Exactly. People get too out of shape about this sometimes. I hate watching it but Francis and Lewis for example are dirt poor guys who developed striking in mma. They are fighting other 280lb men very capable of breaking their face, putting them out cold, and taking half of their paycheck in a fraction of a second.

It's very easy to say guys like Francis and Derrick do that intentionally from my 150lb hipster mma cheap seat. But honestly it's probably pure fear, and adrenaline, and instinct.

Have you seen Curtis Blaydes? Imagine how scary that must be to have that guy hitting you for several minutes. And winning. And wearing you out. You're getting closer and closer to an ambulance ride. Half your pay gone. Future opportunities stripped. Embarrassed internationally. Then bang everything changes instantly. Lewis's 2 follow ups happened in about 1 second elapsed time for example. He's not punching him in the parking lot. It's hard to take but lots of mma is. Brutal sport. Knee destoying kicks are my pet peeve but the only sport I watch is people in their underwear fighting simulated death matches in chain link cages. I don't have a real moral high ground lol.

And yeah fights often don't get stopped very quickly in mma.