#tails could prbably just grab one of Nines tails mid attack; take off and slam him into the nearest solid construct

[brainworms-all-night-long]

I've been thinking abt like, if Tails and Nine got into a close-range physical fight (no guns or bombs allowed) who would win? The first seemingly obvious answer would be Nine, cuz he knows how to fight, he had to learn how to defend himself and has his mechanical tails, no question about it!!! but you then think further and realize, does he tho?

No wait hear me out!!!

Because in this case, Nine would be fighting someone who has experience and practice in actual combat. Not just dismantling big, bulky, never dwindling in numbers and always persistent Eggforcers built purely for intimidation and oppression of common civilians with reaction times worse than a school computer (I mean just look at the shit Nine managed to get away with while under their direct supervision, they got no peripheral vision either!!) That is not to discredit Nine in that regard cuz he absolutely kicked ass in the second season, but the only other thing he could train his fighting prowess on was the already mentioned random civilians(his bullies), which probably didn't have much fight in them either and most likely just gave up and fled before any noteworthy fight could break out.

Importnat was that in his first interaction with Sonic, who was mostly on the defensive, Nine showed he immiditely strikes with intimidation and disorientation, which undoubtedly worked in any previous encounters he might've had with the residents of New Yoke. (But had Sonic wanted to, he could've literally just swiped one of his mechanical tails from under him, effectively making him lose balance and then kick him in the shins or something) Nine also showed he knows how to use the environment to his advantage, as any crafty genius lacking extreme dexterity or strength would. Unless that environment doesn't cause him to slip and nearly end up being hit by an oncoming train of course-

Now take Tails, who, since being around 4 years old trailed behind the Fastest Thing Alive and dealt with a mad doctor and his everyday slightly improving army of robots designed specifically to fight a little high-speed hedgehog menace that could turn into a living buzz saw slicing through metal, and it's only right to assume Tails must have quite the reflexes, strength and resilience(mostly trained on keep sonic alive and out of any severe trouble).

Comparing that to Nine again and suddenly his chances at winning aren't really clean cut now are they