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CreekCo posted...

Im not struggling with anything maybe YOU are. Its not a wild possibility your last sentence is EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. Im just pointing out that this is not hard to understand if you have any awareness of Rajas background. You already said the quiet part out loud its sad but not unexpected. You cannot pull out something unexpected on someone not properly trained to deal with that sort of pressure because they will revert to fight or flight and omg he tried it with a world class FIGHTER. Raja is a fighter, not an athlete and there is a HUGE difference athlete compete to win within boundaries but fighters are only trying to survive and their only goal is to be the last man standing totally different mentality and as his dad said it was a terrible idea from the start.

So I can actually give some perspective on this, because I've been a martial artist for 33 years, led the North American branch of a martial arts federation, and fought in world-level tournaments.

No, this kid was not reverting to "fight or flight" - that is a instantaneous reaction, not something that happens minutes later after the instigating event has passed. And if he was as much of a "fighter" as you seem to think he is, he would have both better control of his emotions and enough awareness of the fight to understand when it's over. When someone is unconscious, that's it, fight's done. You've won. Whether you're fighting for victory or survival, there is no gain to beating an unconscious man; in both cases it's actually counterproductive (you're going to be DQ'd in the former instance, and you're pointlessly using energy on someone who isn't a threat anymore in the latter).

This isn't some "fighter's instinct" bullshit; it's exactly what it looks like - dude was a hothead who lost his temper and nearly killed someone as a result. He will likely get the book thrown at him and deservedly so.