Technique beats strength... but strength and technique beats everything. As a heavy bjj blue belt I can get away with making a few mistakes with lighter purple belts but the lighter black belts still crush me.

One of my favorite Bruce lee quotes is "A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer."

Agent 47 teaching martial arts ??What's going on here?

I generally consider these “who would win” questions to be pretty ignorant but Ramsey has turned his answers into explaining the strengths and weaknesses of particular types of training and experience. I have enjoyed and gained knowledge from this video.

This question gets beat to death everywhere. This is one of the most honest introspective answer I have ever heard on the subject.

talks about there is no 100% guarantee, and forgets about the crane kick Daniel LaRusso: Does it work? Mr. Kesuke Miyagi: If do right, no can defense.

My wife's karate instructor used to say regarding sparring/fighting that he would "give up a hamburger to get a steak", meaning he would take a small hit to give a KO. Not always a bad strategy considering that for the most part, a lot of people are vulnerable immediately following a strike. However, he is 6'3" and 270 lbs and a former Golden Gloves champion. My wife is 4'9" and 100 lbs. His size means a hamburger to him is like a side of beef to my wife. He could absorb a roundhouse kick from a 200 lb opponent and probably still be ok. My wife, not so much. Size and strength ALWAYS matter. Though they are not the only things that matter.

Size matters, it's painful to admit that, but it's only common sense. It's been like this since the beginning of times.

Fascinating stuff, Sir. You are dispelling all the myths about fighting that have become almost a mantra: 'if you are skilled size does not matter'. Size does matter and if you are wise you should seek out opponents of similar size and skill. If you come across a larger guy in a street fight, use your superior agility to run away. It is funny that the advent of MMA has determined fight reality. It has determined what works in a fight. Surprise, being big and muscley is bloody important and technique often takes second stance. Anyway, Ramsey, another great video of sound sense from a man who has been through the mill of professional combat. Keep up the good work. With great respect. Flaxen Saxon.

Big, heavy and strong really matters. In my experience with kickboxing I really had a hard time against a bigger fighter when sparring. Bigger ones have more reach and more weight behind kicks and punch. One time I did some sparring with a Jiu Jitsu master (teacher) and he was smaller than me. Result was that he couldn't do anything when I just grabbed him and hold him tight. I was too strong for him. Only when we fought following the Jiu Jitsu rules, he could beat me. We live in an era where everyone is equal, or they want us to be equal and everyone wants to believe they can handle stronger guys. So in movies they show us women beating up huge guys because they know martial arts. Complete BS and wishful thinking. So strength and size really matters but fighting instinct or experience is just as important in a street fight. Not to forget, sometimes you need a bit of luck to.

I learned all about this a few decades back when I was introduced to a fellow that was a boxer and wanted to expand his skills by learning Tang Soo kicks from me. After watching me warm up my kicks, he suggested we just box using headgear and gloves. You can imagine very easily what happened when he took away my reach and experience with distance- I had no idea how to close the gap without my legs. I learned a lot, you bet! I still love TSD but its hand training is so limited- finally understood my kickboxing is a bit superior. Also been tossed around by big brutes that ignored my kicks and punches during sparing and simply grabbed me and threw me down. I got hurt more sparring with big strong untrained dudes- stomped on my instep, pulled a muscle trying to reverse a throw, even trying any sort of blocking or deflecting was more damaging to me. On the other hand, we can't all be Bob Sapp. In fact, more of us look like Butterbean.......

Speaking of David and Goliath matches...David defeated Goliath because of his skill. During his years of being a shepherd, he practiced using his sling, a weapon they used back then to ward off predators to protect the sheep. It was basically artillery, a weapon also used in war with deadly accuracy. David used his time wisely in the field, a routine most people would find extremely boring. Honing his technique, he was an expert marksman who actually was more than a match.for the heavy armor wearing Goliath, who had to be led down to the battle area because of poor eyesight and complications due to his form of giantism.

Hey brother I love your intelligence and your video content you tell the truth from your own view which is good to see you now days

Have you ever thought of attending an acting school? You have both presence and wit, I can see you doing very well.

I really appreciate your honest and logical approach to answering this question. It seems that technical ability has a higher probability of succeeding in a fight. However, you can't discount size and strength. Basic physics can and will effect how a fight plays out.

a good and differentiated answer. ~ like always

I'm a karate practitioner and recently we had 4 body builders come to try out with us, but they didn't last, these blokes were a lot bigger and stronger then most of us but the problem was their endurance was bad, we'd spar with them and after 30 seconds of them literally throwing full power punches at us most of which were highly telegraphed so easily avoided they were exhausted and had to walk off the mats

This is one of your best videos Ramsey, thank you.

