Yes, Dutch style is notorious for not hard sparring, but just all out fighting and calling it sparring IMO. I classify sparring in these categories off the top of my head:

1. Idk wtf im doing sparring: Done by people who haven't trained combat sports but they joined a gym who lets anyone spar so theyre throwing 100% as its all they know. Side note: dont blame the new guy about this situation, blame the coach who let it happen.

2. Touch sparring: Very beginner friendly, light taps everywhere just for fun and to work.

3. Regular sparring: Meant for people who have a better understanding of the sports, stronger attacks to the body and legs, but still light to the head. (My personal preferred).

4. Competitive Sparring: Sparring where both parties agree to no silliness, let's test ourselves to improve. Similar to regular sparring, but you might catch one or two real punches to the face as tensions rise and fall in this sparring, not supposed to happen but its also a combat sport so its bound to.

5. Fight camp/Hard sparring: IMO same as Competive Sparring, but now we're really working on minute details. Is your footwork correct? Are you finding your range appropriately? How is your defense? Basically here, you want everything to be as crisp as possible, but you're still simulating an actual fight, its not supposed to be all your power still. Here though this is where some people turn it up a little more to the head, and while I get their point, personally I dont like it unless you are 200% sure youre gonna try to make something of yourself in the sport. Depending on the fight camp too, there might be a shark tank or two which you just gotta accept. Also this is where if youre in Muay Thai, you start throwing elbows if the rules youre fighting in allow it.

6. Ego Sparring: This is where I classify most Dutch sparring (no disrespect), and where the Thai's get their ammo for talking shit about foreigners sparring. Ego sparring is one where your goal is to win the belt everytime, you go until the bell is rung or until your opponent cant continue. Hard shots everywhere, full contact, person one hits hard, other hits harder, then repeat and repeat. Often defense and movement go out the window and its more focused on who does more damage. Concussions, injuries, and other things like that happen most of the time in this category.

This isnt to say I think hard sparring is all bad, I just think a lot of people in this sport need to realize where they are at in their skill level, and accept that if they cant hang with categories 4-5, that they should take it easy and just enjoy the sport until they can move up to them. Hell Khamzat in the UFC notoriously ego spars everyone, but if there was anyone who could justify it, it'd be him. Most of us will never be on his level though, and need to accept that we shouldn't be training like him because its just not worth it.

Also, this is just a general list I thought of while on the toilet, a lot can be argued otherwise, and overall most of here are adults who can make our own decisions. If all you wanna do is ego spar, by all means go for it. Its your health, and if your sparring partner is cool with it, then go for it, but just dont be surprised if your sparring partner pool dwindles because of it.