[quote=@MelonHead]
To be fair, at some point in most fights there will be a situation where pure physical statistics will play a part. 
[/quote]

Yup. They played a part in every post of the aforementioned fight when I was outmatched in stats. He was stronger, so I had to be more clever. He was faster, so I had to trap him into making mistakes. Every time his higher stats came into play (which was every post), I was forced to counter with my skill alone, since I couldn't overpower or out-speed him.