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Darren, how would a regular fit guy fare against female fighters?
In most sports, state level 14-year-old boy's teams tend to beat the world level top female teams. However - fighting does one thing, which is normalizes for body weight advantages. Part of the male advantage is body weight.
I'm not saying that Ronda could beat a prime Steven Seagal...but he is 66 now...wouldn't he be huffing and puffing like a locomotive, or is stamina still possible at that age [and body fat percentage]?
I don't know - you would know.
I can't tell you that I wrestled with a world level female in the 125-lb class, being nothing but a national level 170-lb strongman [CAASA increased the weight class to 175 - which is the lightest class, the lightweight division, which I compete in], and while she wasn't able to pin me, I wasn't able to pin her either. It may have been because I underestimated her to such a degree that I wasn't trying at first...but she was really, really good.
So...is there no chance that a prime Ronda would be able to take a 66-year-old version of Seagal?
And exactly what is Seagal's resume, anyway?
I remember an interview I saw on YouTube where Georges St-Pierre was asked if Van Damme would beat Seagal in a fight, and at first St-Pierre said Seagal, due to the size advantage, but then changed his view and said he thought Van Damme would win, since he had more fighting experience.
My experience in my own sport is that no matter how good a small man is, a good big man will beat him.
For example, in 2016, I decided to throw my hat into the annual Motors & Muscles heavyweight strongman contest that is open to anyone who enters. Basically, that contest is heavier than Thunder Bay's Strongest Man in the <200-lb class, but below Ontario's Strongest Man. For perspective, we pulled an 8,700-lb Monster Truck [+225-lb driver], flipped a 950-lb tire for max reps in 60 seconds, had a 160-lb Circus Dumbbell, etc.
The contest was actually stronger than the Lightweight Nationals that year, and placing last was a victory for me, since I only had two goals: score points on every event [no zeroes], and beat at least one heavyweight competitor in one of the events [I tied a 6'5, 300-lb competitor on the partial deadlift event].
But it taught me a valuable lesson - good big men beat good small men, almost always. If not always.
So...even though Seagal has a lot of size on Ronda, wouldn't age be a factor? Or his body fat percentage being higher than it used to be?
Just wondering - as I said, I don't know. You would know. I'm not going to claim to be an expert on fighting. I am a huge UFC fan, but simply don't have the training experience - so I'm curious how these women would fare against men.