ESPN created two brackets of fighters -- 18 men, 10 women -- and presented matchups to our experts to generate rankings and scouting reports for everybody from Linda Hamilton and Scarlett Johansson to The Rock and Jackie Chan. Our panelists were given several weeks to review footage and rank the actors, not their characters, at their absolute athletic peak.
The expert panel
Ben Askren, Julia Avila, Mike Brown, Bob Cook, Daniel Cormier, Randy Couture, Mac Danzig, Alexis Davis, Merab Dvalishvili, Clay Guida, Kayla Harrison, Holly Holm, Marcus Kowal, John McCarthy, Sean O'Malley, Juliana Pena, Chael Sonnen, Din Thomas
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Here's how I would rank them as their characters (best at the bottom) / disclaimer: I haven't really seen all the movies
Women
Rita Vrataski/Edge of Tomorrow (Emily Blunt)
Sarah Conner/The Terminator (Linda Hamilton)
Ilsa Faust/Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (Rebecca Ferguson)
The Bride/Kill Bill (Uma Thurmond)
Yu Shu Lien/Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Michelle Yeoh)
Gamora/Guardians of the Galaxy (Zoe Saldana)
Black Widow/The Avengers (Scarlett Johansson)
Lorraine Broughton/Atomic Blonde (Charlize Theron)
Trinity/The Matrix (Carrie-Anne Moss)
Wonder Woman/Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot)
Men
Daniel LaRusso/Karate Kid (Ralph Macchio)
Billy Hope/Southpaw (Jake Gyllenhaal)
James Dalton/Road House (Patrick Swayze)
Mason Storm/Hard to Kill (Steven Seagal)
Chief Inspector Lee/Rush Hour (Jackie Chan)
Cordell Walker/Walker Texas Ranger (Chuck Norris)
Luke Hobbs/Fast Five (Dwayne Johnson)
Frank Martin/The Transporter (Jason Statham)
Rambo/First Blood (Sylvester Stallone)
Ethan Hunt/Mission Impossible (Tom Cruise)
Brian Mills/Taken (Liam Neeson)
Frank Dux/Bloodsport (Jean-Claude Van Damme)
Lee/Enter the Dragon (Bruce Lee)
Chen Zhen/Fist of Legend (Jet Li)
Drax/Guardians of the Galaxy (Dave Bautista)
Blade/Blade (Westley Snipes)
The Terminator/The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
Neo/The Matrix (Keanu Reeves)
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