Miyamoto Musashi vs Zangief: 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.
Zangief
“The Red Cyclone” · Street Fighter · 1991 · 7′0″ (213 cm), 256 lb (116 kg)
Russian pro wrestler who trains by wrestling bears in the Siberian snow. Loves his country, his muscles and the Spinning Piledriver.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Musashi by DQ. Musashi treats his two fists as Niten Ichi-ryū and slips Zangief's lunges, while the 213 cm dancer keeps reaching for a hold. In round two, muscle memory wins: Spinning Piledriver. The referee disqualifies him. Musashi wins by DQ and starts sketching the scene.
Fair fight? Make it a wrestling match where grappling is legal. Zangief's 36 kg advantage then gets to do what years of bear wrestling prepared him for.
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