highthief

I don't really want to feed Strange's weird schizophrenic fantasies, however, what I find interesting in respect of the whole "any tough guy could be an MMA champ in no time" statement, I was watching an old episode of Pros vs. Joes and they had Randy Couture on facing 3 Joes in quick succession. No striking was allowed, Couture fought each for a single 5 minute round. Whichever Joe tapped out least often was the winner. Couture, who is not a submission specialist, made each Joe tap out between 5 and 7 times within the 5 minute round. The guy who tapped out least (5 times) was an Army close combat instructor.

So there's a great example of a "tough guy" who has been training in various combat disciplines - including boxing, judo, karate, etc - for a number of years who still was forced to tap out repeatedly facing an MMA guy not reknowned for his submission skills.

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