Here’s who would win in a fight between Sylvester Stallone’s John Rambo, from the Rambo movies, and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Dutch, from Predator. Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger are the two biggest action stars from the ’80s, and many of their roles have transcended their respective films to become pop culture icons. To answer who would win in a fight, it’s important to consider which two characters are chosen for a battle to the death.
In Predator, Schwarzenegger’s Dutch is the strongest in his squad, and he handles intense gunfights without flinching. Dutch survives a direct laser blast to the chest, withstands the elements in the heart of
the jungle, and remains the last man standing against the Predator well into the night, when he slowly adapts to a more stealthy strategy to defeat the alien despite his exhaustion. John Rambo doesn’t face such a savage threat. However, he torments his human enemies, hiding in the shadows like a force of nature and surviving countless attacks that would kill any trained soldier, which makes him more akin to the Predator itself than to Dutch. Later, the Rambo sequels make him a much more straightforward killing machine, with John Rambo showering entire armies with a hail of bullets and leaving with only a few scratches, at most.
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Why Stallone’s Rambo Would Beat Schwarzenegger’s Dutch In A Fight
Both Dutch and Rambo are reluctant soldiers who are pushed to the limit. but Dutch starts out as a gun-toting brute before transforming into a stealthy tactician, while Rambo starts as a careful hunter and later transforms into a gun-toting brute. The former defeated a nearly invincible alien, but it took Dutch a huge effort to escape from the Predator’s attacks, and if it weren’t for his makeshift mud camouflage, he would likely have perished before he had the chance to fight back. On the other hand, John Rambo managed to continually fend off
increasingly bigger groups of enemies, and he did it while also wreaking havoc across different continents with a wide variety of weapons. military background,
Without the aid of weapons, a hand-to-hand fight could declare either one the winner. Schwarzenegger’s Dutch is taller than Stallone’s Rambo, but he’s likely less experienced in close combat. The outcome of this fight can depend on how much Stallone’s “Rocky Balboa” boxing skills or Schwarzenegger’s real-life bodybuilding background are taken into account, but given Rambo
and Dutch’s military background, it’s likely that they have a similar combat style. However, John Rambo is known for not holding back ever since Rambo: First Blood Part II, whereas Dutch is much more defensive in Predator. Both easily adapt to the environment, but Dutch would likely run out of energy before he could outsmart Rambo.
A no-holds-barred gunfight would seal the deal in Rambo’s favor, as he wouldn’t hesitate to gun down Dutch and his teammates if they stood in his way. As unstoppable as Dutch seems while wielding his gun in
Predator, there’s little he could do to stop Rambo, and he would quickly find himself cornered in the crossfire. Besides, Rambo becomes more brutal the older he gets, and he is shown to be both more elusive and more aggressive than the Predator with each appearance. Dutch would find himself in deep trouble fighting against a human just like himself, with no weakness to exploit — just with plenty of anger and nothing to lose.