Thanks man for answering my question ❤️

Hi coach Ramsey. Greetings from a Belgian guy on holidays in Thailand. Thanks for your amazing channel and great advice.

Ramsey, you're my new favorite KZfaq channel. I really enjoy you're perception on many topics and I see you blowing up real soon. 250k subs in the next year. Cheers!

Great analysis!!!

Here is the match Josh Barnett vs Ricardo Almeida: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nqulh62atszHko0.html I couldn't find a video with a worse quality. Sorry for that!

Good sound response. Im in agreeance with basically everything youve said

I think a big advantage lighter guys have is endurance. Even when both are trained well, moving all that mass and powering all that muscle takes a lot of energy, so bigger guys tend to wear out quicker.

I like how these two questions were grouped together. One question that always comes to my mind is how likely one is to ever run into a black belt level fighter who's also a "black belt" level bodybuilder or strongman? Both pursuits take a lot of time, effort, and money, so what are the odds of coming across someone who's gone that far down both paths? And beyond that, someone who's balancing and staying on top of both at the same time? More often than not, dangerously strong bodybuilders are probably doing bodybuilding instead of martial arts, not on top of it. In other words, pitting a karate expert against a competitive bodybuilder really does belong in the same category of scenarios as pitting a karate expert against an expert from another style.

the biggest lie ppl want to believe because it is so incredibly convenient for their own confidence is that size doesnt matter. As for david vs goliath fights, i remember Fabio Gurgel vs Mark Kerr and Pedro Sauer vs some bodybuilder. In both cases the size mattered a lot but one time the small guy could overcome the bigger one and one time not.

The best fighting style is diplomacy and having lots of money. Second is my world renowned form of ninjitsu called Grand Galactic Comet Do. I have yet to meet an opponent who can withstand my deadly Anus Jab, utilizing Dim Mak knowledge to cause an instantaneous prolapse.

You should make a video telling us a full weeks worth of in-depth fighter training. keep up the good job brother

Excellent video. Thanks.

You sound like a non-camp version of BATMAN from the 60's TV show :-D

I like when you said "suggestions to increase our odds of winning."

Excellent cheers and best wishes

What is the best martial art for self defense? I love your videos. Keep up the good work.

Ramsey, your videos are awesome. You are like a blend of philosopher and fighter which is ideal in my mind. Would love to get out there and train some more martial arts, but COVID sucks big time in the USA right now..... As a big dude (6-2 260), I am biased. I have trained karate, some boxing and LOTS of heavy weight lifting (I weighed about 315 pounds at my strongest); and 4 years of hard labor doing carpentry before the weight lifting. Size does matter, but, I have found that it is easier to hurt yourself in training if you are bigger. I would say correct technique is even MORE important if you are bigger. I have to watch my form while hitting the heavy bag or I can overextend my shoulder, or bust my wrist. Good form is a must when lifting heavy weights as well. I screwed up my back from getting too big, too top heavy, and my lumbar disc between L4-L5 has a bulge, which sucks. To sum up, a bigger person is absolutely going to hit harder and have more grappling power, that is simple physics. That being said, the smaller opponent with superior technique can win in a fight. But I also argue that if the bigger person has good technique and form (which I think they must in order to ward off injury), it is going to be awful hard for the smaller person to win. Just like Ramsey stated in one video about Bruce Lee vs Muhammed Ali.....Ali wins every time! Lee was an incredibly skilled athlete, but Ali was also extremely skilled, and way stronger. This is a no brainer. Again, if you are bigger, train carefully and not mess yourself up (especially shoulders and lower back) trying to lift a mountain of weight, or do a million punches in a heavy bag session or whatever it might be. Go easy and work up.

32 years love training and teaching.......technique+strength+ timing win the day, every day. Good video bro.

Technique, in my mind, is simply the knowledge of how to use what strength you do have, it just helps a damn lot When there's a lot of strength there. Taking some time to learn how the muscles and joints move and work together has proven to be an immense boon to me in my martial arts experience. The most easy example that comes to mind is the punch; a weak guy with a perfectly executed punch can strike much harder than a much stronger guy with a crappy throw, this applies to practically everything. This is all based upon my experience anyway

love the honest answers

Very good video! Any young healthy young man can hit a 400lbs squat, 500lbs deadlift and 300lbs bench drug free. This will make a huge difference. I can not understand why people do not get this. If someone is serious about martial arts this should be one of your primary goals. You will kick like a horse!! And you will be a hell of a lot more durable and you will be able to take a good beating and power your way out of situationes.

