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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

One of the guys I used to work with was nicknamed Tiny, and of course he was huge. 6'6" and raised on a farm with hard physical labor. He was just crazy strong. Like most big guys, he was not a fighter, he just wanted to be one of the guys.

He said the only folks that ever gave him problems were the little guys that wanted to take down the big guy. He was very slow to get mad. We were at a restaurant-bar having dinner and beer and some little punk decided he wanted to fight. When the little guy sucker punched him, he just grabbed the little punk, the the little guy landed a few kicks and punches. He just threw the little guy against a wall and it was over.

The police came, and we all were witnesses. The little guy left in handcuffs, and we finished a few more beers.

It was a 10 second fight. Very clear winner. Size absolutely matters.

It does and probably also doesn't. There are probably times when a smaller person can take down a bigger person due to training, strength, luck, etc.... Also, as the size discrepancy decreases, ie a guy 5'11" vs a guy 6'2" and maybe 20-30# difference, it's probably not nearly as big a factor as a guy 6'6" vs 5'9" with a 100+# difference.

And I have no doubt that there are guys that talk big, but have nothing to back it up, that would probably be thoroughly trashed by a smaller person that can fight and has a lot of experience fighting.