The Deadliest Warrior

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Anybody watch this show?

They take warriors from different cultures and times, test the weapons used, put them into a computer algo, then run the test fights 1000 times to declare a winner.

They'll have battles between a Spartan and a Ninja, or a pirate and a knight.

I never guess the winner and I'm not sure how accurate this really is, as I believe the terrain would have a lot to do with a pirate and a knight...I'd hate to be on a ship and fall into the water wearing armour.

Also, Spartans and Romans were trained to fight in units, whereas ninjas are individual fighters.

Most of the show is testing the weapons using various experts on group of weapons...It can get pretty graphic. After all the measurements are taken, they dramatize the last few minutes of the show based on their findings to determine the winner.

Here's a some matchups from different shows:
YouTube - Ninja Vs. Spartan: infoMania
YouTube - Deadliest Warrior 2x03 Jesse James vs Al Capone
YouTube - Deadliest Warrior 2x05 Nazi SS vs Viet Cong
YouTube - Deadliest warrior Back for Blood IRA Vs Spetsnaz
YouTube - Deadliest Warrior 2x02 Attila The Hun vs Alexander The Great
YouTube - Deadliest Warrior SWAT vs GSG-9 (season 2)
YouTube - Deadliest Warrior Aztec Jaguar vs Zande Warrior Season 02 Episode 04
YouTube - Deadliest Warrior : Thrand's Viking Vs. Samurai Wrap up 2 of 3
YouTube - Shaolin Monk vs Maori Warrior Deadliest Warrior Episode 7
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  • My 13 yo son watches it...and Loves it.. can't say I've sat through a whole show myself even though it is pretty neat

    Andie
  • Pretty cool show! Thanks for sharing.
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    • Spike TV? Seems the right demographic.
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  • Haha. That's a pretty funny show. Totally ridiculous, but still pretty funny.
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    • Too bad you didn't see the whole show and only the last 3 minutes where they dramatize the results. It's actually got a lot of history in each show...But then you're probably just upset because the Russian's kicked the IRA'a ass. That was funny.
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  • The match ups are hilarious.


    Remind me a a show (20-30 years ago ) that was named...

    "Meeting Of The Minds" where for example...

    ...historical people would get together and talk.

    I think it was 4 of them at a time.

    It would get real funny at times as they argued with each other.

    TL
  • Is there a way to watch replays?
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    • Pretty cool stuff. Quite interesting.
  • Hi Kurt,

    My teenage son who trains in Krav Maga absolutely loves the shows but he's so bummed out that knight loses to pirate. Another great kind-of similar show you might enjoyed is Fight Science; my son recorded that and watches quite a few times.

    Tiffany
  • Although interesting, my problem with that it is all hypothetical and we will never know.

    One thing we so know is what is the deadliest animal as there were a large number of fights conducted in the US and Canada in the nineteenth century.

    The answer was the grizzly bear hands down. In fact, when pitted dead against a lion, most lions were dead within 5 minutes. The bear's arms would crush the lion's skull before the lion has a chance to reach it. The grizzly is even more powerful than its bigger cousin the polar bear.
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    • Hey Derek,

      You're right, we'll never know for sure and quite often it's really about the "better man", not styles. But the show does more than that...

      They introduce weapons from different cultures that I've never heard of. Like the Zande warriors from Africa...They have a strange throwing weapon that's shaped kind of like an anchor. And the way it's designed, it can actually go AROUND shields if it makes contact with them.

      Or watching someone demonstrate how sharp a samurai's sword really is...

      And I'm also familiar with the California pit fights. For those that aren't aware, in the 1800s in western US mining towns, fights were staged between animals that were put in a pit for the purpose of betting. It's how pit bulls got their name.

      You are right, grizzlies dominated and they destroyed the lions. Promoters paid a lot of money to have lions shipped in to entertain the miners and reports were how disappointed they were in how easy they were beaten by the grizzlies.

      Seems a lot has to do with bone density and grizzlies have very dense bones for turning over rocks and digging, while felines have very light bones. The big hump that grizzlies in between their shoulders is nothing but pure muscle.

      When the grizzly swats a lion, it crushes the lion's bones like pretzels.

      And grizzlies have been documented running off polar bears from a kill. A lot is just bad attitude.

      As athletes, grizzlies amaze me. They can actually run as fast as a race horse. I saw one on the nature channel chase down an elk fawn. They have great stamina, can climb trees and are great swimmers.

      They are also very smart. Again on the nature channel, they showed a grizzly sitting on a hill watching two male moose fight. Once the fight was over, the grizzly went down and killed a very tired male moose. They've also been known to actually backtrack in their own footsteps when being tracked.

      More on the same theme...Male lions kick the crap out of tigers. Many think that because tigers are a little bigger and much better hunters, that they'll win.

      But male lions are pack (pride) animals that fight their entire life. It seems this training makes a huge difference. There was a report of a circus lion tamer who had a male lion get away and then killed something like a dozen male tigers, one by one.

