Can someone bleed out from a fist fight!?

Fought vitus the son of zach. I knocked him out and after we talked he walked off, probably 1 minute later i see his body surrounded by guards searching for the killer. I looked around and saw no one. Either a thief hit him and he died from low health, or i bled him in our fight…

Anyone in the gameplay forum wanting to talk about gameplay? Or just arguing about bugs now?

All I can say is that I’ve never experienced someone bleeding out after a fistfight
afaik they only become unconscious, but I could be wrong

I do have the perk that increases bleed effect, but i was under the assumption it was for swords