Who would win in a fist fight?

History's generals vs gaming's icons. Pick the winner and how they win, then see how everyone else called it.

Today’s bout: Benito Mussolini vs Horatio Nelson. This week’s tournament: the bracket.

From military history

• Adolf Hitler “The Bohemian Corporal”
• Saddam Hussein “The Ace of Spades”
• Barack Obama “No Drama Obama”
• Napoléon Bonaparte “The Little Corporal”
• George Washington “Father of His Country”
• Abraham Lincoln “Honest Abe”
• Theodore Roosevelt “Teddy”
• Winston Churchill “The British Bulldog”
• