At first I kinda thought the same then I started thinking yea rottas ripped but I imagine the male twin was supposed to be the kinda old Italian mobster type of fat like yea he’s not in great health but you definitely don’t want to take a hit from them

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Also do we know the effects of the torture device and it was at least a couple of days he was in it. So he was probably not in peak physical shape.

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And also, we don’t know what opponents he had in the arena. Sure, he won but they could’ve been smaller than him, the twins were basically as big or bigger than him.

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