If a man in that weight difference threatens you, you get a gun, get a knife or a sword, don't fool yourself, when humans realized they need to fight tigers and mammoths they did not invent jiujitsu, they invented weapons. that's why we have weight categories in fighting sports, is too much of a advantage, don't let movies fool you, you may get really hurt trying to compete with people that are way above your weight category, martial arts work, but are not magical powers.

"He's freakish big and freakish strong , and quicker then you'd expect for a man of that size"

"My superior speed and agility will win the day." - armchair MMA analyst

Hafthor's ground game is one of the best I've seen, just look at his submission win on Oberyn.

Don't ever let The Mountain grab a hold of your head...There's a reason The Mandalorian wears a helmet...

"run run as fast as you can, so he can't catch you you gingerbread man" 😂 Reminds me a bit of dark souls

Ramsey, so fun fact, Thor actually tore his plantar fascia on the first day of the 2019 worlds strongest man competition and still competed in the rest of the competition and placed third. this man literally tore his heel and was still able to compete lifts weighing over 700 pounds including getting first place in the deadlift hold where you deadlift 710 pounds and hold it for as long as possible. now I'm not sure how that would effect his fighting but a normal person has trouble walking when they injure theirs.

Think a big misconception of strongman is a lack of endurance and general athleticism. I mean the stamina needed to pull a plane for a minute+ going 100% or the balance in a yoke walk, crazy.

Im always stunned that people don't realize large humans are at an advantage in a combat situation! Someone with training can overcome 30-50 lbs, of course but if you are up against someone double your size you're in trouble man!

Thor said himself, that they were playing and no one wanted to hurt each other. If he had known that this Story would go so big, he had just eaten him

The only chance Conor would have would be a choke. Thor could hug Conor and simply fall on him. Have you ever had 440 Lbs on top of you...not fun I would imagine.

My husband has limited martial arts experience, but he’s been into power lifting for quite a while and is about 120 kg and was able to beat a jujitsu expert self defense instructor in an informal match, basically just with his strength and toughness. I’m not sure how well this anecdote applies to fights in general, but his experience always makes me skeptical of claims that strength doesn’t matter.

Connor can definitely win the fight, he just needs to be equipped with something like a Magnum 45, Shotgun, a machete or some kind of weapon...well you got the point.

"Maybe I could take him, dance around until he's so tired from hacking at me he dropped his sword, get him off his feet somehow...but one misstep and I'm dead. Why should I risk it?"

Size matters so much. I am a big dude. BIG. 6'3', 130kg. Standing next to most people I look like a freaking giant. Ten years in the security industry, hundreds of physical confrontations with people, and at the time ZERO fighting skills and I can tell you from experience: Size Matters. Over and above the fact that fighting skills are not the skills you generally use as a security guard, but all I had to do was push someone and they stay pushed, or grab their arms and run them into a wall... or just hold them at arms length. However, put me in a ring, with rules, and I am toast. I can''t fight, even with 5 years of classical boxing training I am not a fighter, My boxing coach was waaaay smaller than me. In the ring (with rules) he would easily use me to wipe the floor, nothing I could do to stop him. If it was outside the ring... roles were very much reversed. Size Matters.

This guy has the most soothing voice I've ever heard

Conor would land a couple shots and then Hafthor would get ahold of him and do literally whatever he wants. It's not like DC moving up to heavyweight. Hafthor is roughly 250lbs heavier and it's not like he's TLC reality show big, he's one of the strongest humans ever. I love martial arts, but weight classes exist for a reason. Don't be stupid y'all.

When you said quadrasaurus rex you gained me as a follower

Size makes such a huge difference. I'm a big dude. Not nearly as big as Hafthor but I'm still 6'3 and 260 pounds. When I played tackle football with my friends, if I got the ball, it was a touchdown, because they couldn't tackle me. I'd just be dragging 4 or 5 dudes down the field. I'd be absolutely worn out by the end, but I could do it. After two games my friends decided that wasn't fair and out voted me to change the rules to touch football. All of them were 5'10 or shorter and 170 pounds or lighter. I had them by 90 to 125 pounds. It was no contest. I used to get in a lot of fights in school. Sometimes two or three guys who lost to me previously 1v1 would team up and come back the next month all at the same time. It would obviously be a more difficult fight, and I would take a lot of hits, but they couldn't knock me out, and my punches hurt them a lot more than their's hurt me. When I tell people these things they don't believe me. They think I'm bragging or trying to make myself seem like some kind of tough guy. I'm not. I'm just pointing out the advantage that size has. There is a reason that the weight classes in combat sports like boxing have classes with as little as a 3 pound difference. If 3 pounds is enough to give somebody an advantage, just imagine what a 100 pound advantage would be like.

