Osu! We can block, but that is not the point when fighting in our style

These fighters were not equal and that is why one was a punching bag. but really there is tons of blocking and evading, but hard to see for an untrained eye. The thing is, bareknuckle fighing makes for elbows and hip bones becoming natural block, the rest is angling and slight redirection of opponents punches, if you trust your body to absorb the rest, you can focus on delivering pain on the opponent. Shotokan is more of a hit and run because points are given also for ineffective strikes, while kyokushin is more press forward because nobody counts points, only visible damage on the opponent and you have only 3 minutes on you to try to knock the other out. Both great, but rules form the method of fighting.