What’s up with the head butting when you get into a scrap?

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terryjuicelawson@reddit

I didn't know this was peculiar to the UK, or football culture. I think the benefit for the butter is it is quick, strong and comes out of nowhere. You can be talking to someone them BAM. I guess hooligans aren't one for any kind of fighting code where this would be seen as ungentlemanly

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prawntortilla@reddit

Someone headbutted me once I couldn't help but laugh afterwards, it didn't hurt at all Maybe some people can make it work but honestly I think it's over rated

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Fickle_Orange_9953@reddit

My best mate got started on, got headbutted and then the assailant went home crying 😂😂

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jonz1985z@reddit (OP)

It never caught on in America but I just don’t understand how the Brits don’t seem to see it coming. Especially since it’s such a common strategy there. If a bloke with a shaved head is talkin shit an inch from your face, there’s a 99.9% chance a headbutt is coming

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Fickle_Orange_9953@reddit

I say this as a Brit (Scottish, actually) that most Brits are dumb as shit. It's usually sorta boorish, yob fighting thing. Always keep an outstretched arm or legs distance away too. I'm at a stage now that my fight response wants to kick in if someone is invading my space

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Bubbly-Ad-2735@reddit

Headbutting from an inch wont do shit. You need a good few feet. And you wont see a good headbutt because it comes from the torso, not the head. Extra points if you get a spring in your feet.

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No-Decision1581@reddit

Once, a short bloke tried to headbutt me and only managed to hit the top of my chest. Funny as fuck, no jumping just straight up tried to Zinedine Zidane me. This was around 1995. Well before the world Cup incident. Keep the guard up

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Fickle_Orange_9953@reddit

As a short-ass I could quite imagine how that must have looked hahaha.

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Own-Permission-7186@reddit

Yep a head butt works , but as a defence against it is to look down , so they butt your head with there nose .

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Fickle_Orange_9953@reddit

Or break their hand if they're throwing a punch

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TheArtfullTodger@reddit

Sounds on how experienced they are with their head it's as well. Iv had some idiots pull their head back in readiness for a headbutt in past fights. Very easy to see coming and a simple step back puts them off balance when they miss. Equally an uppercut really ducks them up as they're coming towards you with a missed but. They either lose teeth or piss blood from their nose for their troubles. If you're gonna headbutt someone don't signal it. They work due to the element of supprise

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Own-Permission-7186@reddit

Yeah most people that don’t know how to fight signal their intention, idiots and drunks were easy to deal with .

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Jabby_RazzMaTazz@reddit

This guy headbutts!

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Fickle_Orange_9953@reddit

I've only ever headbutted someone once when I was jumped by four guys. I think some people use it as a form of intimidation (think like how rams lock horns when fighting). Personally I studied a few martial arts so didn't need to but it's also a "Glasgow kiss" lol

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EconomicsPotential84@reddit

Because it works. It's fast, hard to block, and you can put your whole body into it and generate a lot of force over a short distance.

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jonz1985z@reddit (OP)

Yea and I guess they never see it coming either, which is strange cause it’s the go to move in the UK.

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-Dueck-@reddit

What are you on about? I've never seen someone get headbutted here in my whole life. This is the first I'm hearing about it being a British thing.

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Wood-Green-north@reddit

You’ve never seen anyone get nutted in britain? That there is a fucking phenomenon 😂

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-Dueck-@reddit

I don't see many fights in general

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jonz1985z@reddit (OP)

Idk what to tell ya. You gotta get out more. Or look up UK fights on here. It’s very common

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LongrodVonHugedong86@reddit

Depends where you live too I reckon. Live in a rougher area (I grew up on a north east council estate) and you’ll see a lot of headbutts. Grow up in some leafy suburb or in fucking Surrey or something and it’s less common

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Pitiful-Ganache-6955@reddit

🥱’Leafy Surrey’ 🥱. Grew up in Surrey and saw some proper fisticuffs outside local hotspots (Pitcher & Piano, Cote etc). Friend of mine couldn’t compete at Henley after being bottled by a magnum of Moët during jubilee celebrations on Cobham High St. I met plenty of people from the North-East in my halls at Durham and they were, to a man, complete wets.

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UserCannotBeVerified@reddit

Ooooh check you guys out over in Surrey smashing bottles of champagne around eachothers heads... up norfff we just lob old bucky bottles... show off 😏

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Sleazeberry@reddit

You definitely see some shit in the north east, not even limited to council estates half the time

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LongrodVonHugedong86@reddit

Yeah but the council estates can be fucking hilarious at times with some of the shit you see. I remember some lads one summer getting into a scrap who managed to get a simultaneous ko without ever making contact with each other! One swung as hard as he could, slipped and smashed his head off the pavement and the other lad went to kick him as hard as he could, missed, slipped and smashed the back of his head off the pavement Two knockouts and not a single blow landed 😂

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Rude_Technology_8837@reddit

I've just watched 5 videos of fights in the UK to test your theory and not a single one had a headbutt in it. What are you talking about?

