Fight of the Day shall Return!

[Colleengael]

You forgot Talia Bauer, Jade, Father Liam, Nick Wolfe and a bunch of immortals from The Raven. It doesn't seem fair to exclude them when you included the immortals from the films.

[Aragorn]

ROUND 4

1.
Brian Cullen vs. Darius

2.
Claude Deveraux vs. Caspian

3.
Grayson vs. Iman Fasil

4.
Graham Ashe vs. Kassim

[Aragorn]

Reno d. Richard Tarsis
Xavier St. Cloud d. Sunda Kastigir
Zai Jie d. Richie Ryan
Rebecca Horne d. Robert de Valicourt

[Aragorn]

1.
Reno (Vegas immortal who kills Cimoli) vs. Richard Tarsis

Going with Tarsis even though Reno has the votes. I really enjoy the Tarsis fight. I feel like while he's only got a single move, the goons from Highlander 2 would probably fall for it.
VOTE: Tarsis

2.
Xavier St. Cloud vs. Sunda Kastigir

I agree this fight is fantastic! I agree St. Cloud would win. I think he's such a cunning and skilled fighter. Not flawless but he's good. He went toe to toe with Duncan 3 times and I think he could take Kastigir.
VOTE: St. Cloud

3.
Zai Jie vs. Richie Ryan

Yeah, the fact that Zai Jie lasted more than 2 seconds with the Guardian provides me enough confident he is skilled enough to take out Richie. I think he actually did fairly well, all things considered.
VOTE: Zai Jie

4.
Rebecca Horne vs. Robert de Valicourt

Bummer we never REALLY saw either fight. I know the actor who plays Robert (and also Nick Ward) is great with a sword on screen. Rebecca was an ancient and supposed to be amazing. So I'm going to give her this but still think it would be close. Just wish we could have seen her in action.
VOTE: Rebecca horne

[Nicholas Ward]

I don't keep a bracket, I'll do that for the next one!

Anyway: Either Tarsis or The Elder will die this round, It doesn't matter much, Reno will advance until he encounters someone who can lift a sword.

[Aragorn]

I'm pretty sure Reno is one of the two futuristic henchmen from Highlander II. Vrej Ratavoussian would be the Vegas immortal who killed Cimoli. In this tournament Caspian killed Cimoli. (Btw, Tarsis was already defeated by The Elder, not that it would change the outcome of my vote)

A) Good call on Reno. I'm rusty.

B) You caught me. Was banking on you not having a bracket. I wanted Elder out since we know nothing about him except that he's a blob of goo. He took out Tarsis so I just advanced Tarsis in his place. Still stand by that call unless you guys threaten to boycott. lol

[Mr.Slash]

1.
**EDIT** Reno - I just read what Ward said. Initially, I had Tarsis picked because I was thinking of the guy that iced Cimolli. But he is right about Reno, who would probably freak Tarsis out.

2.
Xavier St. Cloud - Now THIS would be one hell of a fight. Xavier takes it. But he just might lose another limb in the process.

3.
Zai Jie - I think, in this fight, it will be all about speed. If The Gaurdian hadn't been wearing that stupid neck thing, The Source would have ended in the first five minutes.

4.
Rebecca Horne - Another good fight. No dirty tricks here. Rebecca will edge Robert out.

[Nicholas Ward]

3RD ROUND

1.
Reno (Vegas immortal who kills Cimoli) vs. Richard Tarsis

2.
Xavier St. Cloud vs. Sunda Kastigir

3.
Zai Jie vs. Richie Ryan

4.
Rebecca Horne vs. Robert de Valicourt

I'm pretty sure Reno is one of the two futuristic henchmen from Highlander II. Vrej Ratavoussian would be the Vegas immortal who killed Cimoli. In this tournament Caspian killed Cimoli. (Btw, Tarsis was already defeated by The Elder, not that it would change the outcome of my vote)

1.
I Like Tarsis, a classic 1930 low-tier villain. Hat, moustache, smooth look. He'll be terrified meeting a futuristic killer. He'll lose his head.
Winner: Reno

2.
Although Kastagir supposedly was very good, I think Xavier is better on all fronts, better dressed, better taste in drinks and better swordfighter.
It'll be a fun fight to watch but Xavier St. Cloud will find an opening and take out Kastagir here.
Winner: Xavier St. Cloud

3.
Zai Jie is way better than Richie but has not the best of luck. Richie is decent but is the luckiest immortal alive.
I'll bet however Zai Jie can surprise Richie with a deathblow while presumably dead (after all he could operate an elevator while dead, stabbing an unsuspecting young punk is easy).
Winner: Zai Jie.

4.
Now this would be a legendary fight. It could probably go on for a very long time as both have the will, the strength and the skill to keep going attack after attack.
I imagine they'll make the rounds through a mansion or castle multiple times while complimenting each other on their technique.
Eventually Rebecca will use a move that surprises Robert though.
Winner: Rebecca Horne

[Aragorn]

These are pretty good fights (minus the first).

