[MA] Best dirty-fighting style for a callous weakling?

[Icelander]

Originally Posted by Anthony

That might have something to do with which muscles they've trained (ratio of leg strength is probably nowhere near ratio of arm strength), though of course there's a reason sumo wrestlers and football linemen build up non-muscle mass.

It has a lot to do with that, I expect. The kind of training they do appears to be very focused and yield surprisingly little benefit when it comes to more broad and ad-hoc applications of strength.

But yeah, in a clash between a 200 lbs. boxer and a 250 lbs. football lineman, I'll bet on the lineman, as long as he has at least equal mental capacity to hurt others. Even if they have the same lean muscle mass. It's possible to prevent a determined opponent from closing, but it's damn hard. And once it's close, it's generally down to mass.