I understand the power of trained fighters.
I get that, for example, Georges St-Pierre would beat fellow French Canadian, and 8x Canada's Strongest Man Jean-Francois Caron in a fight.
Although I did ask a friend of mine who competes in wrestling in the 250-lb category [120-kg? -ish], and he told me that Caron's body weight advantage would give St-Pierre some difficulty. But as we learned from The Mountain versus McGregor short fighting clip on YouTube, it seems pretty clear any UFC fighter in the lightweight class [155-lb] or heavier would beat any strongman competitor - unless that strongman has a wrestling background.
Is that more or less accepted fact, or am I off?
Also, my wrestling friend is very strong, and squatted 700-lb in competition last year. So I trust his judgment on these matters. His name is Ronnie Bingham, and a few of his wrestling matches are - or were - on YouTube, including a match he had with the 250-lb+ competitor who placed 8th at the most recent Olympics for wrestling.
He did not say that Jean-Francois Caron would beat Georges St-Pierre in a fight, just that the weight disparity would give Georges a challenge. For all I know, that might mean the fight is over in 90 seconds instead of 9 seconds, as with Georges versus a normal-sized person who does not train for fighting. Georges is 5'10.5" and walks around at 185-lb or so...sometimes closer to 195-lb [but he said the weight was mostly water - and presumably fat - and didn't do him much good]. Jean-Francois is 6'4 and probably weighs 325-lb or more. I don't believe he has exceeded 350-lb yet, but he may have been north of 340-lb, which is crazy - even more crazy to think that The Mountain, as well as Brian Shaw and some other top strongman are nearly 100-lb heavier than that.
Even Dimitar Savatinov was 330-lb. He is my height [5'8.5"] and placed 7th in 2015, which is INSANE for a man under six feet - he's even under 5'10 for that matter. Vytautas Lalas came the closest prior to Dimitar - although slightly taller, he also performed better by placing 2nd in the 2013 World's Strongest Man to countryman Zydrunas Savickas. The look of sadness at the placing was palpable on Vytautas' face. Imagine how it would feel to come second, knowing the risks involved to be competitive at that level? And after that huge effort...knowing you have to do it all over again.
Anyway, long post for a simple question:
How much wrestling training would it need for the average fit/strong man [say - who bench presses over 225-lb, deadlifts over 405-lb...your normal strong young man who trains] for that fit/strong man to beat the female fighters in fights?
I'm assuming that even the top females in the world would be out-wrestled by more or less any male college or university wrestler. Is that safe to say, or am I mising something?
