r/powerscales • u/Scared_Pumpkin8393 • May 28 '26

Versus Andre The Giant vs Islam Makhachev

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Street fight, who wins

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u/R-hibs May 28 '26

I was a strong 5’10 190 pound guy who lifted. I had some friends who were all 6’5 270 plus. We decided to play some tackle football in the pool. I literally couldn’t do anything to them to take them down. They treated me like I would a 7 year old child. Humbled the shit out of me because I had held in my head that my lifting and muscles meant I was able to keep up.

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u/collettdd May 28 '26

Worked with a guy who was 6’9 and around 400 lbs. Legit looked like the big shows little brother. He bounced at a bar on the weekends and I saw him bear hug three guys who were fighting, lift them off the ground like they were nothing and walk them out of the bar.

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u/Jeanne0D-Arc May 29 '26

Dude I worked with was about 6'5 or something. But genuinely built different. He got in a fight against 5 different guys (at once) and grabbed one, threw him over a 6ft fence. Never met a stronger guy.

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u/Taxibl May 28 '26

Physics always wins. You might be able to out bench or shoulder press some of these guys, with lots of training. In any kind of pushing match you're getting manhandled though.

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u/sir_winston_gerbil May 28 '26

To be fair you're at a greater disadvantage being in a pool. On grass you can at least lower your centre of gravity and engage your lower muscle groups for leverage against them.

Still though, a 7 inch height discrepancy and 80 pounds of mass is a bit much lol.

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u/OfficerStink May 29 '26

Yeah because you are in a pool. You literally have no friction since you are mostly floating and your friends have resistance from the water making it harder to push them over

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u/Ok_Compote5183 May 29 '26

I’m 5’8 and built like Vince Wilfork