Originally posted by Endless Mike
There are plenty of reasons why two characters fighting won't always end up the same way. In fact, it's realistic for a fight to end in a loss sometimes, and in a win other times. That's generally how it is in real life, unless the disparity in power/skill is enormous. Some people seem to have the idea that if someone is even slightly stronger/faster/better than their opponent, they will win 100% of the time, and that makes no sense IMO.
You are correct in thinking this way, but track record speaks volumes. Gladiator simply does not have the the track record to compete with Superman. With common knowledge, Superman would never lose to Anni-Hulk if we are using him to the best of his on panel ability.
Superman usually comes through in clutch moment, whereas the same can not be said of the others. Sentry has a better record than Gladiator, but the same can not be said of Hyperion, and even less for Count Nefaria.
In character Superman would know exactly who he was up against, and the differences between them in terms of power sets. Are we going to argue that Superman has very little experience with crowd control, or that his fighting skills are worse than this groups?
Hyperion is a neophyte in terms of combat experience. This guy literally has little to no combat experience. Count Nefaria? This guy mirrors Hyperion but may actually be a worse fighter. He depends on the fact that he’s still far faster than the average human, and has always fallen back on his powers taking him through the fight. Which Avenger back in the day was as fast as the Count? If you said Thor, good luck with that.
Sentry? Bob is not one ever will be praised in Matisse for his fighting ability. He after all flies face first into fists. So he gets fisted in those regards. No I’m not clowning on the Sentry. It is what it is. But, what Bob lacks in experience, he can just pretend that the last punch that he received did not hurt, and if it does, he’ll just believe that he never was hurt., or however he feels psychologically at that moment. He can be extremely dangerous as seen when he Voids out.
Going by his performance in World War Hulk, which is the version of the Sentry that is being used here, Superman can absolutely weather the storm that the Hulk was able to. Since he would know about Bob’s condition, he’d simply have to talk him down.
Make no mistake though, the clones themselves would be beaten rather quickly. Sentry isn’t one of the clones.