I don’t dispute the effectiveness nor the sometime necessity of ground fighting. I do think the “nine out of ten” thing is a HUGE exaggeration. And for something that is touted as “fact” I have yet to see a definitive source for the number (aside from the Gracie marketing hype).
In three years of bouncing I saw and was in a lot of fights. I went to the ground one time. I put a hip throw on a guy and followed him down with body on top riding him into the floor. Fight over. Most of the fights I have seen were decided by the first punch. The first guy to the ground is generally going down to get the shit kicked out of him. Not always, but frequently.
Sure, I’ll agree that 9 out of 10 drunks fall to the floor on their first swing. But drunken idiots aside I don’t think the number is anywhere near that high. Just my personal opinion based upon personal observation.
And no, I am not trying to dispute the effectiveness or necessity of ground fighting. It’s just that from what I have seen, the 9 out of 10 thing is a huge exaggeration.
The primary reason I posted this was because of the multiple opponent content. You CAN fight multiple opponents… as long as they lack commitment and are not expecting you to go. That IMO was the key to what happened in this video. He blitzed these guys with total commitment. They were pretty certain their numbers gave them an advantage and he wouldn’t do anything. They were surprised. They were blitzed and it shocked them. That IMO, is the lesson the video illustrates. (And yes, the guys he was fighting were probably very lame, slightly drunk etc. That is however the kind of idiots you get into something like this with most of the time...)
Later!
