IIRC, for the guy that choked the cougar out and killed it, turned out to be a very small cat. Not even what I would call a teen.Heard about this and that cat must have been off the rails to take two strong males who are avid hunters. There's been a few Cougar attacks around here the last couple years and the two I can remember, the guy straight choked the cat out and killed it, and the other it attacked a woman in a group bike riding and the other women grabbed it and held it down with their bikes. The cat that attacked the boys was said to be 90lbs so it was still young but plenty strong. Given it tore the younger boy's face up immediately and dispatched the older brother quickly after, I assume it was a pretty mature hunter for its age.
Did not hear the lady/bikes story…So dont know those details.
But im pretty certain that, with anything other than a very juvenile cougar, no unarmed strong male is winning that fight.
10/10 times putting my money on the mountain lion having his way with the unarmed human(s).