Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-32617252-20180505055143/@comment-30643398-20180609212441

I'm pretty much talking about Naruto's CQC dominance in contrast to the Movie version. I simply used the word "curbstomp" only in the context of the extremely short exchange of fists in the manga in relation to the movie scene. Yes, he was fine after some tumbling, but it doesn't change the fact Naruto pretty much destroyed him in melee combat. He couldn't even retaliate.

I would hardly count the avatar battle as CQC, and nowhere was it implied Naruto would have lost the overall battle. Naruto was knocked around by Sasuke's Susanoo like crazy during VoTE2, and nothing really happened.

It didn't even look like Naruto was going to lose. The man was just struggling when both avatars were grabbing each other trying to gain the upper hand. I doubt the Lava Golem could do much other than throw Naruto around in that situation. It was just a bigger, way less maneuverable fist-fight comparable to two sumo-wrestlers going at it instead of Ip-Man combat.

Then, after they did combine their powers, he was curbstomped. One swing. Done.

They defeated him super fast. Sasuke was the only one who was completely overwhelmed, and honestly in a one-on-one Sasuke would win if he went perfect Susanoo. Yes, Rinnegan SP PS = SPSM Kurama, but the Susanoo has bladed weapons. So I would imagine it would be a lot easier fighting the giant golem than repeatedly punching it.