He’s what? 18? Basically nothing in viltrumite timeframe.
Literally gets dominated by Lucan using one finger.
Then he gets his ass beat by Thula, who has hundreds of years of experience minimum, mind you viltrumites get stronger with age, aaand somehow a pep talk allows him to almost kill her? What? Mind you, in the comics this Thula threw down with Battle Beast and walked away alive
Nolan iknows Mark’s strength more than anyone. We see Nolan is one of the stronger viltrumites of since he basically toyed with Vidor. Nolan watched Mark get beat up by Battle Beast last season, he knows Mark is capable of at least taking the hits, and has seen Mark rage too, hence his confidence in his pep talk. There is more in the spoiler realm that leans into this realm, but Nolan knows Mark is able to hold his own against these Viltrumites.