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jonz1985z@reddit (OP)

https://www.reddit.com/r/fightporn/s/fgsqjFrVLp https://www.reddit.com/r/fightporn/s/PuGDOHmVUp

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Rude_Technology_8837@reddit

Are you actually braindead? You googled headbutting videos and got videos of headbutts, what exactly does this prove? You specifically googled headbutting and got videos of headbutting..... This doesn't mean that every single fight must include a headbutt because you found two videos where a headbutt happened. Jesus christ

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jonz1985z@reddit (OP)

Lol no, I specifically googled head butting videos, but I didn’t type the UK, they were just the ones that came up.

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Rude_Technology_8837@reddit

Again, proves nothing. If I can find a video of a fight in the US where a headbutt happens would this change your thinking?

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jonz1985z@reddit (OP)

Not if the guy is British lol

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WallOfShoe@reddit

Wow you Google a specific thing and it shows up. That's nuts bro

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dong_von_throbber@reddit

>You gotta get out more Implying people aren't well travelled because they're not up to date on the latest headbutting technique. Get a grip

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jonz1985z@reddit (OP)

No lol just that they’re naïve to it being a common fight technique in the UK. They don’t have to witness either. Just ask around.. “Hey have you ever been head butt in a fight? Ever witnessed it?” You might just look thru this comment section and be able to gather a general consensus amongst Brit’s

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MoistMorsel1@reddit

It is common...but only really in school in my experience... The two people walk towards each other, with their arms open (like they want a hug) and their knees spread apart (like a cowboy). When they get close enough they usually repeat "COME ON THEN" or "YOUR MUM!" until one of them loses their temper and flails their head towards the other person like a flying squirrel having a stroke. This is the headbutt i believe you are describing and i feel this is an important part of the british school experience...

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SecTeff@reddit

Where do you suggest one goes to sample some head butting?

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jonz1985z@reddit (OP)

Google head butting in fight reddit

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CornerTime1605@reddit

Me and my bro where headbutted in a club by some travellers, pretty shite tbh we both stood there and laughed, had them kicked out and nocked around a bit after. 10/10 looked like bells 😂

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OneOfTheNephilim@reddit

I agree with you in general that this is a stereotype I have never encountered before... that said, I have actually witnessed it firsthand once (mate got proper headbutted by some chav he looked at the wrong way at 2am on our high street after a night out, and lost his front teeth)

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No-Fan8297@reddit

A long time ago, my sister headbutted a guy who was trying to assault her.

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jonz1985z@reddit (OP)

That’s awesome

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wtf_idk_maybecheese@reddit

It's like playing conkers but for humans, hardest wins.

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jonz1985z@reddit (OP)

Like rams and goats

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Mean-Pin-7053@reddit

A good headbutt you slam your forehead/top of ur head right into the persons nose. If you’re about to fight someone and they get close/aggressive it’s pretty much the best strike to throw. It’s almost impossible to see coming and block if you don’t telegraph it by swinging ur head backwards like an idiot, it’s also more powerful than a punch if someone’s in up close to ur face.

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Qindaloft@reddit

Your forehead hits their nose N breaks it.

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PodcastPlusOne_James@reddit

The front top part of your skull is solid bone. As far as natural weapons go, that’s pretty good. Faces are soft and squishy. And knuckle bones can break pretty easily. If you drop your chin and take a punch to the forehead, the likelihood is your assailant’s hand is coming off a lot worse than your head is. Skull good weapon basically.

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ErskineLoyal@reddit

It's an excellent option and almost always effective. Nobody shrugs off a hard headbutt.

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WiredAndTeary@reddit

Done properly it can be very effective. Source: got my nose and cheekbone broken courtesy of a gentleman whose technique was perfect.

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Jabby_RazzMaTazz@reddit

It's golden if u get the nose. Hurts like a bastard, can generate a lot of force, eyes well up, blood down the face and throat..affects the opponents to breathe and see. You'd also be surprised how many people shit themselves when they see/taste their own blood in a fight and bail. Great in a clinch where u can then start throwing knees and elbows and blasting someone's orbital bone apart. They they lower their head or you fuck it up you'll just stun yourself though.

