes or no eye pokes.
However the point is - MMA isn't for everyone. If my Mother or my Sister went down to London Shootfighters or Gracie Barra looking for self-defence, they wouldn't find it, because they don't have the attributes to participate in the training.
Therefore I agree with Little Apple. Self Protection, for the average person, is about training in awareness, avoidance, confrontational skills, escape and a small number of very simple physical responses. Self protection for any well trained MMA athlete or competitor is already taken care of, rules or no rules.
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