Rules: Fight to the death. I am unarmed and have to beat the wolf.
So, there's some debate going around online that a man would not win against 1 wolf. I think I can beat one wolf with ease. I'm 200lbs and I do powerlifting and MMA. I have a year and a half of BJJ experience, 1 year of wrestling, 1 year of Muay Thai and kickboxing experience, and 4 months of judo.
A wolf only weighs 50-145lbs. That wolf is nowhere near as mobile as I and I'm much heavier. It only has one attack, which is to bite with its mouth. This is very easy to counter. If it lunges at me, I will dodge and punch or hit the wolf with a knee.
I can easily wrestle the wolf and put it on its side and choke it with a darce choke. I can take the wolf's back and it will slow down and get tired out or I can seriously injured it with me being 55-150lbs heavier than that wolf. The wolf will have no idea how to get me off it's back. I can also go do a dagestani handcuff on the wolf and it's cooked with elbows.
I can also hit the wolf with elbows or punches and get it knocked out. I can bust the wolf's teeth from punches and elbows and it loses its main weapon.
I can also easily do like a suplex or some type of throw and make the wolf land on its head and paralyze it.
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I can also easily just put it in a joint lock and break a limb and it's cooked from there.
Could a trained 200 lb man really beat a single wolf in a fight?
Your wrestling and BJJ moves won't help you much with a canine like a wolf. They have different physiology than a human. And that means different strengths and weaknesses. It also depends on the species of wolf. A large gray wolf can reach 175 lbs. They have a documented bite force of up to 500 psi. They can crack open a moose femur bone to get at the marrow. They are also faster than you. And they have better endurance. But their mouth is their only real weapon.
You on the other hand have something the wolf never encounters with its usual prey of grazers like deer, moose, or elk. You have 2 hands with opposable thumbs. And you can throw knees and kicks.
Wolves almost never hunt alone in the wild. They depend on hunting with a pack to harass and distract prey from all sides. And wolves are cautious. No wild animal wants a fight where it stands a high chance of getting injured. They want a meal, not wounds that will hurt their chance of survival.
Canines have one brutal weakness. Their rear legs and hips. They generate all their locomotion and power with their rear legs. But those legs are only designed to move forward / backward in a running motion. Splay the rear legs out to the side with force and the wolf is essentially immobile. And a hind leg makes a great lever to yank on. Front legs can be broken with a kick.
Your strategy would be to maneuver the wolf into terrain where it can't use its speed or circle you looking for an opening. And go for the legs while avoiding the wolf's main weapon, the mouth. But if you do that the wolf may wise up and say fuck this, it ain't worth it, and simply trot off to find prey that isn't a pain in the ass.
Can a human kill a wolf mano a mano? Maybe. But it probably doesn't happen the way you envision in the wild. More likely the wolf avoids the human as "bad Juju" based on thousands of years of instinct from going up against another apex predator that also travels in packs and makes tools.
Your MMA experience will translate poorly. The most valuable thing is not panicking. Even a choke is difficult to connect on a wolf.
That wolf is way more mobile and quick than you are. Even a dog playing is significantly faster than a human. You will get bit.
You will not counter. A wolf is not something where you can slip and elbow. The counter happens after you are bitten.
Wrestling a wolf is possible but much more difficult than you imagine. Doable, yes. But you'll be bit and scratched every second and if you're unlucky you won't have functioning arms to do anything with.
A wolf has about five times the pain tolerance of a human. While you could startle and shock it, if the premise is you're both fighting to the death that is not happening. Their bite force will also easily make them stay glued to you no matter what you do.
Could a fit trained man win? Absolutely! I'd even say the trained man is more likely to win than lose. But this all assumes the wolf is chewing instead of crushing. Wolves do both. If it is crush and then next limb? You're toast.
Even if the human wins we expect a limb or two to be gone forever. Notice how highly I think of men here by assuming they can push through having their arm bit off.
TLDR, yes a trained man can win but at a cost much higher than you describe.