“Training for strength and flexibility is a must. You must use it to support your techniques. Techniques alone are no good.” - Bruce Lee, excerpt from one of his book

Connor would need a much bigger octagon. And a much longer time limit. lol. Maybe if he fell asleep Connor could sneak in.

Can you do a short 15 second video saying "Everything is going to be all right" in that soothing voice of yours..

"You're bigger in person than you are on my iphone, how about that" Delivered in the perfect dad voice, lol

I think it's because it's difficult for the average person to really understand just how strong Thor is. They might think he's very strong when in reality he is practically superhuman - this is a man that beat a record that had stood for a thousand years and whose previous holder broke his own back in the process of setting it.

Agree 100%. Once a difference in size and strength reaches a certain level, even extreme skill has a hard time keeping up. It's not *impossible*, but it's really difficult, and most of the time the size will tell. Weight classes exist for a reason.

I love your commentary on all of these "What if" fights, because you approach everything from a position of reality. No parlor tricks, no "magic" formulas. Just cold real facts. It was your "Mike Tyson Vs. IP Man" video that got me hooked in the first place.

"Run run, you tiny man, that would be the plan, run as fast as you can... hope you can tire out the bigger man"... That'll sound in my head when I fight a larger opponent XD

Thor "Conor McGregor get in my belly"

The rhymes are on point laughed so hard on the ginger bread man.

halfthor said he had to be careful, because he can break bones if he uses to much pressure

"If he was throwing punches, I'd be dead by now." Lmao. Weve all been there.

It's amazing that people in the modern world STILL think martial arts work like magical superpowers that can defeat the laws of physics. I don't know how many people I've argued this point over: Conner McGregor would have an insane uphill battle to even HURT Hafþór, let alone beat him. It's nice to see someone talking sense.

If you think about it Size DOES matter when it comes to almost everything in Life

Where is this mystical "there" gym he speaks of. A gym that's still open sounds like a paradise

The MMA match we all want: Sumo vs Strongman of similar weight

Ramsey I love how you give it straight every time. No exaggeration just complete honesty. Your expertise is phenomenal, you are THE best at fight breakdown on KZfaq

McGregor would need a gun. A big one.

8:30 LOL I am dying... "Run run run... as fast as you can... so he can't catch you... you gingerbread man..."

I'm reminded of the contest in The Life of Brian where the smaller man runs around the arena until the gladiator chasing him dies of a heart attack.

I love these "what if" fight scenarios.

You should do more of these "what if" fights. Nice vid.

This is like a 7year old boy mma champion vs an untrained fat 40year old man who would win?

I genuinely appreciate that with nearly every question, you try to break it down kindly, for less experienced individuals. Using your personal examples, has been a tremendous help. Honestly, I’ve always had a difficult time keeping up with MMA, because it’s just so much more complex. But, I’m trying to learn the technical side. ( Brittle bones, prevent me to some degree, when I was younger, I didn’t care about the injuries.) Regardless, your respect, and how you hold yourself, take the time to answer so many, even obvious questions, is great.

Remember that scene from Deadpool 2 where Juggernaut rips Deadpool in half? That is what that fight would look like.

Next to him McGregor looks like a small child, that's funny

People do not understand how small Conor McGregor is. He is 175cm (5'9"), and in his career he was first a featherweight at 66kg (145lb), at max he reached 77kg (170lb), after retirement. His top shape, when he won titles, was around 70kg (150lb). He is an extremely technical guy, but it is not the best option if you want to fight the Mountain. Now, if the question was about an heavyweight champion, someone like Werdum going for 193cm and 110kg, I think Ramsey Dewey would have had more difficulty answering the question.

Aye coach Dewey post yourself saying "proud of you kiddo, keep up the good work" for all who need it

"A man the size of a mountain" , i can imagine him in a TV Show with his character named: The Mountain. I'm very proud to be the first having this idea :)

Before I even watched the video I was thinking Thor would kill Mcgregor , skilled or not it's like a child fighting a full grown man. It really doesn't matter I could defeat the "bruce lee kid". , sure he'd hit me but it wouldn't stop me.

I felt a little Greg Doucette in that zeeeero 8)

"Sweep the leg, Johnny."

as a former martial-artist that migrated to strongman i have to say: You are 100% right about everything you say in this vid.

"A man the size of a mountain... if you will" lmao

You actually nailed the pronunciation of his name here 0:22

I subbed when you said do your squats, do your deadlifts. More people need to realize the importance of strength training.

I love the spirit of sobriety that permeates his content. That's why i listen.

Yeah... We have a guy from the Congo at our gym. 1.95m tall, 135kg beast of a guy. Rolling with him is like trying to kill a gorilla bare-handed.

A couple of months ago I sprained my foot and I wasn’t able to spar for about six weeks. In that time I pushed myself to do as much strength training as I could and the day that I got back to sparring class it almost felt as if I had never taken a break. Weightlifting makes a big difference.

This guy alternates as a radio dj for easy listening at night with Ramsey Ram.

Great info, and it's good to hear an actual martial artist AND teacher say this. I've seen too many people get their information from popular movies seeing some tiny individual beat up a giant of a human being, I think they call it Waif Fu or something. This is why they have weight divisions.

Genki Sudo vs Butterbean, my favorite small man vs big man fight of all time

"Jeez! What a mountain I've got to blast down this time!"

Speaking of mass beeing a huge advantage, I remember the heartbreak when I saw Ernesto Hoost loose his 2nd K1 fight vs Bob Sapp.

"Literally ran circles around the giant sumo", Ramsey, you are king of the one liners!!

Ramseys wearing a punisher tshirt while talking about thor, not what i imagined a mcu and marvel tv crossover would look like but ill take it😂

You training Thor to fight McGregor would be a hilarious skit! Just sitting around watching McGregor fights and reminding Thor to squaaaash. Gotta find a 6"9 actor though..

Ramzi appreciate your videos I think you approach with a realistic perspective and honesty and I quite agree with what you talk about ad very educational and a eye opener and far bless you

The problem I had was that Thor was more than considerably easy on Conner, but then Conner decides to go harder like this was a true representation of what would happen if they really fought

Dude... If Hafthor just learned to throw a few kicks and punches he could LITERALLY launch Conor with one hit... The guy can overhead press Conor with one arm... Now just assess how much you can ohp with on arm and imagine if you would be afraid of fighting someone of that weight no matter how skillful he is 😂 Plus Haftor is so much taller Conor couldn't even reach his chin.

I thought for a sec this was about Thor of Asgard. Oh, well.

You should tell us stories of martial arts in a soft spoken voice. That would be the best unintentional ASMR ever.

Coach, thank you for suggesting these matches! I check out Emanuel and he's a fighter I really liked! His win against Tatsuo was pretty fun!

Your point on the jiujitsu aspect reminds me of a video of a fun sparring session between Jujimufu and Shane Fazen. There's a particular moment when Shane has control of one of Juji's arms, and then Juji lifts Shane with the arm that's being locked up and tosses him across the mat.

I once read a comment on this subject, someone said "stop giving cartoonish strength proportions to those guys", meaning the strongmen, in this case Hafthor... I was like... dude, Dunning-Krueger all the way with this guy. Doesn't know anything about strength sports and thinks a 170lbs man would easily beat a 400+lbs one, just because he feels better about himself thinking that... too much Master Wong videos maybe idk

Sport specific training. Yes! I remember my first few Jujitsu classes. I was gassing out in 30 seconds. I couldn’t breath. My cardio eventually improved by just rolling.

"You are bigger in person than you are on my I-phone." Made my day

Eddie Hall has the world record for deadlift (500kg)

Good luck heel hooking the mountain. That leg is 3x as strong as your entire body.

agree about deadlifts squats and pull ups .. never felt like this amaizing

Good stuff as always.

It is always great to have learned something! You basically explained something to me that i sometimes thought of since i was 14. (long time ago) My only personal experience with martial arts: A friend of mine was doing Judo (competitively for a few years and won some tournaments in his age class) but was around 30% smaller and lighter than me. And when fooling around in the school gym hall with a high jump matt, he showed me one of the throwing techniques. (No for me to learn to do it, i just wanted to know how it mechanically worked) And after explaining to me what he was going to do, we agreed on the high jump matt (cause without any martial arts knowledge on my side, this seemed the safest way for me to get thrown into). And knowing what he would do, i tried to resist. Nothing more, but just resist and "pull" and move my body in the opposite direction at the right time. He tried 3 or 4 times and couldn't manage to bring the technique to work. We both laughed a lot during the tries and it must have looked hilariously weird, but we didn't really understand why i was able to resist. Until now i never heard of the 30% rule, but this makes sense to me now. Thanks! (This experience also made me suspicious of traditional martial arts, as i interprated it as: they might only work if the opponent does what your sparing partners always do, and adheres to the same restricted range of movements.)

