The Devil's Advocate
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i been in the military... no they are notYeah, but Zod had to have trained in some hand to hand, I mean our military men are better hand to hand fighters than the average guy on the street. They aren't on the level of someone that trains a discipline regularly but I'd pick them in a fight over just some dude with no experience.
Superman had never been in a fight before, Zod clearly had, yet Superman is beating up everyone or holding his own. And Zod adjusted to the atmosphere & honed his senses in the end, and still got his neck broke![]()
i'm sure you take a navy seal vs some nikka off the street yea
but some amateur mma guy could beat the shyt out of some run of the mill soldier

Stars are made up of the same gotdamn chemical elements. 98% is hydrogen and helium. None of those other elements will allow you to basically become a mutant which is what Superman is.
His Kryptonian warrior training don't include sleeper holds.