Posted by S.F. on 11/29/2002, 7:51 am
Board Administrator

About 5-6 years ago, I was scheduled to meet an old friend that I had not seen in a while at a local club. We were there to discuss a joint business venture - not to dance or meet women. Anyway, we ate appetizers and chatted for a couple of hours and then left the club. Out in the parking lot, we walked to his car and continued talking business. We were probably hanging out at his car in the front parking lot for about 10 minutes when the doors to the club opened and a huge crowd walked out. The way they were walking, you would have though that they were just a big crowd leaving together - orderly, pretty quiet, casually talking with one-another. They walked down the front wooden steps into the parking lot and immediately formed this circle where 2 women ended up in the middle (they looked to be about in their early 20s). It was obvious at this point that there was going to be a fight. One of the women looked pretty tough and was aggressively talking to the other one. She looked like she had no fear. The other looked a little hesitant, and wasn't talking back - like the sudden realization of the predicament she was in had just hit her. I got the feeling from seeing her there that she really didn't want whatever problem had developed between them in the club to come to this point. I felt bad for her even though both women were physically the same size. Without any type of prelude, the two women locked up with each other, and it wasn't long at all before the tougher-looking one had the weaker one on the ground and was holding the sitting woman's left arm with her left hand. The woman sitting on the ground had her right hand on the pavement, and was looking up at the tougher girl. With her right hand on the pavement, and her left arm being held, she had no defense. The standing woman just reared her right fist back and swung right across the sitting woman's nose, obviously shattering it as a loud crack rang out. The sitting woman was now balling heavily and was holding her face. That was it. The tougher girl backed away and celebrated her easy win and walked away. The sobbing woman just sat on the ground for about 5 minutes crying while 2 or 3 people tried to talk to her. The whole fight itself couldn't have lasted for more than 45 seconds.