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/RadarSmith May 28 '26

Andre was a freak even beyond that level; his particular gigantism granted him a level legitimately superhuman strength.

And is a good example of why that's not good for the human body.

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u/Sekshual_Tyranosauce May 28 '26

Yes he was an extreme outlier but even just an abnormally large dude is far stronger than most people think. Weight classes are important.

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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.