Originally posted by Juntai
Funny thing is, Batman's stalemated Dragon before.
Defeated Batgirl with one hand before.
And defeated Shiva.
The Richard Dragon fight was a misunderstanding by Batman. Dragon wasn't trying to hurt him. Batman was knocked out of the Shiva vs. Richard Dragon fight really really fast.
He beat Batgirl directly after she lost her body reading powers. That's actually where we learn that he knows 127 martial arts. (he gives Batgirl a CD that contains him giving instructions on the basics of 127 different styles) And he's never beaten a fully functioning Shiva by himself. Once Robin distracted her after a pretty long fight, the next time she was mind controlled. (as said before me) Her ecord against him is much better than vice versa.
I'm going to count out uber martial artists... Karnak, Mantis, Gamora, people like that. They don't belong in a street level classification, as most of them can at LEAST stand up to Iron Man level guys and do very well. I'm also excluding more powerful people like WW and Champion, who are very good martial artists, but not human by any stretch of the word.
My list...
1. Shiva- Is anyone EVER portrayed as more deadly than Shiva? She's like... the ultimate goal in DC for aspiring martial artists. Hell, Connor wouldn't HAVE a reputation if he hadn't stalemated her.
2. Batgirl- Quickly becoming God... Reads bodies better than anyone. She's Deathstroke lite or Daredevil v2.0, basically. Uber skills, uber senses, and Flashlike blurs for when she runs.
3. Richard Dragon- Now, if he weren't dead, he'd beat out Batgirl. But in the end, she survived where he didn't. He's master sensei to like... everyone in DC though. And he IS known as the best in the world...
4-5. Shang Chi/Temugin- Yeah, Marvel's Shiva isn't quite as impressive as the real deal. He's done some crazy stuff, but his lack of appearances with other well known fighters in Marvel hurts him. Temugin could quite possibly beat him out, but I really don't see him matching Richard Dragon.
6. Deathstroke- Depower him all you want, he'll still own the crap out of anyone who you throw at him. A writer compared him to Lady Shiva in a supersoldier body, but his physical advantages make him harder to judge in a depowered state, so I put him here.
7-10 tie. Black Panther/Batman/Captain America/Daredevil- I really can't give advantages to any one of these 4- They're close enough to equal that they'll each take 5/10 against any of the others. Each has some kind of tiny advantage over the others, but none has any big edge. As far as I'm concerned, they're all but interchangable when it comes to h2h.