If you're referring to the Clone Wars episode, don't forget that they were exhausted, surrounded and intimidated.
Nevertheless, in that same series Grievous is easily defeated by Mace Windu, he didn't even need his lightsaber. In Labyrinth of Evil, Grievous is easily defeated by Mace too, he even mocks his poor attempt at imitating vaapad.
In ROTS, he is easily defeated by Obi Wan. In TCW, Kenobi and Fisto defeat him easily aswell. The only succes he has, is mostly against unkown Jedi.
The only 'well known' Jedi he killed was Adi Gallia (as far as I know).
Back on topic now, if all these gifted swordsmen have no difficulty in defeating him, how could the best the order had to offer be defeated by him? I don't want to underestimate GG, but it's clear that he wouldn't stand a chance against Yoda in a normal fight.
As Dooku said: "If you are to succeed against the best of the Jedi, you must have fear, surprise and intimidation on your side. For if any one of these is lacking, it would be best for you to retreat. You must break them before you engage them, only then can you ensure victory and collect your trophies."
I doubt he even would be able to surprise Yoda.
If you're referring to the Clone Wars episode, don't forget that they were exhausted,
Actually, only one of them was slightly out of breath. The Masters were in pristine health.
surrounded and intimidated.
Surrounded has no relevence and being intimidated (from having previously fought him as the beginning suggests) doesn't change the fact that he bested them in pure blade-work, even though they used The Force against him.
Nevertheless, in that same series Grievous is easily defeated by Mace Windu, he didn't even need his lightsaber.
Windu crushed his chest from long-range. It bears little relevence to a full-on fight, particularly while Yoda has to deal with the other 3 fighting as well.
In Labyrinth of Evil, Grievous is easily defeated by Mace too, he even mocks his poor attempt at imitating vaapad.
I haven't read the book, so I don't know if it was easy or not, but I've never said that GG>Mace, just that he's more capable than poeple think. And Vaapad gets its power from it loop-thing as well as its unpredictability, two things a droid will obviously be weak in.
In ROTS, he is easily defeated by Obi Wan.
If by 'easily defeated' you mean 'narrowly survived', then yes, yes he did.
In TCW, Kenobi and Fisto defeat him easily aswell.
Again, I don't know about Kenobi (who also beat Anakin btw), but I understand that there were circumstances with Fisto. He had just got back from fighting, he had to use spare limbs, Fisto utilised the fog, Grievous had previously had to fight his apprentice, Fisto was one of teh best Lightsaber duelists in the Order etc.
Back on topic now, if all these gifted swordsmen have no difficulty in defeating him, how could the best the order had to offer be defeated by him?
Becuase he has 3 other extremely capable fighters with him. They're at least close to ROTS Anakin level.
I don't want to underestimate GG, but it's clear that he wouldn't stand a chance against Yoda in a normal fight.
I agree, luckily he has 3 other mooks to help him. Now maybe I was hasty in saying that they'd actually win, but I don't see see it as a stomp. My opinion is Yoda wins 6-7/10.