MMA fighter vs Spartan soldier ... who would win?(everything is allowed)
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Man with sword/spear beats unarmed man. Not exactly a surprise.
In a straight up unarmed contest, modern professional fighters lay waste to soldiers from any era. I’m not sure there has been a single period in history where soldiers trained extensively in unarmed combat. You’re there to kill or be killed, and for that reason alone you don’t mess about with your fists.
You use weaponry. I’m sure there would’ve been a bigger emphasis on unarmed combat back in spartan times, but it would still only form a small part of their training. If you find yourself unarmed on a medieval battlefield, you’re most likely already fucked.
In a straight up unarmed contest, modern professional fighters lay waste to soldiers from any era. I’m not sure there has been a single period in history where soldiers trained extensively in unarmed combat. You’re there to kill or be killed, and for that reason alone you don’t mess about with your fists.
You use weaponry. I’m sure there would’ve been a bigger emphasis on unarmed combat back in spartan times, but it would still only form a small part of their training. If you find yourself unarmed on a medieval battlefield, you’re most likely already fucked.
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so basically the scenario is rigged towards the spartans from the beginning and the topic is completely pointless.
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What I read about it (studied history for some semester) it was even less unarmed training as in todays army. Basically none. Nowadays its important to keep them fit and focused were back then they had melee weapons training. Nothing more useless in combat than unarmed combat.
Thats why a better comparison are the athletes competing at Olympia.
The Spartans were just hyped up. I don't think they were tougher than any other tough guys. You're either tough or you're not. There are really only two levels of toughness, whether you can ignore pain and whether you can ignore injury. There are plenty of MMA fighters that have proven to be able to ignore both pain and injury.
Sparta was incredibly small, with only about 10k citizens of fighting age. It was a very small pool of talent. It may have seemed tough to other Greek city states but those were also small.
As mentioned above their fighting prowess was not that flexible. They just were well organized for phalanx. They were not known for one on one fighting particularly.
Spartans just had some good marketing that was very specific to their neighboring cultures, but in the list of greatest fighters in history they are nowhere near the top.
Sparta was incredibly small, with only about 10k citizens of fighting age. It was a very small pool of talent. It may have seemed tough to other Greek city states but those were also small.
As mentioned above their fighting prowess was not that flexible. They just were well organized for phalanx. They were not known for one on one fighting particularly.
Spartans just had some good marketing that was very specific to their neighboring cultures, but in the list of greatest fighters in history they are nowhere near the top.
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No.
No unarmed man could “avoid the sword” of a trained warrior who has killed men with that sword.
Weapons change everything.
Any MLB player with their bat vs an unarmed MMA fighter.
My $ is on the MLB player and I win 9x/10 too.
MMA fighter vs 150 lb mountain lion.
Lion takes this, easily.
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Can you post a link to the Royce vs kimbo fight? I never saw that one.
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Socrates would beat the shit out of conor mcgregor.
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i agree. Roman legionnaires, Macedonian phalanx infantry should be regarded much higher. Even their contemporaries like Thebans beat them but the Thebans get nowhere near the same respect.
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Hannibal would shove an elephant tusk up all of their asses.
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You told me, another dude, to hold your cum, which as I stated, I'm not into. And I never, not ONCE, said anything about touching your dick lmaooo dont CLEARLY project your fantasies onto others.
YOU were the one saying for another dude to hold your cum
YOU were the one talking about another dude touching your dick.
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Yeah man so you can preserve it for generations not for your own cum shower, if this seems gay to you then thats your thing, maybe shouldnt offer fictitious tissues over the internet.You told me, another dude, to hold your cum, which as I stated, I'm not into. And I never, not ONCE, said anything about touching your dick lmaooo dont CLEARLY project your fantasies onto others.
YOU were the one saying for another dude to hold your cum
YOU were the one talking about another dude touching your dick.
YOU said all that, so nice try bud
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Sorry im back.
in other words: You can take advantage of your environment.
You cant ask for more.
MMA rules? The Spartans are then disadvantaged.
No rules fight would be fair to both sides and no USDA (Yes, mma fighters can use PEDs.)
in other words: You can take advantage of your environment.
You cant ask for more.
MMA rules? The Spartans are then disadvantaged.
No rules fight would be fair to both sides and no USDA (Yes, mma fighters can use PEDs.)
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agreed as do modern soldiers though, strikes and chokes they use look very instinctive though nothing too technical.
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Spartans trained with weapons since the day they were born. So obviously they would be better at that. Of course, dudes back then were tiny compared to present day...but it would still be tough for most MMA fighters (who have zero or near-zero weapons training) to win that one. Maybe the Diaz brothers, or Conor if he had a loading truck. The best strategy would probably be to try a hail-mary sword swipe and try to get into a messy grappling situation where they could easily win.
Hand to hand??? That wouldn't go particularly well for the Spartans, I fear. Present day MMA fighters are almost certainly the deadliest hand to hand fighters to ever walk the face of the earth (although they have a bit less training in "dirty" stuff than some...depending on who it is of course - I'd put Jon Jones up there with the 1700s-1800s eye guage duelers in the US) And again, they are way, way, WAAAAAYYYY bigger in general - unless we had Mighty Mouse fighting them or something
Hand to hand??? That wouldn't go particularly well for the Spartans, I fear. Present day MMA fighters are almost certainly the deadliest hand to hand fighters to ever walk the face of the earth (although they have a bit less training in "dirty" stuff than some...depending on who it is of course - I'd put Jon Jones up there with the 1700s-1800s eye guage duelers in the US) And again, they are way, way, WAAAAAYYYY bigger in general - unless we had Mighty Mouse fighting them or something
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I think we can say that our technique is better, but toughness and endurance go to the Spartans.
- No MMA rules, but I allow PEDs (MMA fighters).
A fight where you can take advantage of your environment is more than fair to both sides.
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