You don't choose it. You don't plan for it. It just happens.
You get shoved. You trip over a curb. Your foot slips on wet pavement. And now you're down there... on concrete, on gravel, on glass... with someone on top of you who wants to hurt you.
Here's what the self-defense industry won't tell you:
Most "ground fighting" training will get you killed on the street.
They teach you to "pull guard." To work from your back. To wrap your legs around a guy and hunt for submissions like you're rolling in a nice, clean gym.
But you're not in a gym. You're in a parking lot. A bar. A sidewalk outside a gas station at 11 PM. And the ground isn't padded.