Very nice channel, with some great topics and questions answered. I too have a question. I train boxing for a year now and i am more durable than before i strarted training. And i was wondering, if a person become more durable because he increases some kind of stored energy capacity with the right type of training or a person acquire some type of "mental resistance" to the fatigue? Wish you all the best.

I came here from a video of a bodybuilder winning a medal at a jujitsu competition with zero jujitsu experience

Taekwondo is the only martial art available where I live, the club seems to be legit with a long history of international competition and so on. Could you give any tips of making the best of such a situation? It would also be very interesting to hear your thoughts on taekwondo in general, you told us how it wasn't a very smooth transition, is it worth training at all?

Don’t fight anyone who does manual labor

When you throw in kicking, it does change the game.

I love the way you explain things I’ve never even an instructor with such a correct point of view if that makes sense like how you said just because you have technique doesn’t give you powers it’s just a higher chance of success in a fight, I’m sick of people saying size doesn’t matter it doesn’t mean just cause ours huge you’ll win but it’s a big advantage when someone can hit and kick you from a position where you can’t even get in close to them, fuck me I wish I lived in China you needa train me😭😂

I'm glad you talk about size and strength mattering. So tired of people saying it makes no difference, I have heard so many people say that

I do Sanda and in my gym almost all of the other students are at least 20 kg heavier and taller. I believe that sparring and grappling with them has taught me a lot.

I think that agility and coordination are important factors as well

This is so true. I'm a small guy( +- 75Kg) but i did powerlifting and strongman for many many years, and one time I went to try some judo , and my fighting partners that had a lot more fighting experience but they were unable imobilize me because i could brake their locks and toss them aside. I was actually afraid of hurting them, it was a very traditional school, so they did zero weight training. I also have experience on the other side, at one point i start to boxing. After a year and a half of training i felt that I knew how to punch( I was still a rookie but I knew hoe to punch well). So I decided to do a mach against my cousin (also a porwelifter). He had zero experience in boxing, but he was around 95Kg. Just the figure was scaring, and when the punches started so come...boy oh boy. The strenght he had alone in his puches were in a hole new level. That was when i understood, in person, why there are so many weight classes. Strength and size matter A LOT in a fight.

I used to panic when I was head locked but I eventually learned you just frame on them (preferably from an advantagious position of course) and pop your head out. Pretty similar to if somebody gets a sloppy guillotine and you manage to pass guard and get to side control on the opposite side. Easy peasy.

in what weight class (if any) could a professional strongman like Brian Shaw or Hafthor Bjornsson compete in the UFC (assuming of cause the weight limit doesn't affect them) without any fight training and how long of intense (professional level) fight training would they need to step up the ranks?

100% perfect analyses.

The same bodybuilder that fought Pedro Sauer barley lost to a karate sensei. That shows that yes strength DOES matter in a fight. Even though the karate master won, he barley won.

What's the good and bad sides of kickboxing and muay thai? what are better in kickboxing and what are better in muay thai

When I was still practicing taekwondo i had to spar with the instructor who was like 30 cm taller than me. Naturally, his legs were considerably longer so that just lifting his knee could reach my head. That was scary, he also was national level fighter. It was difficult to even reach him because he knew how to move

What I need, and is almost impossible to find except for a couple of groundwork jiujitsu videos, is a discussion of how a big and strong, but slow, guy should fight a fast and skilled guy. There are lots of videos on how to fight a taller or bigger guy, but little to help the older, slower, bigger types. It is all very well for boxers to say "work on your jab", but what if the smaller guys gets inside? In TKD (WTF version), if a smaller and quicker guy gets inside, then you are in real trouble. Karate gives you more weapons (and in shotokan you can punch to the head), but it still is a big problem for big, slower strikers. When I am sparring in Karate or kickboxing, repetition and timing count for a lot, but, being a slow, old guy (albeit pretty big), against the better fighters I often feel like that Leonard Cohen line -- "the only thing I learned from love, was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you...". How do you fight an opponent who outdrew you?

This is very well said. Its obvious you've been around and seen alot.

Its true that some styles of karate have judo technichs for example Goju ryu which is the style i practice

You mentioned that having taekwondo background made you unaccustomed to boxing and that was difficult at first. In your experience does e.g. boxers shifting to kickboxing or mma similarly be uncomfortable fighting kickers, receiving kicks or understanding the range? How about grapplinb people?

