Knife VS Bat, who wins?

[mbillie1]

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I love how some people in this thread think the guy with the bat has NO mobility. They keep saying you only get 1 swing with a bat then the knife guy is going to cut them to pieces. I guess the bat guy is supposed to swing, hit the knife guy in the arm/shoulder and then just stand there while the knife guy charges him?? WTF!!!

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Once you're in tight you can grab the guy and keep him close. Not for 30 seconds or anything, but long enough to get several seriously damaging, potentially fatal blows while his weapon is relatively much less damaging. Obviously the guy can get away, but it's more likely he'll absorb way more damage during the close-range stuff than he'll dish out in the transition from close to long range.

A random example: watch MMA, or any street fight really... most fights end up in grappling (in fact most fights end up on the ground, which is why jujitsu and other grappling based martial arts are so much more useful than other), I mean it's not given that once range is closed it will stay closed. But keeping someone 2-4 feet away when they are trying to get in close is probably singularly the most difficult thing to do in a fight. Belt requirements in various martial arts are routinely "stay on your feet against a grappler", etc. It's very difficult to maintain range.