Arthur Morgan vs Micah Bell: Who Actually Wins?

Spoiler warning: full spoilers for the RDR2 ending and epilogue. Arthur Morgan or Micah Bell: who actually wins? In every ending where they fight, Arthur is dying of tuberculosis, so we give him his lungs back and count the evidence: story canon first, game mechanics flagged, opinion labelled. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro (spoiler warning) 0:24 The rules 0:42 Part 1: Micah Bell 1:07 Who picked the fight? 1:41 Part 2: Arthur in 20 seconds 1:59 Round 1: canon, the final fight 3:10 Round 2: fair duel (mechanics) 4:10 Round 3: the control test, Mount Hagen 5:02 The twist: no tuberculosis 5:57 Round 4: Micah's rules 6:41 The verdict 7:22 What Arthur started SOURCES Red Dead Wiki, Micah Bell: https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Micah_Bell Red Dead Wiki, Arthur Morgan: https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Arthur_Morgan Red Dead Wiki, Arthur Morgan/Relationships: https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Arthur_Mor... Red Dead Wiki, "Red Dead Redemption" (mission) and dialogue: https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Red_Dead_R...) Red Dead Wiki, "American Venom" and dialogue: https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/American_V... Red Dead Wiki, Micah's Revolver: https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Micah%27s_... Red Dead Wiki, Cattleman Revolver (RDR 2): https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Cattleman_...) Red Dead Wiki, Dead Eye Targeting: https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Dead_Eye_T... Red Dead Wiki, Dueling: https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Dueling Red Dead Wiki, Conditions in Redemption 2: https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Conditions... Red Dead Wiki, "A Short Walk in a Pretty Town": https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/A_Short_Wa... In-game newspaper "Micah Bell Killed" (Red Dead Wiki): https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Micah_Bell... Red Dead Redemption 2 Complete Official Guide (Piggyback, 2018), Micah Bell bio page Rockstar character descriptions via Xbox Wire (2018): https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/09/07/mee... Red Dead Wiki, "Blessed are the Meek?": https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Blessed_ar... Red Dead Wiki, "Just a Social Call": https://reddead.fandom.com/wiki/Just_a_Soc... NOTES Arthur and Micah only fight while Arthur is terminally ill; every 'healthy Arthur' verdict is our reasoned call from the evidence. Dead Eye, weapon stats and duel records are gameplay mechanics, not story canon. No draw-speed data exists for either character. Fan analysis and commentary. Red Dead Redemption, its characters, trailers and images belong to Rockstar Games; short muted clips from official trailers and gameplay recordings are used for commentary and criticism. PHOTO & FOOTAGE CREDITS (full links in the pinned comment) Rockstar Games (© Rockstar Games (fan commentary)) Trevor Philips (gameplay recording) (© Rockstar Games; gameplay capture used muted (fan commentary)) rocky.mountain222 (gameplay recording) (© Rockstar Games; gameplay capture used muted (fan commentary)) Zanar (gameplay recording) (© Rockstar Games; gameplay capture used muted (fan commentary)) CinematicCowpoke (gameplay recording) (© Rockstar Games; gameplay capture used muted (fan commentary)) Narration: AI voice. Music and sound design: original. #rdr2 #arthurmorgan #micahbell #reddeadredemption2 #whowouldwin