[@Zyamasiel]

[i]Say there were two MMA fighters, each 250 pounds in weight and of the same strength. One attempted to lift the other from behind, and the one who had been grabbed attempted a leg hook. This would succeed due to the collaboration from both the force exerted by pressing the shin against the back of the opponent's knee, and the weight of the one being grabbed. The natural downwards extension of the leg is superior in leverage to that of pressing the shin into an opponent at that angle. 
Now imagine if one fighter weighed 110 pounds instead of 250. A hardened combatant would have no difficulty lifting the weight of his thirteen year old cousin, even if they were as strong. Without that extra 140 pounds, it makes the leg hook far, far less effective. It's a difference of more than two times body weight.

However...

With Lysander weighing so little in comparison, Gonad could justifiably muscle his way into completing his attack. Certainly the room made them equal, Lysander had his own set of advantages accommodating his size. The Square/Cube Law was in effect here. It was just his fault for placing himself in such a bad position. Again, if by some miracle, Lysander did somehow manage to defy Gonad's superior leverage and forced the barbarian onto one leg mid-lift...
Gonad would not land on his back. He'd fall backwards and twist to his left as a counterbalance to smash Lysander's skull into the ground almost like Randleman did to Fedor, but with much more lethal force. The result would scarcely have changed. In terms of intent, as in, the characters' capacities to have justification for reacting as they did?[/i]

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[i][b]Well, Gonad actually had a counter in the mix with much more justification than the complete alteration of a move without any forethought.[/b][/i]
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(Explaining the maneuver after the fact nearly two weeks ago, and in the process making the intent for an anticipated counter clear.)

[i]Gonad had known his options from the start, his capacity for seeing through an opponent's actions the stuff of nightmares. Thus, though Lysander figured that Gonad would lose his balance and fall onto his back, this was not the case. As a point of reference, as Lysander had suddenly intended not to maim with his headbutt, but mock the entire time, Gonad had, on the other end of the spectrum, meant to transition into a suplex variation had the leg hook proved disabling. Thus Lysander could laugh, nothing would stop him from doing so- Save the hard floor meeting his skull with the force of a low speed motorcycle crash. With or without the leg hook, Lysander seemed to have a date with death by way of suplex.[/i]