When one thinks about a David versus Goliath type of fight normally it has style-versus-style implications attached to it. The long standing theory behind most martial arts is that technique will be more effective than size and strength the majority of the time.

This was Helio Gracie’s premise behind his adaptation of Jiu-Jitsu and I would venture to say that this holds true more often than not.

What we see here however is a true David versus Goliath match where the only unknown factor is the experience level of the two combatants.

This is a Muay Thai match pitting a smaller man against a much larger man. If attire where a sign of experience it could be assumed that the smaller man is much more experienced, so given that assumption, and again that is simply an assumption without any substantial evidence, the question here is how can experience overcome a very distinct size and strength disadvantage?

Right out of the gate we witness the smaller combatant come out full of energy and willing to get right into the action. It is clearly evident that there will be no feeling out round here as is normally the case with Thai-style kickboxing. Fearless, the pint-sized individual, comparatively speaking of course, moves forward without abandon and it is obvious that his game plan is to show no fear and simply move forward.

The larger man spends most of the bout attempting to figure out a way to slow the much smaller man down but none the less, speed and aggression seem to be the problem that the much larger man must figure out how to solve.

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Jacob C. Stevens is a lifelong athlete and cerebral martial arts enthusiast who is also skilled in the art of linguistic manipulation, his published work, Afterthoughts and Handgrenades, can be found here.