Agree with this.

Small edit Ramsey. I only know of one style of Karate that doesn't have head punches which is kyokushin, a style so different from others it may as well not be karate. Apart from that love the videos man. Keep up the good work.

It's really hard to fight against a bigger, larger man. In boxing, I often train with bigger guys. Even if they're beginners, it's really difficult to find a good position to stryke them.

Strength with technique is like a boat without paddles, I've been in altercations with body builders in the past, knee kicks work a charm, low leg kicks and jaw shots if you can get close enough, just try to keep your distance that's crucial, usually they gas out like 30 or Forty seconds into the fight and become weak and sloppy very slow as well just get them to run around a bit.

10:40 I've being in that situation a lot of times, and its hard, the best way its trying to avoid that, as you said, you don't want the big guy grabbing you, you want to grap him (cause if he is also taller he has more range)

Mr. Dewey I wish you the best in life. There are many scripted fighting styles or others call it "fake fighting" like Pro-Wrestling, Shoot Fighting & etc. Can this fighting styles translate or be used in real fighting matches? or Can athletes with these styles have chances to win in a real fighting matches using the fighting techniques they are trained with?

When fighting a larger opponent, it is critical to stay relaxed. Be alert, but know that all other things equal, time is on your side. Big muscly people can burn out quick, because they train for size and strength, not endurance. Tire them out, be opportunistic, and for god's sake don't let them get on top unless your arm-bar/triangle game is gold.

Yes you're right about that.

It depends on what type of bodybuilding it is The modern-day bodybuilder who relies on steroids with don't even compete have pretty much low cardiovascular system The old-fashioned bodybuilders Who train for strength power growth athletic performance and cardiovascular system Then it's a total different fight

These questions are always tough to answer. As someone who has studied the fight game since UFC 6. When someone asks questions like this I know there is no short answer like they want. There are so many variables from techniques, to athletic ability, physical ability, to situational, to style. Before getting into the art we have to know the physical ability involve. Who has heavy hands, who has a weak chin or granite chin, who has cardio, height and reach, etc. people are so clueless at what goes into the outcome of two people fighting that it really takes a lifestyle to experience and understand how complicated a fight can be. A body builder can be a horrible fighter. But he can also be born with heavy hands and a granite chin and natural fight and even grappling instincts. In the question here. I would have to use stereotypical versions. Karate has worked in the UFC when someone tends to have massive speed advantages to maximize their striking, defense and distance to avoid takedowns. Not something all karate guys will have. They also tend to not be very tough on average because the art lacks contact and that attracts the types who are wanting to avoid it. Boxers not so much. Even if you settle on a rep of that style. Styles make fights. You can be very good and even better and not be a match for the way a lessor guy decides to fight you. Every variable changes things. What if the strong man decides to slam you on the concrete? Not all would even think of doing it. That alone makes them very dangerous. Just an impossible question. But if you are fighting someone that big you should be aware of the danger and the fact win or lose you are going to have to work for it and take a beating. To win you might have to take that beating for 3 minutes before they gas. Do you have that cardio? Do you have that chin? Do you have that toughness? When they gas do you have anything left to make them quit or knock them out? You can create the perfect boxer in all areas except give him a weak chin and you will never hear of the guy. He would get weeded out as an amateur. That’s just one variable and it can take someone from the best ever to a nobody!

Hi Ramsey, I started training last year at an "MMA" school where the teaching is of a very high quality, and it produces many local champions of both BJJ and Muay Thai. However, there is zero combination of the two or actual MMA at the school. Across town, there is a school run by an MMA legend that trains fighters specifically in MMA, as well as BJJ and kickboxing. Would you recommend switching to the school that trains MMA, or do you think taking lessons in BJJ and Muay Thai separately is ok for a beginner? I am not necessarily looking to compete, but I would like to one day become a competent and knowledgeable fighter.

Good video- as a former competitive bodybuilder who was known for my strength. i found it encouraging lol. As an older guy- 59- while I am still packing 285 lbs on a 6'2" frame I know that isn't forever and a year ago I started taking Tai Chi classes mostly for health benefits,and to work on stamina, balance, and flexibility. all of which were awful, but are much improved today. I learned the Eight Brocades first in class and am on the 5th movement of 24 form.. I am in no way a professional fighter, but what would you think of my standing in a street situation-most likely scenario for me to get into a fight as I have no intentions of entering the Octagon, haha. Thank you and keep up the great work, I am leaning a lof!

