MTV’s Bully Beatdown Have Life Lessons In It?

I was skinny kid once, and I grew up as the smallest kid in school. So, as a consequence, I got picked on a lot. I became very shy and introverted and I didnt like talking to people, because I learned it was harder to be picked on if I gave them less ammunition. Plus, at home, I was the youngest of all the boys and they let me know about it all the time. They loved me, but they picked on me. Anyway, growing up, whether at home or at school, the bullies found me, so I totally understand how someone feels when they get picked on.

Bully Beatdown is the ultimate show for ex nerds like myself. Here’s how it works, the bully is offered 10G’s to accept a fight with an MMA professional. They get a possible $5,000 for surviving the 1st round and $1,000 less for each time they get submitted (grappling only). Then they get $5,000 for surviving the 2nd round (kickboxing only), they get nothing in the 2nd if they can’t survive it. (I’ve yet to see a bully survive the 2nd round). All the money that the bully loses goes to the victim(s) of the bully. Sounds awesome right? But, I know what youre thinking, I understand how this works, but what does this show teach me about fighting/how to deal with bullies. You have to look deep into the show to understand, and look underneath the feet and fists that are thrown. Let me explain.

What can you learn from Bully Beatdown? Thats a great question, and heres what you can learn from Bully Beatdown. 1. A little training goes a long way, Michael Westbrook actually didnt do anything too technically advanced in either round, because he didnt have to. The bully was over matched, and Westbrook only pulled a sweet omaplata to a crufix (thats advanced) once. He was fairly nice to him the rest of the fight (well, not nice, but not as bad as he could of hurt him, he did TKO him viciously in the 2nd when he smelled a knockout though). So against your basic bully, you arent going to need much training, unless the size difference is great, and Royce Gracie proved in the first UFCs that if the bully doesnt understand your game and hes bigger than you, and you can drag him to the ground, then he is going down. So get a ground game ad get your hands up to par (at least learn something).

The other thing to note is that intimidation is a major part of winning a fight; you barely have to throw a punch if you have the edge in intimidation. Thats how it works for the bullies, half the time, if you wore your gyms affiliation shirt, youd probably intimidate the bully into not attacking. Youd able to avoid the fight by getting into their head before they considered the possibilities of winning. Even the fact that they could lose would be a deterrent, because bullies love easy marks and you, at this point would not seem such an obvious mark.

So if youre ready to impress girls, be fitter, have more self confidence, and give bullies nightmares, just follow the instructions in this article and remember to watch MTV’s Bully Beatdown for some cathartic fun. If you’ve got a bully pressing you now, then I’d get started on the steps Ive already outlined above, if you can do what I’ve told you, then the bully will fear you in no time, and youll find youre getting more dates, more jobs (from the self confidence), and more perk from life, because youve earned it.