re: Average man vs. Ronda Rousey

Not only does this thread discount the average man it also discounts female athletes. As always, the answer lies somewhere in the middle, I'm not just speaking of Rousey, I'm speaking of female athletes vs average males in general. Your average male isn't a fat chubby soy drinker like this board puts on, it also depends on the age and what that average male is or use to be good at. I played football and baseball through high school but basketball I only played through junior high and wasn't as good in it. Your regular NCAA female basketball player would wear my arse out on the court.

There was a ULM female basketball player when I was in college that played quite a bit in the offseason with a bunch of us guys. She was a starter at ULM but not one of the better players of the 5 starters. She did pretty well even against college boys, most, except me played BB in high school. But she did hold her own and at times could actually do really well. If the top player on the ULM team was playing she'd probably have done really well.

As far as fighting it depends on if the guy could at least get some training in, even if just a few weeks. If you told me I have to leave in 5 minutes and go fight RR, considering I'm in my late 30s and haven't been in a fight since I was in my early 20s I'd probably be worried she'd break my arm, also I pay 0 attention to MMA stuff so I don't even know how she'd attack me. Boxing I like a little more and I feel I"d beat her down with ease though, plus I use to do that some in HS also.

Again, if it's a 40 y/o man but he used to do MMA stuff 20 years ago he could probably jump right in even if out of shape and beat her down pretty good. But if it's a dude who only played baseball and never did MMA and he had to go fight her right now, he'd more than likely still win but it would all just depend, does he miss a punch and she breaks his arm , who knows what would happen.

She looks heavy. And not cute at all.

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That's like saying whoever the best male MMA fighter is could beat up a gorilla b/c the male has technique blatta blatta blatta.

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The difference between a MMA fighter and a goddamn gorilla is way greater than the physicality difference between Rousey and an average joe.

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That's like saying whoever the best male MMA fighter is could beat up a gorilla b/c the male has technique blatta blatta blatta.

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Aren't gorillas like 8x stronger than men. So you're saying if a woman could bench 100 walking in off the street, a guy could bench 800?

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Aren't gorillas like 8x stronger than men

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depends on the gorilla, and the man. the strongest man is about half as strong as an average gorilla. the strongest gorilla is about 10x's stronger than the average man.


The strongest woman ever isnt' stronger than whoever won the power lifting state championship in Louisiana this year, or any year.

I do think the hardest part of this is figuring out what the average man is like. Even if we say the average American man is 5’9” and 175lbs, that tells us nothing about who he is. I work in an office setting and the average guy I see everyday is in poor physical shape. The average construction worker or roughneck would be different.

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I can’t tell if you’re trolling or not, but she fought at 135 pounds.

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^^^^doesnt understand the fight game

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She really could have them just chase her around for 30 seconds, and they'd be gassed

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Your average male who is unfamiliar with mma probably isn't gonna chase her around the ring. They, including myself, will probably go the more defensive route. Again, I'm assuming you are told you'll be fighting her in a few minutes, not in 2 months. I never did grappling but did use to do some boxing, so throwing punches everytime she came near me would be the route I'd take.

Better question - your friends versus Hafþór Björnsson