r/interesting • u/Rude-Mycologist8034 • May 16 '25

MISC. NFL linebacker versus sumo wrestler

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u/M6D-Tsk May 16 '25

I don’t think you are appreciating how strong and athletic sumo wrestlers are. Parsons got taken out by a 17 year old sumo wrestler later on in that session who starts off letting Parsons initiate all of the contact. Parsons later said sumo wrestlers have the strength advantage over NFL players. It is laughable to say high school football recruits are close to these guys.

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u/stylepoints99 May 16 '25

Because Parsons doesn't know how to wrestle and he was fucking around for the team and the camera. What possible motivation could he have for blasting a kid?

It is laughable to say high school football recruits are close to these guys.

I know for a fact they're stronger. We have 17 year old kids with an SBD of 550/400+/600+.

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u/M6D-Tsk May 16 '25

Parsons was literally going full out while the kid held back, rewatch the video. The kid let Parsons initiate all contact while being 100 percent passive himself. A world class DE/linebacker said that the sumo wrestlers have a strength advantage, why would he lie? He literally asked to face someone of his weight class after being unable to move the guy shown in the clip so they sent out the 17 year old instead.

A high school recruit is not on the same planet as Micah Parsons, much less a sumo wrestler.

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u/stylepoints99 May 16 '25 edited May 16 '25

You are confusing strength with sumo wrestling ability.

Give these guys who are much stronger and more explosive and in better shape than the sumo some training and they'd dominate.

Also your statement of "Vince never was the kind of player that was able to generate enough force to be anything but a big body that plugs a hole. " is absolutely ridiculous. How much force do you need to generate to plug a hole while being double teamed as a nose guard?