{"id":130896,"date":"2015-02-25T07:17:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T15:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=130896"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:47:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:47:42","slug":"gym-instructor-josh-neer-beatdown-blown-proportion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/gym-instructor-josh-neer-beatdown-blown-proportion\/","title":{"rendered":"Gym Instructor: Josh Neer &#8216;Beatdown&#8217; Blown Out Of Proportion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-vet-explains-beat-troll-gym\/screen-shot-2015-02-23-at-10-15-35-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-130750\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-23-at-10.15.35-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-23 at 10.15.35 PM\" width=\"484\" height=\"252\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-130750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-23-at-10.15.35-PM.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-23-at-10.15.35-PM-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-23-at-10.15.35-PM-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-23-at-10.15.35-PM-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recently, a video surfaced of Josh Neer landing brutal ground and pound shots on a man who was clearly not defending himself.  After a few seconds of nasty elbows, several men step in to pull Neer off the man, who has been identified of Patrick Martin, at which point Neer soccer kicks the man in the face.<\/p>\n<p>The video is extremely graphic, and can be seen <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/josh-neer-beats-unarmed-combattant-soccer-kicks-warning-graphic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.  Following the video going viral, Neer explained that the man had been harassing him online for some time, which led to Neer inviting the man to the gym for a few rounds of sparring.<\/p>\n<p>Now, RoundKick gym owner Pete Peterson is saying that the whole situation was blown out of proportion by internet trolls.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/02\/gym-instructor-says-josh-neer-beatdown-video-blown-out-of-proportion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t the beatdown that that last 14 seconds makes everyone think.  A lot of the trolls on the Internet just took off with it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Peterson went on to explain that when Neer told him about his invitation to Martin, that he was unsure of whether or not to let the sparring match happen, however Neer said he believed that Martin was simply looking for attention, but when Martin showed up at the gym on Monday, Peterson allowed the sparring session to go on.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s better to be in the gym in a safe environment where it can be stopped than out in the street somewhere.  I\u2019ve been in martial arts for 25 years. Back in the old-school days, you hear about people walking into a martial arts school challenging the instructor and getting beat down. I\u2019ve never, ever seen that happen in my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is the first time anybody\u2019s actually challenged and been disrespectful to one of our coaches here, or even to myself or anybody. He just wouldn\u2019t let it go. He has, my gosh, 70, 80 pounds on Josh, about nine inches on Josh \u2013 he\u2019s a bigger guy. So I let it go.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe elbows look bad, but they\u2019re not hard-cut elbows. They were forearm, more or less. And you hear it on camera, and it sounds worse than it was. There was no soccer kick at the end. He stumbled over and his foot went out to catch his balance, and it got (Martin) in the face. That was not a soccer kick.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t let a person walk over you. We have respect, but in some cases, it gets to a point where a guy pushes too far, and you have to make a stand.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, a video surfaced of Josh Neer landing brutal ground and pound shots on a man who was clearly not defending himself. 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