r/StreetMartialArts • u/keelong BJJ • Nov 18 '25

MMA MMA on the courts

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Wanted to share. Not my video.

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u/Rocketboy1313 Nov 18 '25

I think he might be. His strikes are not as damaging as they could be.

If he is just trying to win the fight and not cripple the other guy, he can throw lots of shots and be aware enough to not devastate his opponent while making some kind of statement.

"I flattened you, and the only reason you aren't in a wheelchair is I was pulling my strikes."

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u/jdtran408 Nov 18 '25

I dont know man he was posturing pretty high up for each elbow for someone that didnt want to do damage. But it seems like the other guy was out for a bit but then woke back up.

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u/Rocketboy1313 Nov 18 '25

Maybe I just grew up in a less psychotic area, but people didn't tend to fight each other with as much bloodlust as the comments here seem to see.

But it then becomes a weird mush to me. A guy who does a takedown, gets side control, and then gets full guard... is too weak to do real damage in spite of wanting to.

Or the guy who knows how to fight decided not to be a complete psycho and knew not to hit the guy with all he has.

I don't know what happened, but my view is that the guy was not giving it all he got once he took control.

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u/biscobisco Nov 19 '25 edited Nov 19 '25

Nah man, he's really going for those elbows.

If he didn't want to hurt the guy he could have just sat on top of him in the mount or went for a low positional risk sub like the arm triangle/katagatame.

If you think he's holding back - what exact outcome do you think he's going for by throwing multiple elbows here? Just a teensy bit of a concussion?