Hello, my name is Adrian and welcome to a highly requested video on my channel.
We’ve already taken an extensive look at CW’s Arrow and the DC Extended Universe
Batman, and if you haven’t seen those yet, you can access them right on the annotation
above or the link in the description below.
I go through each one of their various fighting styles the explain the history behind them
as well.
Now, the interesting thing here is that we have two fully fleshed out fighters so I
can do a pretty accurate assessment of how they would behave in battle.
To preface this, let’s assume for a moment that Batman doesn’t know that Green Arrow
is about to get the drop on him.
It’s been said that Batman can beat virtually anybody given enough time to plan, and from
what I’ve read in the comics and seen in the animated films and live action movies,
I tend to agree.
So to even the playing field, Season 5 CW Arrow, or in other words, a fully trained
and well experienced Arrow who doesn’t see a problem with killing, has found a way to
lure Batman from the DCEU, or in other words, the Batman you have seen in Batman vs Superman,
Suicide Squad, and the upcoming Justice League film, into an empty warehouse.
I say empty warehouse because I’m also going to go ahead and rule out environmental damage
in this battle.
No grabbing a just out of reach hook or reaching for switch that causes the roof to cave in,
just a good old hand to hand fight.
And to make things fun, we’re going to switch the voice over to a first person narrator
so you’lll get to hear what’s going on in Batman’s mind, to make the fight that
much more engaging.
So in other words, this is an experiment, and educational video in which you’re about
to hear a what if analytical battle between CW’s Arrow and DCEU’s Batman and get a
chance to learn how their different fighting styles would clash.
I know something is wrong the moment I step out of the Batmobile.
But I have no choice.
Victor Zsasz escaped from Arkham and claimed his latest victim just a few hours ago.
And conveniently enough, I got an encrypted message delivered to the batcomputer by an
informant claiming to know his whereabouts.
He gave me enough evidence to convince me he was genuine, but this place is putting
me on edge.
An abandoned warehouse stands in front of me.
I’ve visited enough of these to last 3 lifetimes, and nine times out of ten there’s an army
of thugs waiting to have their jaws broken, but I need to verify every lead I can get,
and right now, this is all I’ve got.
I step into the warehouse and check the roof, nothing in sight.
I take a few steps and in a split second my doubts are all but confirmed.
It was distant, and it was near imperceptible to an untrained ear, but I heard the distinct
twang of an arrow being released from a bow and the soft exhale from an experienced shooter.
There are two ways this could play out, the first is the arrow has a direct impact with
my cowl, and if this were to happen it still wouldn’t benefit my attacker.
My cowl is equipped with a titanium understructure, it’s impervious to knives, bullets, and
arrows.
Alfred was kind enough to verify that last one and he was just as relieved as I was when
it worked.
The second is for me to turn around and catch said arrow and throw a batarang to quickly
knock the weapon out of this assailant’s hands.
I chose the latter as I want to relieve this man of his primary weapon.
As I do this, I see the hooded green figure leap from a beam that had been disguised by
a torn sheet, and land on the ground.
He slowly gets up and as he makes his way to his bow it blows up, courtesy of my detonating
batarang.
I crack the arrow in half. He’s clearly not very happy about losing his equipment.
“Where’s Felicity” the man says.
“I don’t know who you’re talking about” I respond “But I think you’ve been setup,
I’m not whoever you think I am.”
“You’re lying.
And you have failed this city” he says.
As he comes towards me I study his movement.
He’s clearly highly trained, but doesn’t seem to be acting like himself.
I’ve never seen this man dressed in green before, but I’ve seen those eyes before,
and those eyes aren’t open to reasoning.
Right now my options are to use my grappling gun to get a better vantage point, or even
use it on him, but he reminds me of Robin, and I can’t bring myself to do it.
I could probably throw a smoke bomb right here and now and disorient him enough for
me to land a decisive blow, but I decide to take him head on, maybe I’ll get some information
out of him that way.
Why did he lure me here?
Where does he come from?
I am lost in my thoughts for a moment too long and barely see him vault himself up in
the air and dropkick me 4 feet across the warehouse.
He’s much younger than me, faster, and I count my lucky stars he didn’t break a rib
with that technique.
I barely get up and he is right next to me, delivering a series of rapid fire punches
extremely reminiscent from kali.
As I’m blocking his hits I take advantage of his close proximity and headbutt him.
He clearly has not been hit by titanium before and in his daze I follow up with a strong
push kick to gain some distance from him.
He’s still not all there so I deliver a strong right roundhouse, my preferred kick
for disabling thugs.
Surprisingly he is still holding strong so I dive for his arm in order to flip him over
my body.