As Stalin once said “quantity has a quality of its own”. I’d take strongmen training over powerlifting for MMA any day. Strongmen incorporate the powerlifting lifts but also have pretty good anaerobic cardio conditioning, too. Most of the events they do are heavy weight (not too heavy for them, but beyond what most people can do) reps or sprints for time. For instance, how many reps of a 700lb squat can you do in 60 seconds. Or frame/yoke carries with 1000lb+ for 30 or 60 meters. Powerlifters just don’t have the same leve of GPP (general physical preparedness) as strongmen do or need. You mentioned sumo, Akebono (a former sumo grand champion in Japan, so one of the best there is) was horrible in both K-1 and MMA. In large part due to his lack of fitness and strength. He was trying to rely on brute size alone. It didn’t work out well for him. In the case of Hafthor, he would be much, much stronger, and much fitter as well. I do think Hafthor would need to have some training, understanding ring movement to cut off his opponent, how not to put himself in compromising positions - losing balance, etc. It would be interesting to see what Hafthor could do with someone like Rickson Gracie. Btw, they “agreed” to it, and hopefully it actually happens - Hafthor and Eddie Hall (World Strongest Man 2017 and world deadlift record holder at 500kg) are suppose to have a boxing match. Thor wanted a year to train first as Eddie Hall actually has boxing experience. Note too - Hall in his teen years was actually one of the top junior swimmers in England.

"A ZEROOO martial arts training" Love the reference there dr. 😁😁

Thank you for your continued logical and realistic analysis. Size and strength matter like all factors.

I'm so glad he made this video. Yes, martial artists can fight bigger opponents. But so many keyboard martial artists were commenting on the Thor vs. Connor video the dumbest things I have ever read. He isn't just a big guy. He isn't just 450 lbs. He is the worlds STRONGEST man. He is 4 times, maybe 5 times stronger than other guys his size (except for other strongmen). That inhuman amount of strength is just too much. That being said I doubt he could fight a trained HEAVYWEIGHT mma figher, who although they are heavyweight, still weigh maybe 200 pounds less than him. But the strength and size difference is so much less.

Sorry Ramsay, but Eddie hall has the world's strongest deadlift. Thor is attempting to break that record. Eddie hall has a good channel, and his mate Ross Edgley who swam around Great Britain has a cool channel as well. Keep up the good work.

I subscribed to you because your honest and living in reality no fantasy talk l'm a boxing coach kids listen size matters

It's really cool that the guy who used to do movie previews got into martial arts

Terry Silver actually gave a lot of very good fight advice, even though he was framed as a "bad guy".

I'm watching the sparring match again, and Hafthor is surprisingly fast. He doesn't seem to have much trouble getting a hold of McGregor.

The thing about Bjornssonn is that he doesn't need to good leverage to submit someone of Conor's size. He just needs to get hold of him anywhere, once. It would be kinda like the way Hulk grabbed and bashed Loki into the ground in the "Avengers."

Emmanuel Yarborough is from my town. Much respect Dewey.

There is one way to win against Thor: You have to buy a lot of nails. Since Thors weapon is a hammer, he can not resist to nail the nails, while you can wait for "Ragnarok".

2:27 *Eddie Hall wants to know your location*

Coach needs about 1 millon subs lets make it happen

Your Radek was pretty much spot on.

To the people that say size and strength don’t matter and skill is more important, Think about trying to grapple with a chimpanzee, they’re biologically the closest to humans so technically you could pull off the same submissions on them as u do a human, but in reality chimps are so much stronger than us they would literally tear u apart

Even Hafthor said in an interview he had to hold back on his strength when punching. He would kill Conor if it were a real fight like he did the Viper.

run run, man. that would be the plan. run run, as fast as you can. hope you can tire out the larger man. wow... this is good poetry!

A strong man type with basic wrestling grappling and dirty boxing would destory any small guy who is an expert striker who lacks grappling.