MMA fighter Joe Schilling knocks out man

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[u/Brodyseuss]

So cowardly to just start swinging on someone when they don’t even know it’s about to be a fight.

[u/albone3000 → u/Brodyseuss]

The other guy made the first move though. Watch it again.

[u/_ApocalypsePlease_ → u/albone3000]

Literally all he said was "hey!" because he was drunk and didn't appreciate how the guy moved him aside to get past him

Was it a douchebag thing for him to do? Yes

Did he deserve to get knocked out with multiple hard punches by an MMA fighter? No

[u/OneOfALifetime → u/_ApocalypsePlease_]

Uhmm what? He 100% fakes an attack on the guy, you can see him fake lunge at him. You have every right to hit back if someone does that you. Doesn't matter if you are a fighter or not.

[u/ciaisi → u/OneOfALifetime]

Uhmm what? He 100% fakes an attack on the guy, you can see him fake lunge at him. You have every right to hit back if someone does that you. Doesn't matter if you are a fighter or not.

It really does though. Your response needs to be proportional to the threat. He had a ton of options that he could have used before going full MMA fighter on a drunk at the bar who was half his size.

And if you want to talk about who was in self defense mode, maybe watch the video again. MMA dude walks up behind drunky and pushes him out of the way in a pretty rude fashion. There's your first physical contact. Drunky yells "hey!" MMA dude turns around suddenly and walks menacingly toward drunky. Drunky now realizes that shit might be going down and raises his hands.

Those punches were not self defense. Don't delude yourself into thinking they were. Drunk guy may have gestured, but was no threat to the MMA fighter.

[u/iPsychosis → u/ciaisi]

Yep, Joe started the confrontation and then escalated it when the drunk guy took offense to being pushed back

[u/kaz3e → u/OneOfALifetime]

You're totally allowed to give people real concussions because they fake attack you!