Miyamoto Musashi vs Solid Snake: who would win in a fist fight?
Pick the winner and how they win (TKO, DQ or decision), then see how everyone else called it.
Miyamoto Musashi
“The Sword Saint” · Japan · c. 1584–1645 · about 5′11″ (180 cm), about 176 lb (80 kg)
Japanese swordsman who said he won all 61 of his duels, and author of The Book of Five Rings. Famously turned up late to his duel with Sasaki Kojirō and won with a wooden sword carved from an oar.
Solid Snake
“Iroquois Pliskin” · Metal Gear · 1987 · 6′0″ (182 cm), 165 lb (75 kg)
Legendary special-forces operative and a clone of the soldier Big Boss. Expert in close-quarters combat, infiltration and hiding in cardboard boxes.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Musashi by DQ. Snake's close-quarters combat is mostly throws and chokes, which are all fouls here. Musashi, 5 kg heavier, simply stands there like a man who claims to have won 61 of these. In round two Snake flips him, the referee disqualifies Snake, and Musashi wins by DQ.
Fair fight? Legalise grappling throws and chokes for both men, so Snake's actual training counts and Musashi has to win by fighting rather than by waiting for a foul.
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