As a fifth Street gym, Miami Beach product since age 10, I also studied 3 yrs of shōrin Ryū, under Shihan Moses Colon. Correct, we couldn't strike to the face, but we were allow to check to the face, and strike the body. Even as a I began study this new discipline, it was clear that I had a clear advantage in regards to punching and defense. To answer the question, in many situations regarding hands, boxers have a clear advantage, however will become better overall strikers and adopting superior kicking techniques

I’ve always had more success fighting (Karate background) bigger guys than people my size. I’m not particularly strong but I seem to have problems fighting someone the same size as me who is stronger versus someone who is twice my size. I chalk that up to fighting big guys who put too much faith in their size rather than focusing on being a good fighter.

Everything you say is true but sometimes you can overthink things. I like to rely more on intuition and instinct. I use peripheral vision and look for openings. Like when you were talking about hesitating against the boxer, hesitating too long in a fight is not a good thing, you have to know when to let those hands go.

Thought this was pretty honest assessment

What type of shirt are you wearing its looks good?

When I did Karate as a kid, we always learned to punch the head. I don't remember well what the competitions were like, but if you kicked the head, you had to stop just short of actually striking. If you did you got three points in a five point match. If you didn't you got a penalty.

Hey Ramsey! I have sent this message to you before! I like watching Larry tatum's videos on KZfaq! They look awesome! But do you think that his American keno would work on the street, or against an Mma fighter?

Here is a stupid question. Does being flexible ( as in very flexible) affect body strength ( strength as in punching and kicking power as well as lifting weights) in a negative way?

I have been practising kung fu for like 6yrs and on. I used to be a bodybuilder before from my early teen until I joined first martial art class in my 22. Then I was told in order to be flexible and speedy in a sparring I must lose some weight, relax my muscle size and stiffness and must stop hitting gym. I was ok with that. But as the years went on and my belts went higher I started to realize even if my coach says a perfect technique is everything yet it is not everything. When two person applies same technique to each other with same experience and same accuracy, even a fool can see the heavier one wins. So imagine what! I started gymming again for an year and now I realize grappling is much more practical and applicable than striking. So I'm quitting kung fu and joining judo now. I believe may be my kung fu experience will make my judo work better? I train for my satisfaction only and I dont believe acting a superhero on the street!! I like what you said in one of your videos postural bodybuilding is what we need not social bodybuilding. Thank you coach never will I forget this tip in my second session of body training for my second martial art.

In boxing I noticed quickly that size does matter... However, I also noticed that you simply have to be more physical yourself when you're confronted with size / strength, opposed to someone your size whose strenght is limited.... when you can do that (fight more physical), you can absolutely exploit the bigger / stronger persons weaknesses with your intellect... for others it's movement or speed, for me it's intellect blended with physicality... fighting more physical can mean being more aggressive when rushing on the inside, but it can also mean to move around with more seriousness and concern based on who is in front of you. Training with bigger stronger guys is definitely a good advise, but usually you're not gonna find them in boxing or BJJ gyms. It's usually smaller guys who want to learn how to fight... I'm pretty confident though that a BJJ guy or wrestler gets out of a school yard headlock against a bodybuilder / powerlifter, even if the BJJ guy / wrestler has mostly trained with smaller people.

Bodybuilding is not a fighting sport. That's like asking if a martial artist can beat a Tennis player.

Smaller guy should always keep distance and use the better cardio a smaller person should have to tire out a body builder. I’ll always put my money on a small trained striker with good footwork and the space to use it over a bigger body builder any day, although in a street fight anything is possible

Seriously though, it's one of those things where if you're ready for a big opponent you can still caught off guard. I grew up holding my own against guys bigger than me. One guy in particular would complain that I could turn him into a pretzel. At my last unit while I was in the Corps there was a guy who had about 30 lbs on me but he was beyond brutishly strong. His team found that even though he had no skill he was powerful enough to keep me busy in our 6 v 6 mad scrambles during MCMAP training.

