John Danaher on lion vs tiger vs bear

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He's definitely not the brightest on animals but he's a genius in terms of human combat. He's coached many bjj and mma champions like Georges St Pierre, Chris Weidman, Gordon Ryan, Garry Tonon, and Giancarlo Bodoni

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TLDR:

Bears don't fight to death and start slow... A lion would win in a cage but in the wild the bear wins.

Gorillas suck

The best human (gordon ryan) is gonna get destroyed by all three along with an anaconda. 

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Danaher on fighting
Yeah, but there are some ways of looking at this which can take this already interesting question and make it a lot more interesting. First, we've seen that intuitions aren't to be trusted. So if intuitions aren't to be trusted, well, what is to be trusted here? Well, I've always believed that there are three general elements that determine what level of success or failure anyone will experience in combat. And this is true both for individuals and for groups and even all the way up to nations. The first is what are your skills? The second is what are your physical and mental attributes? So it's skills, attributes. Those are the two primary ones. And there's the third, which is your experience in using those skills and attributes and real world scenarios. Okay, so whenever two, we'll start with two humans. When two humans get into a fight, ask yourself, what is their skill set?

What are their physical and mental attributes? And what is their experience in using those in real world applications? And that will give you your first look at, okay, who's gonna be the more successful? Then in addition to those three general elements, there's also four more specific elements. What is the ability of the combatants to initiate combat? Because initiation is a big deal in fighting. The one who sees the enemy first and can create ambush conditions or initiate combat in an area or terrain which is favorable to them. This is huge in determining the outcome of battles. Second, not only is initiation important, but disengagement is important. A lot of battles don't go according to plan. And so your ability to disengage at will and break off and away from a battle is key to success. So initiation and disengagement are big.

The third big element, what is your ability to end a fight? Okay, do you have an efficient method of ending conflict? Without that, the conflict could go on to a point where you no longer have the ability to continue it. If you have some succinct method of finishing, this is huge in combat and determining winner or loser. So both from a winning and a losing position? Yes, but if you don't have one, there's a much higher chance you'll lose. But if you have an ability to finish an opponent in the conflict reliably, this is very, very important in determining success or failure. And third, is your ability to endure a conflict longer than the person you're engaged in, okay, is engaged with, sorry. And so you get these four more specific elements now. Do you have the ability to initiate contact at will? Do you have the ability to break contact and disengage at will? Do you have the ability to finish your opponent efficiently?

And do you have the ability to endure longer than your opponent does? If you have all four of those, that's huge for combat. Yes, that probably applies to human-on-human, military conflict, conflict. Even all the way up to nations. Also ask yourself, what are the most efficient methods of combat across the globe, across all species, all times, et cetera, et cetera? And you'll see that ultimately, they always come down to three things. The first is concentration of force. One of the most successful combat strategies of all time is the ability to take concentrated force against the zone of weakness in your opponent. And if you can do this, you will often break through to a point of vulnerability, attack that vulnerability in a way where your opponent cannot respond and cannot recover from that vulnerable point being broken.

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I mean, even lions, when they fight each other, the mortality rate when lions fight each other, male lions, for ownership of a pride is very, very high, much, much higher than I believe any other species on earth. They almost always fights to the death for the simple reason that when a male lion loses control over pride, the first act the new lion does is to kill the genetic offspring of the previous male lion. So when a lion fights another male lion, when one male lion fights another, it's not just to fight for his own life, it's a fight for his genetic offspring. failure means not only does he die, all his offspring dies. And so when they fight, the implications are so deep. It's like a fight for not just you, but your DNA. Most male lions have very short runs at the top. They get killed or run off by other lions. Now, this kind of harsh combat experience, no other animal can claim to have this. Between what they kill to eat and what they have to do to defend their stake and a pride, no other animal fights like that. They just bring a level of depth to combat which is unmatched in the animal kingdom. They also have some other elements too.

They get the luxury because of their social nature of taking more risks than other animals. Like a tiger hunts alone. So if it gets injured, it's a big problem. It can die if it's injured. A lion can fight. Cape buffalo get injured and be covered by the other lions for food until it recovers. So it learns to take risks and it's not afraid to go out and fight very, very hard. Whereas other animals tend to shy away from risk because they're solitary, bears are solitary, tigers are solitary. So they learn from an early age not to take the big risk,