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peptide2@reddit

When I taste my blood something happens , a animal instinct to survive takes hold

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Jabby_RazzMaTazz@reddit

Of course mate, triggers the fight/flight/freeze response.

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Spiderill@reddit

Is OP implying that headbutting is a British thing? Wtf?

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GesundesMittelmass@reddit

fighting is a British (and Irish) thing. In the rest of Europe (Civilized Europe) you can go 10 years without witnessing a Physical fight..

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jonz1985z@reddit (OP)

Yes

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Spiderill@reddit

I'd just like to point out that one of Balrog's special moves in the Street Fighter series is a headbutt and he's American: https://streetfighter.fandom.com/wiki/Buffalo_Head

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jonz1985z@reddit (OP)

Oh yea Balrog.. I think he went to school with my sister

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RevolutionaryBat9335@reddit

The trick with headbutts is not to clash foreheads like a fool, that hurts you just as much. If you dont telegraph it by leaning back but bend your knees slightly and spring forwards into someones face instead it can be a very quick and effective technique. Its actually a thing in some martial arts too, you wont see it in competitions though lol

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Poppoolo@reddit

Used to work as a bouncer seen a good few people get a broken nose from a headbutt.worst one i saw didn't even look that bad like a wee bit of agro while a guy was leaving i thought it was just verbal till the other guys nose started leaking blood everywhere.

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LongrodVonHugedong86@reddit

It’s good if you get it right, think of playing football, for maximum power you need to make contact with the ball with your forehead … same thing when you nut a cunt. Forehead to Nose. If you do it right you don’t feel it until much later

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LegoBohoGiraffe@reddit

I appreciate your desire to get a uniquely British take on your question.

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Bubbly-Ad-2735@reddit

Surely headbutting is instinctual? Pretty much every fight i've been in i've opened with a head but if they're too close. Not even thought about it, just reflex.

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Bubbly-Ad-2735@reddit

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Serialver@reddit

The forehead is very hard. People's noses are not. I also think, if you are close enough to punch and it's blocked or misses, it's possible they are open enough to give em a Glasgow Kiss. Obviously, I'm waiting on someone with a real answer now.

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danegermaine99@reddit

This is the answer. The pro wrestling forehead-to-forehead headbutting is stupid. Headbutting is for faces.

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TheEvilBreadRise@reddit

I got head butted in the eye once and it really fucking hurt lol

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HerNibs1980@reddit

Got images of head butting someone with my face now…..I feel like it would end up like a really aggressive snog

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danegermaine99@reddit

lol. I should have made clear the person butting uses their forehead… not because anyone would misunderstand, but because someone would make a silly 🤗

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HerNibs1980@reddit

😂 That silly did have me laughing though 😂

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hawaiianivan@reddit

Never done it, but I'm told to aim for the mouth ensures contact on the bridge of their nose, and that's pretty effective.

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jonz1985z@reddit (OP)

Any surprise strike to the nose will be effective. However, most would advise against using the big round thingy that words come out of and contains your brain.

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mackieknives@reddit

Headbutts are as old as fighting itself. They're incredibly affective, the crown of your skull is about the hardest part of you and has your entire body weight driving it. It's used in various martial arts, in Lethwei and types of Thai boxing they headbutt all the time and it regularly ends the fight.

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Midniteman86@reddit

I'm convinced that my mate hit the sweetest headbutt you could ever witness. It was like a finesse shot on FIFA. He didn't hit it head on (no pun intended) he just flicked his head and caught the nose. Job done. I must've been at least a good 4 feet behind my mate but somehow got blood splatters on my glasses and trainers.

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DeathOfADiscoDancer2@reddit

I got headbutted in pret a manger 3 years ago, it was totally un asked for and shook me up.

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FidelityBob@reddit

My dad was police constable back in the 1940s, he taught me this for self defence. Head butt the top of the nose and knee in the groin at he same time. Only once got attacked though and didn't get chance to use this - prefer to talk my way out or leg it.

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BulletTheDodger@reddit

If you stick the head in someone and it hits their nose, you're very likely going to feel their nose snap. Even if it doesn't snap, they are completely out the game. You get a good one in and you've won 9 out of 10 fights.

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Ibroxonian@reddit

It's completely effective. When you smash a nose with your forehead , your head is safe. The other person will start to have searing pain, their eyes will flood with tears and unable to see, their nose will bleed buckets. The fight is over before it has begun.

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TrifectaOfSquish@reddit

It's quick, it hurts them done right it will stun and you can follow up with much more substantial blows like to the ribs to the side of the head etc. It's for really close up when you haven't got much room to play with which is why it's probably so closely associated with football hooligans after all taking big swings in the midst of a tight crowd is going to leave you vulnerable

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