Who would win?

[Bleeding Lion]

Id have to say the same... however like White Warlock said, the street guy could have faught easy fights

...and the MAist could have trained easy... the part "all parameters being equal" is meant to exclude that type of assumptions.

[White Warlock]

How could anything be equal here, when we're talking about two entirely different lifestyles and absolutely zero background on the exposure either of these two had to one or the other's paths in life? I mean, if the MA had never fought a real fight, but had watched a thousand tapes about real fights, he would have significant exposure to factors presented in such. As well, if the street fighter really didn't receive any formal training whatsoever but had studied a thousand videotapes on martial arts...

The background of these persons influence their stated perceptions and approach to things. They may see a movie, watched Seagal, and attempted to imitate some of the techniques with his friends, or with his victims. Training does not have to be formal, and that goes both ways. While a street fighter (again, whatever that is) can learn by watching an MA movie or training video, so can an MAer learn by watching street fights, live or on video.

Life just isn't the grand and dubious laboratory, and man just doesn't think, nor act, like lab rats.

[shogeri]

I still stick to undeterminable. I fight other's of lower rank, and if it's a bad day, or if they throw a blind side frying pan technique, then who knows. I could go down.