Best Grapplers in Fiction?

[Endless_Astrograph_Sorcerer]

Pretty simple, just curious who y'all think it would go to and why. Also best H2H fighter in general if you have a suggestion for that. No super hax characters but stuff like combat precog and stat amps are fine.

 

[Sir_sun_man]

batman

karate kid(he is so good that he can harm kriptionians)

kensiro( and every other major character in hoku to noken)

deathstroke(simular to bats)

iron fist

thats all i can think off at the moment

 

[Iapitus_The_Impaler]

I know Akune from Medaka Box is pretty great at grappling, and in universe is called the prince of judo. He doesn't have a profile, but he fights hax gods and compensates with Martial Arts and general combat skill

 

[Sir_sun_man]

I know Akune from Medaka Box is pretty great at grappling, and in universe is called the prince of judo. He doesn't have a profile, but he fights hax gods and compensates with Martial Arts and general combat skill

i don't have much knowledge of him

also i just remembered

baki the grappler the high tiers from that universe are quite good at grapling

 

[Sir_sun_man]

but if i had to go with one best grappler in fiction(without including tiering and overall power)

i would have to go with betman from the prime 1 mill timeline as he has learned all martial arts in the galaxy and has mastered them so he should preaty much outskill any other grappler in fiction that i know of

 

[Iapitus_The_Impaler]

Yeah, the dudes from Baki the Grappler are godly martial artists. I know a few of the martial artists from fate are great too. I cannot think of one with a grappler fighting style specifically, but Assassin (Fate/Extra) is legendary with and without his hax

 

[Sir_sun_man]

the new sumo guy is the godly grappler of the seriese now

litreally man handled oliva and can grab bones through onces skin which is preaty impresive

 

[The_real_cal_howard]

Incineroar is a good grappler

 

[Iapitus_The_Impaler]

Incineroar is a good grappler

Oh yeah, I forgot about him. Isn't there also a pokemon that knows every martial art or something?

 

[The_real_cal_howard]

Machamp. Probably more.

 

[Iapitus_The_Impaler]

I guess we at least know he is one of the better grapplers

 

[Warren_Valion]

What's a grappler? Someone who grabs well?

If so Melee Marth needs to be on the list

 

[Jasonsith]

Are you meaning characters that are much better in grappling than anything else?

Potemki should also take this. Yujiro Hanma may also take a place for lower tiers.

(Holy god we can make a list of grapplers for each tier.)

 

[Endless_Astrograph_Sorcerer]

There's some cool stuff ITT, never checked out Baki the Grappler before tbh. And yeah, grappling doesn't have to be their only specialty or anything like that but it should be a major part of how they fight.