Like sure a lot of show loves the basic of cqc but there are media where you really want to push how crazy a move like the one inch punch is.

In Kengan karateka like Wakatsuki and Gensai are mentionned to have a shorter range than other striker but their strength and special move (Wakatsuki has super strength and Gensai can just stab people with his fingers) make it a complete non issue. Adam Dudley and Kanoh fighting style is all about havign enough strength that they don't need good footing to throw k.o punches.

Sailor steve Costigan's opponent slade in pit of the serpent.
"I had figured that I'd have the advantage, being heavier and stronger. Slade couldn't use his shifty footwork to keep out of my way. I'd pin him in a corner and smash him like a cat does a rat. But the bout hadn't been on two seconds before I saw I was all wrong. Slade was just an overgrown Young Griffo. His footwork was second to his ducking and slipping. He had fought in the pit before, and had found that kind of fighting just suited to his peculiar style. He shifted on his feet just enough to keep weaving, while he let my punches go under his arms, around his neck, over his head or across his shoulder."