But to my surprise, the young man reads my movement and flips over me with an impressive
technique from the Russian martial art Sombo.
I land straight on my back and feel a sharp pain jolt through my shoulder.
I thankfully still have full control over it but am now in a disastrous position.
This hooded individual is clearly well versed in ground combat and if I give him a moment
too long he will kill me down here.
I know ground combat but this guy lives it.
I need to get back up.
I block his assault of hooks and once I see him throw a haymaker that is just a bit too
strong, it gives me the extra second I need to throw an upward elbow right into
his jaw, courtesy of my background in Muay Thai.
It does the trick of making him recoil in pain giving me that time to stand back up.
“Who are you?
Why are you here?”
I manage to say out loud “I’m the Green Arrow.
And you have taken someone very important to me” he replies
“I’ve never even met you” I say “Then a version of you has.”
He sternly states.
And then it hits me.
This man proves the multiverse theory.
I never thought that this would be a reality.
But why would I do that?
Is he even operating off of proven intelligence?
What are his sources?
A million questions pop into my head but before I have a chance to ask him any of it he comes
right back at me with a solid punch to the gut.
I proceed to trade blows with him and he doesn’t show much background in boxing, but I see
his background in Kali, and start to see traces of Wing chun as well in his technique, deflecting
and diminishing the power behind each one of my punches.
I drop the boxing style and immediately switch to my own background in Kung Fu to match his
upper body work.
I throw in a quick high roundhouse but he traps it with a spinning hook of his own,
a technique I’ve seen in Hapkido but haven’t actually used in a fight before.
His leg isn’t strong enough to get the full lock in so I’m easily able to roll out of
the full hold.
Up until now, things are looking dangerously even.
We both have an extensive background in martial arts, both are extremely adept at using them,
and I can tell that we have both have faced enough adversaries giving us the techniques
needed to be able to win in combat.
But as we continue to fight, I finally see the weakness that I needed.
This man has been hardened in life, no doubt exposed to just as much or even more tragedy
than I have, but he hasn’t been in it for long.
His knuckles are still all perfectly intact, no previous injuries preventing him from moving
at the top of his ability.
He’s had plenty of training that is no question, but my gut is telling me he hasn’t been
doing it for long.
5, 10 years tops.
I’ve been beating up thugs, criminals, and all sorts of low life scum for over two decades.
I barely even had a childhood for that matter.
I’ve spent enough time at the gym to be able to workout in my sleep.
Sure, maybe my age has caught up to me a bit, maybe I’m not as fast as I used to be twenty
years ago, but I’ve still got the muscle mass edge on this guy.
Each one of my hits that lands on Arrow, pound for pound, will hurt a lot more.
I’ve got the experience, training, and strength to take this guy down and I have no more time
to waste in doing so.
I can tell he’s getting weaker.
I can tell that he’s starting to get a little sloppy in his technique.
A successful quick knife strike to the mastoid muscles on his neck tells me he isn’t blocking
as fast anymore.
I know I can’t go in for kicks because he’d undoubtedly counter it with his Hapkido training,
I’m definitely not going to use one of my gadgets as they’ve become a liability,
I know he will read me going to the belt before I even reach for it.
I need to outthink him, it’s the only way.
He’s tired.
Angry.
Vengeful.
Clearly not himself.
All I need to do is provoke him to go in for a solid tackle, I know I’d be able to counter
it.
I backflip and roll to gain some distance from him.
“You clearly don’t deserve her” I declare “YOU HAVE FELICITY?” he yells
And he lunges right at me, just as I wanted him to, and is diving straight for the legs,
just as he should, but he is much too slow at this point to land an effective impact.
My Judo training kicks in and I shoot my feet backwards as I place my right arm over his
back and slide my left arm under his right, before he even has a chance to react I’ve
already swung my right leg over his locked arm and rolled onto the ground, landing in
a right arm bar.
With my strength, this can result in a broken elbow joint in less time than it takes to
blink.
The Green Arrow knows he’s been beaten and finally stops resisting.
Time to talk.
“Now, take a deep breath.
I know that this isn’t you.
I will help you find Felicity in exchange for you helping me find Victor Zsasz.
Deal?”
“My right elbow joint says yes” he replies.
So he does have a sense of humor.
And there you have it!
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The thing that ultimately decided this battle, given their very similar
training and technique, is experience, strength, and mind.
Oliver has been fighting criminals and mercenaries for a solid 10 years, if you count his training
time and his time back in his city.
He’s also extremely fit.
DCEU Batman has been fighting criminals for twenty years and literally lives at the gym.
Simply put, Batman has twice as much experience as Arrow does and twice or even three times
his muscle mass.
And when you combine experience, training, and strength, you’ve got yourself one lethal
combatant.