Note: I know these two warriors have met in history before, but accounts say that typhoons destroyed the Mongol fleet so I decided this will be done on equal terms. As always, hope you enjoy.

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Mongol: The merciless marauder who combined brute savagery and master horsemanship to conquer half the known world in the 13th century.

(A horde of Mongol horsemen are shown charging across a grassy battlefield, cutting down enemy soldiers with well-placed shots from their bows and slicing down a few stragglers with their swords.)

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Samurai: Japan's lightning fast dealer of death.

(A samurai prepares to take on multiple attackers with his katana.)

WHO IS DEADLIEST?

To find out, we've assembled a team of world class fighters to test history's most lethal weapons. Using 21stcentury science, we'll see what happens when two warriors go toe to toe.

No rules. No safety. No mercy. It's a duel to the death to decide who is…THE DEADLIEST WARRIOR!

Here in our elite fight club we have gathered doctors, medical scientists and weapons experts to test out the lethal arsenals wielded by each of our combatants to determine who would win a fight between two warriors who never fought on equal terms.

Mongol

Circa: 1225 A.D.

Height: 5' 5"

Weight: 145 lbs.

Armor: Leather Lamellar, Leather Shield

Samurai:

Circa: 1550

Height: 5' 3"

Weight: 135 lbs.

Armor: Kabuto Helmet, Do-maru

Mack, Dorian and Geoff are seen at the table where the warrior's weapons are stacked.

"Alright, time to settle the score, the Mongol and the Samurai have met in history but a winner was never decided in a fair fight." Mack started

"These two are two of Asia's most famous warriors. They are experts with the bow and today we will see who will win in this phenomenal match, but I'll give this to the Mongol, superior bow in my opinion and were unmatched on horseback archery." Geoff said

"I'm giving it all to the Samurai, superior armor, better swordsman ship and better trained." Dorian countered

The Mongol brings some wicked tools of his bloody trade to the table:

Short Range: Piandao

Mid-Range: Glaive

Long Range: Mongol Recurve Bow

Special: Iron Flanged Mace

In turn the Samurai were the masters of various weapons and today they bring with them:

Short Range: Katana

Mid-Range: Naginata

Long Range: Yumi

Special: Wakizashi

Both warriors utilized two curved swords to cut their foes down. The Mongol piandao and Samurai katana.

The team now reviews the tapes of both weapons in action and come to a decision after a brief discussion.

"I'm giving this to the katana, superior metallurgy and sharpness." Geoff started off

"I agree, the samurai is the better swordsman and the Mongol better watch out." Dorian seconded

"Agreed, the katana can pierce the lamellar armor as well while the piandao won't get through the samurai's armor. Edge katana." Mack concluded

In short range weapons, the Samurai takes the edge with the katana.

For mid-range weapons, both warriors used two similar polearms used to dismount their foes.

The team reviews testing of the naginata and the glaive and after a brief debate they still can't come to a conclusion.

"This is so tough, both are effective polearms against each other, but as we've seen with the glaive, once you get past that blade, you're good. Edge naginata." Geoff started

"I'm giving it to the glaive simply because it also has the hook end of it which will surely help in dismounting the samurai." Dorian countered

The tie breaker fell down to Mack.

"Both these weapons are effective for their respective uses. But in the end, I give it to the naginata solely based on the samurai's sheer skill with it and once you get past the glaive's blade, you can slice the it in half along with the Mongol."

In mid-range weapons, the samurai takes the edge with his naginata.

For long range weapons, both warriors utilized bows of similar power.

The team reviews the testing of both bows in action. After a close comparison they find that deciding the edge is more difficult than ever.

"These two bows are nearly identical in power, both are extremely well trained with their bows but in the end, I have to give it slightly to the Mongol since he can fire his bow effectively on horseback." Geoff started

"Agreed, the yumi can be used on horseback, but the Mongol is pure perfection in horseback archery. Plus, he can aim and shoot in any direction. Edge recurve bow." Dorian said

"I find myself agreeing with you guys, edge recurve bow." Mack finished

In long range weapons, the Mongol takes the edge with his recurve bow.

For special weapons, both warriors utilized two different side arms to destroy their foes.

The team reviews the testing of both weapons...does the mace get the edge? Remember Genghis Khan vs. Oda Nobunaga? Same deal right?

Geoff, Dorian and Mack nod to the narrator.

Yes, well, for special weapons, the iron flanged mace gets the edge.

Coming up, Mack will gauge the X-factors of each warrior and then after that, we finally have our battle to determine who is 'The Deadliest Warrior!'

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"Time to review the x-factors." Mack said

"For training, the Samurai was trained since birth so he had a 100 to the Mongol's 98."

"For physicality, the Samurai has a 95 to the Mongol's 90."

"For killer instinct. The Mongol was a born killer, he has a 96 to the Samurai's 85."

"For endurance, the Mongol has a 94 to the Samurai's 83."

"Intimidation goes to the Mongol with a 95 to the Samurai's 88."

Our scientists and weapons experts are done testing the results and the time has come to decide who will be the victor. To ensure the battle won't be decided by a single lucky blow, the battle will be simulated one thousand times in a duel to the death.

Who will win in a battle between the Samurai, Japan's aristocratic warrior bound by the code of bushido, or the Mongol? The vicious horse warrior who created the largest empire ever?

"This grudge match...time to settle the score for real this time. Let's see who lives and who dies." Mack said.

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It's a peaceful day in Japan. A lone samurai is riding along the coast of the island nation. He has decided to take a nice relaxing stroll with his trusty horse and eventually he comes to a small rocky drop by the shore.

