Gladiator 2018 - Round 1, Match 15 - Pablo versus Pestilence
 

Vote for the person that you think would win this match in a battle to death or submission. As background, assume that prior to the tournament you received 10 minutes of training on every weapon. The time listed is the amount of time before the match where you learn what the weaponry and venue is.

Venue - In a strip club (normal crowd present)
Starting Distance - 68 feet

Pablo

Main Weapon - Baseball Bat with six nails studded into it
Backup Weapon - Bowie knife

Prep Time - 13 Minutes
Special Factors - An angry trained pit bull is on a leash that is welded to your non-weapon wrist

Pestilence

Main Weapon - Two Handed Sword
Backup Weapon - Bullwhip

Prep Time - 11 Minutes
Special Factors - An unreachable 8 year-old kid 50 feet away will shoot you with a BB gun every 60 seconds, starting at t=0.

oh man, pablo for sure because of the dog

The kid is bound to shoot his eye out

Pestlince cuts the dogs head off, the weight of the beast pulls down Pablo and Pest slices and dices to victory.

The dog really gives Pablo the advantage here. Pest is gonna have to choose between attacking the dog or Pablo with that two handed sword, and the whichever one he doesn't choose is gonna have a free attack on him.

Can I assume that the dog is trained to obey its holder?

How long is the leash?

If the leash is attached to a neck collar, it should come off if the dogs head gets chopped off.

This match will come down to whether Pestilence is heartless enough to kill a dog with a bladed weapon.

I think he can do it. My money is on Pestilence, though it's a close one. Really, it depends on whether he's fast enough with a large sword to take down the dog. That's the part I'm not sure of.

Let's assume a standard length of six feet.

Yes, the dog will obey Pablo.

He's ****ed. He had better land a killshot on the dog the first swing and hope I don't connect with a bat to the temple as he does it. Even if he only gravely injures the pit bull with his first swing it will still have enough power and fight in it to really **** up his day.

He's dead. I take the money out of his wallet and then take sloppy stripper head over his disfigured corpse.

Pest. It would take respectable footwork but he has a tactical advantage over the bat and the dog. He just can’t get locked up and need to defend against both.

ROFL

This post may change my mind. God I love this place.

On top of Pest having to deal with killing a dog and parrying away Pablo's zombie killer bat, he's got some bratty little shit popping his ass with BB's every 60 seconds?

Yeah, Pablo takes this. Tough draw for Pest.