The speculation about the actual encounter between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin continues to be obfuscated and presented in disingenuous terms.   It is time to address the actual known facts about the physical encounter.  Period.
As a 17-year-old matriculating young man Trayvon Martin was actively a follower of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) style street fighting.   Research into his known interests reveal that Trayvon was not only prone to enjoyment of MMA street fighting, but he was an avid follower and participant. This is evidenced by his own U-Tube subscriptions to MMA fights and his conversations with others about it.   He watched videos, followed MMA fights, and even participated with other friends in acting it out.

Again, as a reminder, if you look at Arm wrestling brother subscription Trayvon had to trujillodragonhulk, on the surface it seems innocuous. But it deals with, and showcases, underground fighting, and MMA style street fights. Go check it out. It looks like it became an interest to Trayvon around the time he had a signficant growing spurt, about a year ago (April/May 2011).
The subscription highlights fighting styles, and “how to” type street matches. In addition there are multiple videos of actual street fights. Trayvon obviously was highly interested in this as reflected in his subscription to the MMA street fighter’s account.

If you remember the street fight video of “Anthony VS. Curtis” where Trayvon was refereeing the fight you will remember how excited Trayvon became when Anthony delivered a knee to the head of Curtis, a typical MMA move.   Trayvon was yelling “ohhh yeah”, when he saw the move.


It is not even a question of whether or not Trayvon was “into” MMA street fighting.  He was.   The question becomes then how does this have relevance with his encounter with George Zimmerman.?

Consistently I see people, including attorney Benjamin Crump, saying the injuries that George Zimmerman received the hands of Trayvon Martin were not significant enough to warrant George shooting Trayvon.
This is simply ridiculous, and framed as a specific distraction.
The issue in George’s self-defense is not how bad the previous blows to the head were, nor what injuries were sustained so far, but more…

             …… what would be the impact of the NEXT blow…

That is the question to answer.   Was George Zimmerman in “reasonable” fear for his life or “great bodily injury” based on the existing relevent action from Trayvon sitting atop his body and delivering what witnesses have described as MMA “ground and pound” blows to the head and face.    What would the next blow have done? and is it reasonable to concur that great bodily damage was an anticipated outcome ?
George was already suffering from a broken nose, and several cuts as a result from severe blows to the head and face.  While having his head slammed onto the concrete sidewalk, was George Zimmerman reasonable in believing the next blow could inflict “death” or “great bodily injury”?
If so, then he is justified in any defensive action on his part including using his lawfully possessed firearm to stop his assailant.
Period.