[Aragorn]

3RD ROUND

1.
Reno (Vegas immortal who kills Cimoli) vs. Richard Tarsis

2.
Xavier St. Cloud vs. Sunda Kastigir

3.
Zai Jie vs. Richie Ryan

4.
Rebecca Horne vs. Robert de Valicourt

[Aragorn]

3RD ROUND

Silas d. Warren Cochrane
Walter Graham d. Senghis Khan (HL 3)
Slan Quince d. Peter Kanis
Steven Keane d. Pierre Segur

[Aragorn]

I agree with the group. I don't think Keane is a good fighter but Segur is outdated and we never see him fight. So I agree.

[Mr.Slash]

I
Stephen Keane defeats Pierre Segur <-- Why would they fight...

Because in the end, there can be only one.


3RD ROUND

1.
Silas

2.
Walter Graham

3.
Slan Quince

4.
Steven Keane

[dubiousbystander]

I'm pretty much with Nicholas on this, but for the last. There might be room for uncertainty, since they're both fairly good men.

Silas defeats that loser,
Walter Graham defeats Senghis Khan
Slan Quince defeats Peter Kanis
Stephen Keane defeats Pierre Segur <-- Why would they fight...

[Nicholas Ward]

Quick and easy fights this time:

In my opinion:

Silas defeats Cochrane,
Walter Graham defeats Senghis Khan
Slan Quince defeats Peter Kanis
Stephen Keane defeats Pierre Segur

[Aragorn]

3RD ROUND

1.
Warren Cochrane vs. Silas

2.
Walter Graham vs. Senghis Khan (HL 3)

3.
Peter Kanis vs. Slan Quince

4.
Pierre Segur vs. Steven Keane

[Aragorn]

3RD ROUND

Otavio Consone d. Nicholas Ward
Kyra d. Kern
Kronos d. May-Ling Shen
Kurgan d. Methos

[Mr.Slash]

3RD ROUND

1.
Otavio Consone - Ward was good, but Consone would own him.


2.
Kyra - Kern's random style would not serve him well here.


3.
Kronos - Pretty easy unfortunately for May Liung.


4.
Kurgan - I am a huge Horsemen fan. But this is Kurgan. For all of Death's tricks, he doesn't take Kurgan. Ever. I do believe Methos gives him one hell of a fight though.

[Ceridwen]

Yowza...these are some awesome fights!!!


4.
Methos vs. Kurgan

I think TV rules helps Methos immensely. That hidden dagger would absolutely surprise the Kurgan, especially if Methos plays it coy. It drops the big brute long enough for Methos to take the win. Had it been Movie rules, I'd have gone the other way.

This was my thinking as well, if we mix TV and movie guys you're going to have conflicts as to which set of rules, but the rules of this game say TV rules so the Kurgan's toughness is mitigated, if shot, he'd go down. Even a tank can fail in the face of sugar in the fuel. Sneaky often wins against tough. And keep in mind Connor beat Kurgan, and Methos is at least as good a straight up fighter as Connor was, so even in Movie terms, he has a respectable chance - it's not like we're saying Kurgan vs Kenny here. The Kurgan fanboys notwithstanding, it's no better than draw here.

[dubiousbystander]

I think if you use the characters, then don't ignore their special talents.

[Nicholas Ward]

Then why not ignore the supposed master strategy methos uses? It's not like he can plan ahead in a straight up fight.

Double standards imo.

Methos is a great character but he really is no match for the Kurgan.

[Aragorn]

But in Highlander 2 both Connor an Ramirez temporarily 'die' after getting shot in the car so that's not entirely different.

Besides, it's established that many immortals display different special skills. Fast healing is one Connor, Kurgan and Crispin seemingly have.

Highlander films and TV show are still different. Highlander 2 is it's own mess; we (in the past) have pretty much ignored Highlander 2 and the Source and even Kane from HL 3, we've ignored him and Nakano's power of illusion. TV Immortal's powers are pretty much standard (minus Cassandra and Roland Kantos's voice power, which we also ignore).

[Nicholas Ward]

As Jedi pointed out, the movie and tv series clearly seem to have "different rules." In the movies immortals never "Die". We see Connor run through the heart multiple times in his duel on Boston Commons yet in the TV series he would "die" and appear dead for a while before he'd heal. So we're suggested the Kurgan's ability to soak all that damage with "TV Rules" where him getting shot in the heart would drop him deplete his abilities. It's been a heated debate for years upon years on this board.

But in Highlander 2 both Connor an Ramirez temporarily 'die' after getting shot in the car so that's not entirely different.

Besides, it's established that many immortals display different special skills. Fast healing is one Connor, Kurgan and Crispin seemingly have.

[Aragorn]

I'll let Mr. Slash break the tie on Kurgan vs. Methos (or whoever else votes next).

[Aragorn]

Current Scores:

3RD ROUND


Nicholas Ward = 0
Otavio Consone = 4

Kern = 1
Kyra = 3

May-Ling Shen = 0
Kronos = 4

Methos = 2
Kurgan = 2