My last two fights have involved weapons, and both were 2-against-1. In neither of these fights was grappling a sensible option despite the fact that I could probably have handled these guys easily on the ground. I had to disarm a club TWICE in the first fight. In fact, I disarmed guy 1, threw the club far away, dropped him with a straight right as he charged in. I mounted him when he was on the ground (rather than stomping him), but of course his buddy ran to get the club and hit me in the head when I was on top of guy 1. So, disarm guy 2, then run away. So, in order of importance: (1) disarming a weapon, (2) boxing, (3) sprinting, (4) grappling. Experiences like that convinced me that dedication to sport fighting has nothing to do with real fighting. I love training and sparring, but real fighting is something very different and to be avoided at all costs. In fight 2 I had my face shredded with brass knuckles by guy 2 while guy 1 was trying to bite my finger off. They started hitting me when I was standing at a urinal. I am pretty sure boxing saved my life there. I think key to survival in both cases was also being able to take a club or brass knuckles to the head and keep fighting.