Usually in fist fights you get punched in the face.

I remember on 'JAG,' Joe Jackson punched Stephen Culp and shattered his nose.

The alternative is getting into fist fights. Even hot words are better than fist fights.

When someone is punched in the face, you find out what they are made of.

punched [a] detainee with a closed fist so hard in the temple that it knocked the detainee unconscious.

You'd get punched in the face. Everybody in the room gets to punch you in the face. ... It just doesn't happen. It is not something that happens in this building.