He notices another figure riding along by the water on a horse and he decides to ride towards the unknown warrior. He rides off the drop and onto the beach and sees the warrior has a bow in his hand. Assuming he is another samurai, he shouts to the unknown person and he comes to a halt. The samurai waits to see who this is and he turns his horse around.

The stranger reveals himself to be a Mongol. The Mongol was on a scouting mission of Japan so he can help his empire expand eastwards. Seeing that the stranger is in foreign armor and clothes. The samurai draws his yumi and rides forward towards the Mongol. The Mongol seeing what his foe is doing, does the same with his recurve bow and no rides forward as well.

Both warriors string an arrow each onto their bows and as they draw closer, both fire their bows and both arrows end up hitting each warrior on the shoulder. The Samurai's arrow piercing the leather lamellar while the Mongol's arrow pierce the do-maru as well.

Both warriors grunt in pain and brings their horses to a halt, they turn around to face each other but the Mongol had already strung another arrow and proceeds to fire it, the arrow connects with the kabuto and the force knocks the samurai off his horse. The Mongol with draws his piandao and rides toward the samurai.

The samurai quickly gets up and takes his naginata which is strapped to his horse's side. He waits for the Mongol to get closer and when he comes within feet of him, he swings his naginata prompting the raider to raise his shield and he is knocked from his horse as well.

The samurai rushes over to the fallen Mongol and quickly brings his naginata down to the raider's face but he quickly rolls out the way and gets up, runs over to his horse and retrieves his own polearm. The Mongol then slowly walk over to the Japanese warrior and points his glaive at the samurai.

The Mongol makes a move first with a thrust to try and stab the samurai through his chest but the Japanese warrior maneuvers his blade around the glaive's and twirls it and disarms the Mongolian raider. The Mongolian warrior responds by drawing his piandao and shield and mounts a charge at the samurai. The Mongolian relentlessly slashes at the samurai who goes to bring his naginata up only to have the shaft sliced in half by the piandao and he quickly sidesteps and draws his katana.

With the Mongol's relentless assault continuing, the Mongol slashes away at the samurai who precisely blocks every blow until he brings his shield up to which the samurai slashes at it and it becomes embedded within the wooden frame, seeing this, the Mongolian kicks the samurai away and he stumbles sideways, with not a moment to spare, the raider brings his piandao onto the kabuto with a clang and the samurai yells from the hit and grabs the piandao and throws the raider over on his back to the ground.

His foe temporarily stunned, the Japanese warrior stabs his katana onto the Mongol's face only to have it blocked by the shield and the Mongol grabs it and yanks it away, this causes the samurai to jerk forward from the yank and he quickly swings his piandao and slices the samurai across his cheeks, with that, he bashes the samurai away and he gets up and draws his mace.

With no other option, the Japanese warrior draws his wakizashi and eyes the Mongol. Both warriors slowly creep toward each other and the Mongol moves first with a swing of the mace only to have the samurai duck under it and stab his wakizashi into the Mongol's belly penetrating his armor knocking onto his back again. The samurai goes to finish the fight again but the Mongol brings his shield up to deflect it and goes for another swing of the mace.

It manages to hit the samurai's belly making him clutch it in pain. Quickly getting up, the Mongol goes to finish the fight but to his surprise, the samurai recovers and twirls around and with his wakizashi, swings it and slashes the Mongolian across his forearm making him cry out in pain and clutch his own wound. The samurai recovers from the blow and goes to bring his wakizashi onto the Mongol's head but he himself swings the mace and it lands against the samurai's kabuto with a jarring clang and the helmet is knocked right of his head.

The samurai stumbles sideways clutching his ringing ear and drops to his knees. The Mongol rushes over and the samurai quickly rolls sway and gets back up. His ears still ringing, he can still focus on the Mongol thanks to his years of training and holds his wakizashi by his side ready to finish the fight. The Mongol holds his shield in front of him and viciously swings his mace in hopes of catching the Japanese warrior off guard.

Anticipating this, the samurai twirls around the charging Mongol and brings his wakizashi and slices the Mongol's spine severing the spinal cord and sending him crashing to the ground, defenseless and unable to move.

The samurai limps over to the fallen Mongol who only curses him and spits at his face. Knowing he had won, he raises his wakizashi and brings it onto the Mongolian warrior's face, ending his life. Retracting his wakizashi, he sheathes it and goes over to mount his horse. He takes one last look at the deceased Mongolian and rides off in victory.

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Winner: Samurai

Samurai: 512

Katana: 176

Naginata: 124

Yumi: 90

Wakizashi: 122

Mongol: 488

Piandao: 133

Glaive: 120

Mongol Recurve Bow: 90

Iron Flanged Mace: 145

Following an intense, exhausting battle between two of Asia's most famous warriors, the samurai emerges victorious. His superior armor and short range weaponry sealed his narrow victory. The Mongol kept close behind him with the armor piercing power of his recurve bow and mace which allowed him to plow through the samurai's armor.

"Well, looks like we now see who would've won on equal terms. But look at it, the samurai wins 51.2% of the time compared to 48.8% for the Mongol. Throughout the entire simulations they were literally neck and neck the entire way through, they matched each other at long range. The factors that enabled the samurai to clinch his victory was his armor, his skill with his naginata and the sheer disciplined instilled in him coupled with his superior swordsmanship. Had this been an army of samurai against an army of Mongols, the Mongol would've definitely won that one, but this was a one vs. one on equal terms and the better man won it." Geoff explained.

(The samurai is seen resting at his home. The Mongol's horse now his. He goes to stash the Mongol's weapons away as trophies of his latest duel. He takes the recurve bow and strings an arrow at it, impressed by it, he will make good use of this bow.)