We Put 8 Historic Warriors in One Arena. It Wasn’t Fair.

Eight of history's most famous warriors. One arena. No armies, no horses, no bows or guns, and absolutely no balancing the equipment. We put them through a tournament bracket to see how their weapons, armor and fighting styles would match up, one on one. If you turned up with a wooden shield and your opponent turned up inside a steel fortress, that's now your problem. These fights are hypothetical, not historical results, and every verdict is our pick. The equipment is real. 0:00 The World's Most Unfair Tournament 0:47 The Rules 1:17 Quarterfinal One: Māori Toa vs. Zulu Warrior 2:49 Quarterfinal Two: Samurai vs. Housecarl 3:52 Quarterfinal Three: Spartan vs. Roman 5:14 Quarterfinal Four: Jaguar Warrior vs. ??? 6:33 Semifinal One 7:16 Semifinal Two 8:20 The Final 10:10 The Catch Sources include The Metropolitan Museum of Art, English Heritage, the National Army Museum, Te Papa, World History Encyclopedia and Koryu Books. Soup Theory. A little bit of everything. #warriors