If someone that was buff as fabio, and very mascular but around 5'7 to 5'9 against some dude thats 6'4 and fairly strong i guess who do you think would win?
my friends keep arguin about this
2007-03-23 07:33:16 · 12 answers · asked by Philosophist 2 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
That is a juvenile and vague question. It would depend on countless other factors besides physical build. Rocky Marciano was 5'10" and cleaned out the heavyweight division. Bob Sapp wiped the canvas with the faces of a lot of smaller guys. However, Chuck Norris, Toshishiro Obata, and Royce Gracie would gang up on the both of them and kill them horribly in a hurricane of roundhouses, armbars, and sword slashes.
2007-03-23 07:46:34 · answer #1 · answered by R. Lee 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the taller guy will always have the advantage in striking as he will have more range.
you do not provide enough information to answer such a question as there are too many variables.
Such as what other phyisical shape are they in. Fabio doesn't have the build of a fighter, even if he did that doesn't mean he knows how to use it.
There is a difference between bieng strong and bieng able to punch with power. Punching or striking with power also involves bieng able to use technique to make the most of your stregth, and get stregth from other muslces besides your arm. Most punches ideally involve not only the fist, but power driven from the rest of the body as well (shoulders, hips, and legs, and possibly body weight).
also who is in better condition?
Do either have a "glass jaw" or a "tough jaw".
what training do either of them have?
is it good (realistic) training?
2007-03-23 15:03:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
During my fighting days, I used to spar with fighters of different sizes. One sparring partner was about 6'-3" tall and 250 lbs (a former college linebacker). I was 5'-9" and 160.
I loved and hated sparring with him.
I Ioved it because I could dart in and out, easily kicking him in the legs and punching and kicking him in the ribs and midsection. Because of my size I was more mobile and elusive than he was.
I hated it because when he finally got upset enough and cornered me he would make me pay for it like nobody in my weight class could. When he connected with a good punch or kick it would send me flying backward across the ring and into the ropes. Out of necessity, I learned how to come off the ropes without ending up right in front of him.
So, to answer your question. It would depend on the rules. In MMA, The big man is going to ignore anything the smaller man throws at him and will try to simply take him down and finish it. In kickboxing, the smaller man can rip up the bigger man's legs with kicks, while avoiding the big man's power. The smaller man may not ultimately be the winner, but he stands a better chance to take it the distance and score a win on points.
2007-03-23 15:30:33 · answer #3 · answered by JV 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
TOO many variables left undefined... Philippine fighters are very small but can tear a dwarf mountain into pieces because they use their size to the advantage and yet in boxing George Forman was taller thane almost everyone and was known to be a cannon, so it all depends
2007-03-23 15:43:59 · answer #4 · answered by iamjustbored10 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Igor Vovchanchyn is somewhere around 5'8" and made a career out of beating big guys standing. However, he is the exception not the rule. The taller, heavier guy typically has the advantage particularly on the feet.
2007-03-23 17:46:28 · answer #5 · answered by Mr Chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different tactics for different sizes. A smaller guys basic tactic is to get inside and avoid the strike zone of a taller guy. When the smaller guy gets inside, they can "tie up" the longer limbs of the taller guy to throw strikes or wrap him up for the ground.
Taller guys basic tactic is to keep their distance and use the longer limbs to throw strikes and keep them in their target zone to keep punishing them. When they get weakened they can close the gap and use their size to overpower their opponent.
These are basic tactics that get adjusted per the skills of the opponent but these basic tactics do work.
2007-03-23 14:55:17 · answer #6 · answered by Matthew E 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It all comes down to skill, knowledge, execution, and experience. Size only matters when someone is not skilled or experienced. A trained or skilled fighter takes away the size advantage.
2007-03-23 15:35:54 · answer #7 · answered by John N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you and your friends go out and find two guys who fit the description above and offer $50 to the winner. That's the scientific method.
2007-03-23 16:16:49 · answer #8 · answered by kungfufighter20002001 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither
Nobody ever wins a fight.
Both parties end up injured, possibly in jail, hospital or morgue.
2007-03-23 14:38:01 · answer #9 · answered by zaphodsclone 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Who is winning the arguement?
2007-03-23 18:13:33 · answer #10 · answered by sapboi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