[Colm]

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I think the question is interesting because people probably have pre-conceived ideas about what each type represents. My vote goes for the martial artist, probably the best in the world is going to come from a soft rather than hard school ( which means they'd never agree to take part anyway as the event is totally in conflict with their philosophy ). These guys often aren't awesome physique wise but they are very fast, very skilled and train to end conflict extremely quickly. I can remember training under a guy who had trained in China for most of his life, he was short and slight, probably no more than 7-8 stone and totally harmless looking, we shared the training area with a Taekwondo class and as a demonstration of effectiveness as a form of self defence this master agreed to spar with the Taekwondo teacher ( a competitive martial artist I guess around 13-13.5 stone ), the fight ended almost instantaneously with a Taekwondo teacher flying about 5 metres through the air and landing dazed, my teacher had hardly moved to basically disable his opponent uttely in spite of age, height, weight and reach disadvantages and a not unskilled opponent.

My point is that the guy who did this doesnt pretend he's the best but is still learning from those who are better. Technique and physique probably wont save you from someone who basically wins before the fight starts ( because they are faster than you are and will disable you with one move meaning you cannot err in any way ), the class was in Tai Chi but the master concerned was also proficient in the full range of soft style arts including Baguazhang and others and had trained and mastered the better known hard forms prior to training in the softer forms.

The only guy who'd have a chance would be the UFC type if he can get a lock of some sort and manage to hold it but I doubt that he would be able to achieve this against a the best martial artist alive.

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these 'martial artists' you are referring to don't have ANY of the advantages that you are talking about. they aren't faster, stronger, in better shape, and they're techniques are not tested, sound, or good for use against resisting opponents. basically your whole post is bs. also, a tkd guy=an unskilled opponent.