In any case, the F16 didn't check his 6 properly, and was caught from behind !
The Mig manoeuver was exactly the one we used to perform, "jumping" for behind and usually above, on an unsuspecting aircraft. Flying close and fast, then immediately after climbing again, to make him think about what would have been the meaning for him in real warfare. There was other words than "jumping" the other aircraft, which you will guess...
Flying in pair, in battle spread formation, was one way to protect yourself (also ECW, provided the incoming aircraft had something like a transmetting radar)
Those encounters used to happen at low altitude, in uncontrolled airspace, even if they were quite discouraged by hierarchy.
Out over the ocean, in the blue, anything can happen.
I remember a couple of accidents, with one of the aircraft losing control, and crashing in the sea, sometimes with no ejection... and that did happen on both sides, and was sometimes "blue on blue"
Navy pilots from aircraft carriers were in the best positions for those encounters...