Good example of this is houston jones vs wonderboy and sensei seth

i watch ur videos all the way from Bangladesh...and i have so many questions....i just dnt know where to start...btw, love ur channel

Very true, except that size does not always equal strength.(but strength is certainly very important, size alone however can easily be used against you by a skilled opponent) Just for example I am not a "large" guy about 5'10 150. But from all of my hours of training/physical labor etc I am much stronger than I would appear to be, and have definitely been able to out work most larger people I have met, in some cases much much larger people. And these weren't out of shape weaklings, some were even on steroids lol. Tho as you pointed out simply increasing the size of the muscle like most body builders aim for does not really make the muscle much stronger (they will also tend to have weak tendons and ligaments and be more prone to injury) where as strong men etc typically do alot of "work"/manual labor type training wich will always give your muscles more actual strength although they are typically very massive guys as well, the average strong man would typically wipe the floor with the average body builder, or atleast have the ability to do so. But once you bring in aspects and mechanics of striking and fighting technique that can be a very different story if the smaller guy knows how to use his power for a fight and the other does not. Also just generally even someone from tkd or karate will have experience being hit, hard while most body builders have never been in a fight as most people were probably afraid of them and likely could not take a hit like a smaller guy with experience being hit could. Of course there will always be exceptions but just generally speaking

Make a vs playlist. Do more of this. Like wrestling vs bjj. Boxing vs karate. Judo vs Greco Roman. Akido vs krav maga.

Guys, check out videos with female professional fighters sparring novice male fighters or just athletic guys. In most of them, the female fighter has a hard time and the male fighter usually goes easy on them. Unless they are almost the same size. So you see, just the technique is not enough to K.O. the opponent but it is enough to keep you alive.

In high school, I tried a year of wrestling, of which I had no experience and did terribly at, to try to broaden my horizons (worth it just for the efficacy of the sprawl). I have a very dense build. I'm 5'7", but my peak condition was when I weighed 210. I looked like I would only weigh 140 at the time. I was so compact, on three different occasions, when somebody tried to punch me in the shoulder or chest, they literally broke their hands. Now, I didn't realize they were seriously trying to hit me and hurt me, when I trained with the two heavyweights, they spontaneously tried to strike me, which I blocked nonchalantly and it freaked them out. They could do a real number on me if grappling alone. At the end of the season, I took the other guy in my weight category to a fight. I told him he could use any technique at all, whether it was wrestling or not and I told him I would do the same. He agreed, so I waited for him to move first. He shot in towards my leg. I simply sidestepped and kicked him in the shin as hard as I could. I was surprised I didn't break it, but it left him with a bone-bruise and he could not stand for over 10 minutes. I squatted down near him and asked him if he wished to continue. He said "No" and I waited for him to recover and helped him up.

Is there a weight, where more weight matters less? For example a 100kg vs 110kg guy, has it easyer than a 60kg vs 70kg guy. I ask that because there were some fights in heavyweight MMA, where the size different was big, but seems to doesnt matter at all. Some Fedor fights for example. Sry my english is not my first language and i hope u understand my question.

Context matters is it a sport match or street fight where anything goes (knives, guns bats etc anything in the environment)

Alright then, I have a question. Apologies if you've answered this before. If someone came to you who was blind, or who had some sort of disability that affected their everyday living, would you take them on as a student, would you have anything to teach them? Would learning how to fight even be a good idea for them? Or do you think that would just get them into trouble?

Good point here... Size matters a lot :D But the fact you´re big doesn´t make you invincible. Just remembered me one david/goliath fight - its Jerome le Banner vs. Nokveed Devy. Watch it here, you can see that without rules and experiences the fight would be short range, but as it goes on, the small thai guy keep still pushing on and I think he won that fight at the end...

I think it depends in the hight and reach of the "bodybuilder" a 5'5 bodybuilder isn't as dangerous as a 6'3 bodybuilder, that matters much more than your bicep size

Lifting, is a skill beleive it or not, Not everyone can lift. Therefore, lifting every day would be the same as doing martial Arts everyday. Must train mind, body, spirit.

In essence the question is: how many weight classes can skill compensate for? It's definitely not infinite. Light weights of most martial arts would still get wrecked by strongmen who can easily be 2.5-3x heavier with plenty of functional strength. At that discrepancy technique stops mattering. But there still comes a point when a significantly lighter but higher skilled fighter can endure long enough, land a knockout, or find a submission. The Mountain "sparring" with Connor McGregor was interested to watch in that regard. And Fedor Vs Aoki, although Fedor of course has no lack of technique.

Mr. Ramsey why don’t most M.A. schools prepare (in physical and mental effort) students for real world situations like the movies, like Cobra Kai (no pun)?

How do you fight groups?

Both are great. You can win with both. You can as a bodybuilder and can as a karetka. Both technique and strength are great. You can win with strength alone. You can also win with technique alone.