User blog comment:The Deadliest Warrior/Pirate vs. Ninja/@comment-3239346-20110709225835

The Deadliest Warrior, Jr.'s Jr. Edges:

Cutlass & Boarding Ax vs. Wakizashi & Poisoned Daggers: The Cutlass is big and deadly, yes, but a ninja is much quicker and a lot more precise in his slashing and thrusting strokes with the Wakizashi. The Ax is way too slow to be effective and the poison on the daggers guarantee a kill, even if it's not instant. Edge: Ninja

Boarding Pike & Stinkpot vs. Kusarigama & Metsubushi: Well, the Boarding Pike is long but it is quite cumbersome and unweidly, unlike the dual-purpose Kusarigama. The Stinkpot is a devious little bugger but the Metsubushi is more in-your-face distracting, so I have to give the ege in mid-range to the ninja.

Cannon & Pistol vs. Shurikens & Fukiya: The cannon won't do crap because while it's powerful it's meant for large slow targets like other ships - and ninjas are neither large nor slow. The pistol, however, is not innaccurate like everyone makes it out to be, and that will kill the ninjas like nobody's business. Plus, it can be used as a club. The shurikens lack lethality and the fukiya needs to be a neck hit to be truly efficient. Edge: Pirate

Grenado vs. Tessen: The tessen is a surprise weapon that'll be useful up-close and personal, but the grenado can take out the entire squad of ninjas if the pirates are lucky. Edge: Pirates

Overall Winner: Pirates

I almost went ninja on this one because they can use their stealth in this battle, but the gunpowder the pirates are packing will be too much for the sneaky assassins to handle. Up close and at mid range the pirates are in trouble, but that's only if the ninjas can make it that close. Pirates take this 650-350.