Tear? Sort of. They can crunch down and through the bone and then tear off the dangling remains.
I think people forget how badass wolves are. While the average wolf biting middle or front of their teeth has a bite force of 400 plus psi, a large wolf biting at the back has bite force upwards of 1200 psi. This is where they bite to crush bone.
For reference that makes lions seem weak and is about what a large bear generates. Think a strong Grizzly or Polar bear. That is the bite force wolves have.
So, a large wolf can crush your wrist in one bite. Tearing it off after is just style points as you won't have bones anymore just dangling flesh. I do not think they could tear it off clean in one bite. But when your bone is basically dust that functionally does not matter.
Wolves take down bison, moose, deer. All can hit harder than you which is why wolves are very good at avoiding the blows. Even if you land a punch its no worse than it experiences daily
That skin is loose, grab it at the wolf can still turn in it to bite. One bite anywhere and you're crying like a little girl.
@purplepoppy In the Bourne Legacy, there was a scene where Jeremy Renner's character trapped a wolf and the wolf was suspended upside down (I think) and Renner put the Tracker in the wolf's mouth. But then, Renner was one of those 'enhanced physically' persons.
An adult hungry wolf would kill and eat a man, no matter how big he was.
Don't do "powerlifting." It is terrible for fighting. It makes people too slow. Try doing many more reps per set instead.
As far as beating an animal like that, it's possible. I beat two pit bulls bare handed. One kick hard enough to the ribs so it was lifted into the air a good 5 feet off the ground and maybe 8 to 10 feet away sure made one stop and run to hide immediately. A well timed sidestep and punch to the side of the head sure does knock down and stun them too and they give up.
A guy killed a mountain lion with his bare hands when it attacked him not that long ago I think within the last year or so. Granted it was only a juvenile that was about 30-40lbs and it still fucked him up pretty good he really only beat it out of sheer luck because as it and him were tumbling down the side of a hill he managed to get on top of it and pin it.
It was only 30-40lbs and he only managed to kill it out of sheer luck so I wouldn't really count on you killing a fully grown adult wolf.
a full grown wolf would be twice the weight the juvenile mountain lion was and it's gonna be way more agile then you are. Only way your probably gonna kill it bare handed it by sheer luck.
I think an untrained 200 lb. Man COULD beat a wolf. Doesn't mean he will. The wolf is working off instinct. The man is smarter. It comes down to will to live and getting the upper hand early on. A man's strength in the animal kingdom is NOT close quarter combat. Are we counting the use of crude tools? Or strictly hand to hand... er "paw".😆 how about the element of surprise? I would imagine in close quarters, getting behind it would be best, and trying to strangle it. Getting behind it, getting on it's back all but nuetralizes it's attack.
You’re a retard. All your dumb training has nothing to do with fighting a wolf. There’s no way you’re more agile than a wolf. A wolf will run circles around you, hamstring you, then rip your throat out. You’re way too slow to knee a wolf, The wolf will probably dodge your knee and rip your raisin nuts off. Have you ever seen the teeth on a wolf? They’re about twice as big as the average large dog’s and will shred your dumb ass
A wolf is not going to attack you. There will beno fight. Wolves avoid humans. Where humans live, wolves attack smaller creatures like small dogs and cats.
@EmmaMary Maybe there's an attractive, giant-breasted woman that he wants to impress, and he thinks if he beats up a wolf with his bare hands, she'll go on a date with him.
In my opinion you are dreaming if you think you can take down & kill a wild wolf with your bare hands. Beside this wolves almost always hunt in a pack.
I think you could beat it. Just guard your neck. Sounds like you could throw rocks too in these rules. Use a stick. Sand in the eyes. Kill that muther.
"Everybody has a plan until they get bitten in the face..." - Tike Myson, pugilist.
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You probably could but you’re a trained fighter. Most people aren’t. Also, wolves usually travel in packs and a pack would be much harder to fight off.
A wolf will not fight mindlessly to the death, its morale will break after several good bashes. If you can hold the mouth at bay and start grappling it's over for the wolf.
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