User blog comment:MrPacheco101/Break Battle Extravaganza!: Dexter Morgan vs. Hannibal Lecter (TV Series)/@comment-3189283-20130622082541

Oooh, this is gonna be a close one.

Looking at these two and there X Factors; It's almost scary how simular they are. Both are expert manipulators and liars, able to keep there true identities a secret from all around them. They are both highly intelligent and have both become infamous serial killers, without actually being caught of course.

Really this battle comes down to who can figure who out first. Will Dexter's knowledge of serial killers and the help of The Dark Passenger to see the darkness inside of hannibal or will hannibal's intuition and advanced knowledge of human psychology allow him to pick Dexter out as a fellow serial killer.

Taking this into account I can see this ending in 3 possible ways;

1) Dexter figures out, through use of The Dark Passenger and collecting evidence  that hannibal is a serial killer before hannibal can do the same to him. Dexter then spies on hannibal, collects his information and subdues him silently with M-99 Tranquilizer.

2) Hannibal figures out, through use of his skilled psychological profiling and intuition, that Dexter is a serial killer and also that he is searching for clues to the Identity of the Chesapeak Ripper before dexter even has any idea that hannibal is responsible for the murders or even a serial killer. Hannibal then lures Dexter into a trap and subdues him before dexter even realises what is going on.

3) They both figure out at roughly the same time that other are not as the seem and make plans to kill the other. This cumulates in a confrontation which ends in one of the killers subduing the other.

Out of these scenarios I have to say that number 3 looks to be the most plausible and what will likely happen in the actual event of these two going toe to toe.

With this I mind I have to say in this particular battle, Dexter is going to end up on top. If it actually ends up with the two killers fighting, Dexter is going have the upper hand. Both are skilled hand to hand combatants but Dexter is just more so. I've never actually watched dexter but by looking at the video's provided it shows that he is skiled at overpowering an opponent and he knows where to strike to inflict maximum pain. While Hannibal is by no means a bad fighter, far from it, but unlike dexter fighting and subduing someone is not how he works, he much prefers to ambush them and he often gives his victim no chance to fight back, whereas dexter has found himself having to fight his victim on a more regular basis. As shown by his battle with Tobias, his hand to hand fighting style is very sloppy and relies on luck almost as much as actual skill and also relies on his enviroment and what he can use to his advantage. Sure he knows pressure points and where to strike someone to put them out of action but he not nearly as skilled or proficient at hand to hand combat as Dexter is.

Another thing to bear in mind is that even if Scenario 2 happens, which is the best possible situation for Hannibal, Dexter could still come out on top. If Dexter manages to avoid hannibal's initial attack or get out of his grip then the playing fields are suddenly evened out and Dexter's superior hand to hand combatant skills come into play.

This is a very close battle and like I said before it could go ethier way, depending on who figures out who first. The result will costantly flip, sometimes Dexter will win without too much trouble, sometimes Hannibal will win without too much trouble and sometimes they might half kill each other before one of them comes on top. Hell, they could end up killing each other. However in the situations listed above Dexter just has the advantage. When it gets into an even playing field, that is they both know about the other, Dexter will come out on top in a head on confontation more times due to his superior experiance and hand to hand combat skills. Even in a situation where Hannibal has an advantage, if Dexter can avoid being taken down by hannibal very quickly, it suddenly becomes a standard hand to hand combat battle, in which case Dexter has more of a chance of winning. Sure the same could be said for hannibal in a situation where dexter has an advantage, but it seems alot less likely than if it was the other way around, as Dexter could and would just inject him with M-99, which basically puts him out of the fight.

Just to conclude my points I believe that Dexter will win this matchup. His superior hand to hand combat skills will allow him to have an advantage in in a straight up fight, which is what I think is likely to happen.