I have seen the opposite. I’m a martial arts style programmer, who is put into environments where street fighting is considered more ethical than what I had to put up with.

Being able to craft quick and dirty solutions which are diluted versions of my normal code solved tons of problems. Since I see programming as a craft, I had an intuition about where I can cut corners without affecting the quality most of the time, and I can add the corner back if the opportunity arises.

A martial arts practitioner with a flexible mind is a formidable force.

In "a real street fight", the person who can extend combat such that they minimize immediate threats as well as deliver maximum damage to their opponents when possible typically will come out the other side better.

These are techniques martial arts teach. A "street fighter" might have some tricks up their sleeve, but a martial artist is better equipped to handle arbitrary conflicts they may find themselves in.

Neither guarantees success in a fight.

Neither have any chance against the gunslinger engineer.