Why is it so common in anime for a skinny fighter to beat a larger, more muscular one?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath#Modern_usage_of_"David_and_Goliath"

Everyone likes an underdog story.

It's been >20 years since UFC1, when Royce beat all challengers at every weight class.

Pedro Sauer's fight against Lance Bachelor for example
youtu.be/IdeNFcZE9s4

These. But it's also worth noting that most of the "lanky hero beats beefy enemy" stories come from shounen manga, and kids will self-insert with a willowy waif.

all my coworkers have become ufc-heads in the past year, why? is it joe rogan? they all listen to him

Jackie chan would clap your asschecks before you know it if you were pure strength.

I feel bad if that is true, Rogan doesn't under MMA himself.

fpbp this /thread based

Costabros...

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The Gracies pulled all sorts of dishonest shit and their main advantage was the lack of knowledge most had on their moves. It's like how Bob Sapp managed to beat Hoost but then repeatedly got his ass kicked whenever others knew what to expect.

because is the truth.
my arms muscle max flex 25 cms diameter i can lift over 100 kgs,my legs are 45 cms diameter can lift over 400 Kgs on my legs and if you saw me in real life i'm not a big musculkar guy i'm more on the skinny side.
to be more honest you should check the martial arts world tournament american always lose to little kids half their size.

Because having tons of muscles just makes you look like a muscle brain. While the other guy looks more calm and methodical, so it gives him an eerie vibe. Anime fights are about magical powers and stuff, so muscles don't really indicate strength

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An underdog story would be a tall, muscular man with a kenshiro mook haircut beating a slew of generic shonen protags.

I miss 2000's - early 2010's UFC

I'm pretty sure that's been a common trope everywhere since David vs Goliath.

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Also skinnier guys tend to look more aesthetic. It’s difficult to draw guys that are visibly muscular but not bulky.

>Yammy and Ulquiorra
>"You thought it'd be like the classic Vegeta and Nappa trope but Yammy was actually the stronger one being Espada 0"
>"Actually no. Yammy, despite having a huge power level, didn't make good use of it cause he's a retarded giant guy so he was actually a weaker fighter and just a joke really"
Fucking Kubo

Strenght loses because he's not using his strenght well. If you're that strong, you could use a lighter sword and gain speed, while still dealing enough damage. A single stroke of that sword would kill the dexfag, trading damage output for speed would be a net benefit for strenghtfag.

Because people with muscular builds gas out

And taking the forever alone best friend of one of them as his apprentice. They go around, Kenshiro beats the MCs and friend recruits their girls.

You can’t cartwheel around a broadsword in real life

Speed + skill
Also a smaller protag is better in a storytelling sense. He's up against bigger opponents, creating tension

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Bodybuilders will run out of stamina more quickly, muscles may mean strength but it doesn't mean power and definitely not stamina. Look at how Anthony Joshua lost to fatty in their first fight, also look at Deontay Wilder, a lanky skinny boy but is the most powerful puncher in all of boxing

There's more tension in equally matched opponents than an underdog going against a bigger man where the underdog is obviously set up to win

Well, it makes sense. Only bodybuilders have those notorious muscles and they take protein supplements and have insane diets to keep their bodyfat low, because they only care about having them visible. A toned body produced by martial arts training would give you muscles, but with bodyfat to protect them and not generating more muscle than necessary because at some point is inefficient, and the training already has you using up lots of energy, the body wouldn't produce superfluous muscle fibers. Still, martial artists, boxers and people like that have some notorious volume.

Power + Stamina > Strength

>Nips invented underdog stories
The brain dead takes you hear from fucking tourists, I swear.

Broadswords aren't as big irl as the gif swords, though.

But they fight at the same weight? Both sides useally drop wieght befoer the fight, so its not like its really skinny vs big buff guy. A feather weight is almost always not gonna beat a heavy weight.

underdog MC's are only good when they eventually lose their underdog status

a featherweight is not going to be allowed to fight a heavyweight in the first place

My comment is constricted to within the bounds of reason.

Having more mass, longer reach, etc. are clearly advantageous traits in most situations

Muscles is a meme its looks good but dont mean anything