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- In a street fight, I would rather- ...fight
Francis Ngannou than fight Bas Rutten.
In a street fight.
- Let me tell you first that I've been
around. I've been a bouncer for many, many
years. Bang! Bang! Bang!
It's a street fight!
Everybody underestimates
the kick in the groin. It's
boom, that's the first thing
to do. I follow up, bang,
bang, bang. Right away after that,
See what I'm doing? Boom! That's
the left elbow right there.
- Yeah, so very often people
ask me the difference between
a street fight and a fight
in mixed martial arts.
The difference is in the
street, there is no referee.
And there's an instigator, and
there is the other person.
The best in life for a street fight is
always to not be the instigator because
you have the element of surprise.
So if you're in a heated
argument with someone
and you feel that you're
potentially going to be
in a fight, the best thing to do
is to never show your center line,
to always go on the side and put
your hand up like this. Now,
that's one of the best
things to do. It's a
self-defense tactic that's
used all around the world.
'Cause from there, the distance
that I have to travel to
cause a lot of damage to him
is very minimal. It's very
short. You know, I can go boom.
Boom. And I'm protected because
if he ever tries anything,
my hands are already up, and I'm
ready to respond to any aggression.
If you're in an argument and
you feel the heat is rising,
is to hit first. You don't want to
fight, but you want to hit first.
You want to hit first, you know?
So it's either boom, hit first,
depending on the situation. If you're
someone who's much less physically strong
than the aggressor, you
can use the eyes, the
genitals, the neck, you know? And
then you can leave the scene.
However, if I'm like this and the
minute he touches me, he declares war.
Now I can perform a self-defense move.
- So striking, not wrestling?
- Yes, yes.
- Okay.
- It's always striking first and leave
the scene. If you're, for example,
a kid or someone who doesn't
have the physical strength
of your aggressor. Of
course, I'm a UFC champion-
...so that does not apply to me. But the
key is, tactically, we always
use the element of surprise,
and when you strike, strike first. And
strike to cause as much
damage as possible. The
eyes, the neck, the genitals. And then
after, you can leave the scene. That's the
goal of having the element of surprise.
- Okay, you were talking about knives.
What about if weapons are
involved? Run faster?
- So weapons are very important. If someone
has a weapon and attacks me
for my money, I give him
my money, even if I'm Georges
St-Pierre and a UFC champion.
However, if someone puts
a knife to my throat
and he's telling me to
go in the trunk... now,
I don't want to go in the
trunk because I've seen this
movie and it has a bad ending. So
things I can do first: always make
sure that I try to keep my hand as
close as possible to the weapon. And I
try to be at as close range
as possible. I can act like I
- Look scared?
- Yeah. "Please, please, please..."
boom. See here, here I use my
body, and then I can go
and break, you know? So
the idea is to use your
entire body to deflect the
weapon. So if the weapon is like
this and the blade is coming out
this way, I use the element of surprise.
You see, I use my body, not only
grabbing him like this. So if he tries
to come back with the knife, it's
solid, and I can go and
break. If the blade is
pointing the other way, it's something
here, here, and here. Here I can use
my body always to smother the weapon and-
- Controlling the wrist, yeah.
But if it's out here, you're-
- It's through his clothes.
- If it's out here, you know, exactly. It's
too... there's too much distance.
You want to make sure you
get close to the weapon because that's
what can cause the most damage.
This is very important.
There are other situations.
Let's say you're a kid or
someone comes and grabs you by the body.
What I can do is grab the head and
put my fingers inside the
eyes, which will make
my opponent release me
immediately. Then I can leave.
- Like thumb in? Like thumb?
- Yeah, thumb in the eyes.
You push in the eyes.
- Blind them.
- There are no rules. The eyes are always my
favorite choice to go for
because if you cannot
see, it's very hard to
fight. And normally,
the reflex for most people when
they can't see is to grab their
eyes, you know? So it releases the grip.
- I'm now going to ask you about the tie because
I think you're still wrong about that.
I think it's possible to use it as a...
same as for like a head snatch,
this kind of situation, to choke.
- I think it could be an advantage
if it's a fake tie. If it's like,
something that can go, like it can-
- Clip off?
- Like a tail of a reptile that can
go. So if you try to pull my tie, it
comes off, and now I get a head start.
- Element of surprise.
- Exactly, it's all about the element of
surprise. You want to strike first.
Surprise is key in the street.
- Georges, thank you so
much for talking today.
- My pleasure.
- Thank you for looking sharp.
- Man in black, baby!
- Man in black.