Many years ago, I participated in a Wrestling Night in a bar. A mat had been placed in the middle of the floor, patrons surrounded it and guys who signed up were matched up and then went at it on the mat. Most of us had been drinking so the competition ranged from mild to wild. No one was interested in wrestling skill, rules or regulations. Fine by me as I was eager to just kick butt. My opponent was an Hispanic guy, we were same size, same weight, but the thing I remember most about him is that I spotted a bulky ring he was wearing on his finger. Right before we went at it I thought, damn, I risk losing a tooth because this asshole doesn't care if he fights fair. Or maybe he just forgot he had the damn thing on.
Whatever, it was a short tussle because we both tied up aggressively, but then spun off the mat, both of us falling with my head hitting the bare floor. When I came to I was laying on a couch in another room. Some guy was playing pool by himself on the opposite side of the room. Another guy I didn't know, and would never see again, was positioned right in front of me, was holding three fingers in front of my face and yelling over the bar music as loud as he could, "How many fingers do you see?" I said, "Three." He said, "You're all right." And then vanished out of sight.
I had gone to the bar with two buddies and they were right with me. One of them suddenly announced, "We're taking you to the emergency room." We went, I was examined and soon released.
When I talked to my buddy the next day, I thanked him for taking me to the emergency room. He said that there was no choice, I was talking nonsense when I came to, something over and over about the guy playing pool on the other side of the room being so hot.
I said, "Well, was he?" He said, "Hell, no. That's why you had to be taken to the emergency room."
Humor aside, being knocked out is something I don't want to experience again, nor would I ever do that deliberately to any opponent. Similar to wearing a bulky ring in a fair fight.
Regretfully, I never was able to track down that Hispanic for a rematch.