Is it true that the more a person weighs in a fight the more likely they are to win?

Question

Is it true that the more a person weighs in a fight the more likely they are to win?

Answer 1

Depends on how much heavier the opponent is and the skill level of the guy who is smaller. Statistically I would say yes, but there are other variables (like the first guy mentioned) such as level of fitness.

Check this link for a great example of a small guy with skill beating a fat guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POJ2T023M...

Answer 2

not if the guy who weighs more is a fat mess and the lighter guy is in good shape

Answer 3

obviously youv'e never been in a fight.

Answer 4

Bigger body mass = more strength.

Size gives you an advantage, bear in mind that it can be countered with:  technique, speed, desire, and experience.

Answer 5

Noep , The Bigger they are the harder they fall If you Saw The Mir Vs Lensnar fight you'll see why.

Answer 6

no.

if you weigh more you might have a small advantageover soem as you can put a lot more power into you atrtacks by putting all your body weight between them.

but the heavier person is often slower than a light person. and it depends on how much both people have trained and how much skill they both have. it also depends on what styles and what parts of what styles they have learnt.

Answer 7

"the bigger they are the harder they fall" idk if that is true but it is kinda funny

Answer 8

It will certainly be an advantage in ground work for hold downs.

Otherwise if a fighter is heavier than he needs to be it will only hinder him. Having too much excess fat is like having a heavy weight tied to you all the time think of it like that.

You don't need to be massive to be a good fighter e.g. Bruce Lee wasn't exactly tall or heavy.

Answer 9

No... smaller people are faster... no duh! There is less "matter" to move and thus you get increased speed. And for the dude that said being big means you can't get beat... ummmm, no. I fight guys who are like over six feet tall and are in their "prime" and they are still afraid of me. (I'm like 5' 3"). It all depends on the techniques a person uses, how smart they are in the middle of the match, and how well they can use their body's attributes, whether it be weight or speed.

Answer 10

No. It has to do with skill not weight. More weight would be an advantage on the ground but that is about it.

Answer 11

All things being equal size does matter however training and excellent technique can assist a smaller person in overcoming a much larger attacker.

But a bigger hand makes a bigger fist and a bigger body moving properly toward a target hit's harder and potentially inflicts much more damage than a smaller frame.  

But size in no way determines every outcome to every fight.  

KK

Answer 12

If a man is huge, muscular, strong, fast, well-coordinated and has superb balance, there is no way a small man can beat him, even if he has more skill. Sheer physical toughness in underestimated by men who have not experienced it. Many people imagine that the movie scenes in which some shrimp beats a mastodon are part of real life, but such things rarely happen. I am quite a big man, and no one has ever hurt me in boxing or in martial arts. A 6'-5.5", 245 lbs. man hit me full-force in the solar plexus with a golf club, and it did not faze me at all. A 6'-7" man somewhat heavier hit me there in a bar with his fist and screamed with pain while I laughed. He ran away and never returned. My size and toughness makes me nearly invulnerable. A 6'-3", 350 lbs. man slugged it out, John L. Sullivan style, with me, and I knocked him out of the ring in the first round. He later laughed and said he had just as well punch the nearest wall as to punch me. I am a powerlifter, so I am stronger than most men, even men my size. I am also quick and have unshakeable balance. 245-350 lbs. men only hurt their hands and feet hitting me.

Answer 13

to be small is to be mobile

to be large is to be a target

size may have power,

but it takes far more energy to initiate the motion required

a boulder may roll over and flatten a target,

but it takes a lever and an incline to start the action.

a rock the size of a golf ball, thrown swiftly and accurately,

will kill just as dead

Read chapter 5 'Potential Energy' in "The Art of War" by Master Sun

"You might be big, but I'm SMALL!"

                         Daffy Duck

Answer 14

Not really, it would provide a solid defense.  However if you watched kenshin you can pick up on the sword style that karu used sp.  It use the openits weight against them an you dont need to be a swordsmen to use some of the moves, just have to go about it differntly.

Answer 15

Martial arts, among other things, provide a means for a smaller person to overcome a larger opponent. Sheer size will not determine a fight, especially since weighing more might mean a person is simply fat and totally out of shape. However, size does provide a significant advantage. Anyone who has been in a fight against a much larger person knows that is true. There's a reason larger animals tend to be more dominant over other members of their species. At 200 lbs. and 6'1" I'm not a small guy, but I'm not a giant either. When I fight people they're usually smaller and I do have advantages over them in reach, strength, leverage, and attack angles. However, when I fight someone who is much shorter than me I find that it becomes more difficult to defend against strikes to my head as they are cutting an upwards angle towards me rather than simply a straight punch. The bottom line is that greater size is an advantage in a fight but it cannot determine the outcome alone. So, to answer your question, yes. I think that generally speaking, and assuming the two combatants have roughly equal fighting skill, the larger of the two will statistically be the victor.

Answer 16

Look who stopped trolling!

No. Royce Gracie was a small man and he beat guys in the 200+ range. ROyce was around 160

Answer 17

well if that weight is mostly muscle then yeah, but if it's mainly fatness then probably not.

Answer 18

Size is always an advantage. But then again, so is supperior skill - you just never know, and there are no hard/fast rules.

It also depends on what we are talking about, because in a life-threatening situation, the will to live and raw artery-popping aggression is usually the key indicator.

but put it like this...intelligent students of self defense and real martial combat already knows not face a dominating opponent head-on, that would just be poor judgement and strategy.