User blog comment:MilitaryBrat/Ra's Al Ghul (Nolanverse) VS Ardeth Bay/@comment-5232784-20130206015116

1. Weapons;

The Scimitar here is a fairly unusual design, not the usual curved blade (this one curves left to right, like a river). Scimitars and Kitanas are slashing weapons, but you can still stab with both (though they are not as effective in this regard as rapiers and other swords designed for jabbing).

I believe that the Kitana, the League of Shadows sword, is better designed, ad perhaps had better metal than the scimitar

EDGE: Ra's AL Ghul

2. X Factors:

Ra's has the advantage in both training and experience. Considering he trained Batman how to battle, he is a unearthly martial artist and tactician, and would be impossible for Ardeth bay to defeat in a pure hand to hand combat scenario. However, Ardeth wins with endurance and having an intimate knowledge of the terrain, let alone riding a horse. Still, Ra's is so skilled in combat and so intelligent that these advantages mean nothing.

3. Edge: Ra's AL Ghul

After noting these edges, I have no way of seeing Ardeth Bay winning this battle. Batman could beat Ardeth, and Ra's trained Batman.

WINNER: RA'S AL GHUL