User blog comment:General MGD 109/His Limits/@comment-70.71.11.161-20120511065029

I think the reason that Nick was able to succeed where Monroe failed was because, while Monroe is naturally incredibly strong and fast he doesn't seem to have any sort of hand-to-hand combat training. Nick is a police officer and advanced hand-to-hand training comes standard with graduating from the academy. Nick knows how to use an enemy's weight, momentum and strenght against them thus allowing him to defeat much larger opponents. That comes from training and practice which is mandatory for cops. Monroe may be powerful but untrained power can only go so far.