I was at a rock/punk concert tonight in california and wore my MAGA cap. During the middle of the show someone broke of from the mosh pit to fight me. Didn't end well for him, he ate a few punches and pissed off.
Crowd turns into a circle and his biggest friend comes after me....I'm not big...5'11 and wiry, 150 on a good day. He was about 6'2 but not to strong, we sparred for a good minute or so, mainly me blocking and playing the distance game, he ended up overcommitting to a punch and I got on his back and choked him out.
While I'm choking him out the guy that started it tackled me off of him and tried to punch me up but didn't really land anything. After about 20 seconds I flipped him over and started landing punches, security broke us up about 5 seconds later. Fucking cowards.
With a 5'11" wiry build, proper footwork is the most important thing you've got in a fight, since you don't necessarily have the reach advantage and you don't have the muscle/weight to throw devastating punches.
NEVER START A FIGHT, but if someone else drags you into it, dodge and weave until you can move out of their reach to a safe distance, then keep your eyes open for either a way to escape the fight or an opening to take control of the fight by taking advantage of the other guy's mistakes.