      Sadly, they still fight lions and tigers in parts of Asia. They shave the lion's mane to make it a closer fight, but it isn't enough.
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  • I watched the Apache Indian vs Gladiator episode. It was pretty cool... They show it on History Channel here. The Apache Indians won btw.
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    • My Idea's for Deadliest Warrior Season 3 or 4
      Based on my own knowledge of Warfare as I attended the British Army Officer School at Sandhurst
      I have picked about around 52 for Elimination to fit in for Season Three and perhaps Seasons 4-6
      please give me feedback on your choices
      　
      Warrior Specials
      Episode Choice 1: British SAS vs U.S Army Delta Force
      Episode Choice 2: Saxon Huscurl Warrior vs Gaul Barbarian Warrior.
      Episode Choice 3: John Dillinger Gang vs Ned Kelly Gang
      Episode Choice 4: Russian Mafiya vs Chinese Triads
      Episode Choice 5: Crusader Knight vs Siberian Cossack Warrior
      Episode Choice 6: French Foriegn Legion vs Revolutionary United Force (RUF)
      Episode Choice 7: Caesers Praetorian Guard vs Ramasee's Mahji Bodyguard
      Episode Choice 8: Black Panther Party vs Aryan Brotherhood
      Episode Choice 9: German Fallswirmgager vs 101st Airbourne Paratrooper
      Episode Choice 10: Columbian FARC Rebels vs Iraqi Republican Guard
      Episode Choice 11: Russian Red Army vs Chinas PLA Ground Force
      Episode Choice 12: Hells Angels or Outlaw Bikers vs Mexican Mafia (La Eme)
      Episode Choice 13: Siamese Warrior vs Korean Hwarang Warrior
      Episode Choice 14: Cretian Warrior vs Trojan Warrior
      Episode Choice 15: Union Soldier vs Confedarate Soldier
      Episode Choice 16: Aborigonal Warrior vs Maasai Warrior
      Episode Choice 17: Indian Thuggee Cult vs Sikh Warrior
      Episode Choice 18: Spanish Conquistador vs Mayan Warrior or Inca Warrior
      Episode Choice 19: 7th Cavalry vs. Prussian Dragoon Calvary
      Episode Choice 20: Knights Templar vs Arab Hashashin (Assassins)
      Episode Choice 21: British Royal Marine SBS vs U.S Marine Corps Force Recon
      Episode Choice 22: Israeli Mossad vs German Gestapo
      Episode Choice 23: OSS Agent vs Special Operations Executive
      Episode Choice 24: Turkish Janissary vs Cavalier
      Episode Choice 25: Eskimo Warrior vs Fijian/Samoan Warrior
      Episode Choice 26: Haitian Zoepound Gang vs Jamaican Yardie Gang
      Episode Choice 27: U.S Secret Service vs British Police Royalty Protection Group
      Episode Choice 28: FBI G'Men vs Interpol
      Episode Choice 29: Khmer Rouge vs Bedouin Tribesman
      Episode Choice 30: Islamic Mamluk vs Teutonic Knights
      Episode Choice 31: Spanish Conquistidor vs British Royal Navy
      Episode Choice 32: Al-Qaeda or Mujhadeen vs Hezbollah or Hamas
      　
      Commander Specials
      Episode 33: George Washington vs Napoleon Bonaparte
      Episode 34: Sitting Bull vs General Ulysees Grant
      Episode 35: Che Guevara vs Carlos The Jackal
      Episode 36: Admiral Horatio Nelson vs Blackbeard, The Pirate
      Episode 37: Annie Oakley vs Calamity Jane
      Episode 38: Colonel Custer vs General Cornwallis
      Episode 39: William The Conqueror vs Saladin
      Episode 40: Robert The Bruce vs Richard The Lionheart
      Episode 41: Dick Turpin, The Highwayman vs Billy The Kid, Outlaw
      Episode 42: Cleopatra vs Boudica The Iceni Queen
      Episode 43: Joan of Arc vs. Hua Mulan
      Episode 44: El Cid Campeador vs Ivan The Terrible
      Episode 45: George Washington vs Duke of Wellington
      Episode 46: Hannibal The Great vs Julius Caesar
      Episode 47: Billy The Kid vs Clyde Barrow (Both killers, met ends by police)
      Episode 48: Spartacus (Thracian) vs King Leonidas (Spartan)
      Episode 49: Carl Von Clausewitz vs Robert E. Lee
      Episode 50: Thomas Stonewall Jackson vs Ulysses S.Grant
      Episode 51: Fidel Castro (Cuban) vs Pancho Villa (Mexican Revolutionary)
      Episode 52: Che Guevara (Argentinan) vs Mao Zedong (Chinese Revolutionary)
  • Pirates have swords and guns. So, on sea or on land, the knight loses.
  • The first video is really funny! I remembered when we went out and were only 3. And then we were so drunk and my friend decided to sneak in my other friend's house and surprised him. When we were in front of the house already, Jaime , my friend climb into the tree to reach the window of my other friend's room and fell down.

    Well I'll go for ninjas! I love ninjas especially with their weapons. But I also like pirates because of zorro in "one piece" and anime series. Katanas are awesome!
  • Yeah, that is like mythbusters.

    HECK, pirates would use everything on the ship, and act in groups. They would also be faster. Even WITHOUT guns, the knight may lose.

    Likewise, ninjas have medium range weapons, stealth, and are faster still, so I think they would win against pirates.

    But HEY, ever see beverly hills ninja? You NEVER know!

    Steve
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    The Deadliest Warrior

    Anybody watch this show? They take warriors from different cultures and times, test the weapons used, put them into a computer algo, then run the test fights 1000 times to declare a winner.