I lost a fight because of bad footwear. I had on flip flops. Proper footing is so important in a fight. I bouncer told me about an experience he had with 4 big football players. All were drunk and violent. However he dismissed the 3 that had on flip flops and zeroed in on the one guy with sneakers. Sure enough the sneaker guy was the hardest to handle and the 3 dudes with flips flops he had no problems throwing them out. One of the 3 removed his flip flops to gain better traction and the bouncer just stomped his foot and the fight was over. I countered with aren't MMA fighter barefoot all the time he said yes but very few people he encounters are trained fighters. To a trained fighter footwear is no big deal but to non fighters like me I now make sure I wear proper shoes all the time.
I lost a fight because of bad footwear. I had on flip flops. Proper footing is so important in a fight. I bouncer told me about an experience he had with 4 big football players. All were drunk and violent. However he dismissed the 3 that had on flip flops and zeroed in on the one guy with sneakers. Sure enough the sneaker guy was the hardest to handle and the 3 dudes with flips flops he had no problems throwing them out. One of the 3 removed his flip flops to gain better traction and the bouncer just stomped his foot and the fight was over. I countered with aren't MMA fighter barefoot all the time he said yes but very few people he encounters are trained fighters. To a trained fighter footwear is no big deal but to non fighters like me I now make sure I wear proper shoes all the time.
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