User blog comment:LB&SCR/Wander Alone: Jack Reacher vs. Rama/@comment-17814994-20160621024608

Elgb's "MMA's Got Nothing on These DUDEZ" EDGES!!!

Melee: This is an overwhelming and easy win for Rama. His combat style pencak silat is an actual martial arts with focus on both striking and grappling, as well as sets of different martial techniques and styles he can utilize. The keysi fighting method that Jack Reacher used is just a normal self-defence technique with focus on simple takedowns. The keysi method is deadly if used against drunks and normal guys with basic hand to hand skills, but against a very refined martial art like silat, there's no way it can compete. Take also to account that Rama can take on a whole building of martial arts thugs with his fists alone while Jack had trouble fighting three street thugs, then it's kinda obvious who's gonna kick who in a fistfight. EDGE: Rama

Pistol: I have to give this one to the glock. It's currently one of the best and most reliable handguns around and its 17-round magazine beats the Sig's measly 8-round by a mile. People would argue that the Sig P220 has a larger bullet, but the slow-moving .45 ACP is a novelty item these days. You can fire a magazine of 9mm faster, more accurate and with less recoil than a .45. EDGE: Rama

Carbine: I gotta give this one to the classic M4 Carbine. While the HK416 was built as an "improvement" of the M4 carbine, the only advantage it has is its reliability and weight. Yeah an HK416 is more durable and has lesser chances of jamming than the M4, but besides that the M4 still beats it by a mile. The M4 just has the longer range, faster rate of fire and bigger muzzle velocity in this fight. But then again, the battle is taking place in an Indonesian island probably infested with jungles, where combat range is very limited and the dirty environment can clog up your rifle, the HK may have the edge. EDGE: Even

That Gun: This may sound crazy but I'm actually giving this one to the shotgun. A sniper rifle will beat a measly peppergun everday with its larger range and bullet, but in a tropical island environment with jungles involved, it will have a tough time. It will become deadly if it is deployed but only in a very secure location with the best visibility, and by skill, get the drop on your opponent (that's the reason why both Malaysian and Filipino soldiers are more equipped with semi-auto marksmanship rifle, not sniper rifles). But in a jungle environment like this, with two guys with zero preps, a shotgun is the better weapon that can easily adapt to any environment. EDGE: Rama

Deadliest Warrior?

I had a tought time deciding which warrior I'm gonna give my vote to. Jack Reacher is no doubt the better trained and better experienced warrior. I mean god, he's a "covert" militaryman (or whatever) while Rama started off as a rookie SWAT member. But Rama does have the advantage of better weapons as well as hometown advantage in his beloved Indonesia (though I stil have to see him fight in a jungle). In the end, if this battle is fought in long range, Reacher can probably drop Rama without him ever knowing. But there's still a higher chance that this battle will end up in either mid or close range, and if that ever happens Rama's martial arts skills and deadlier weapons will seal him the win.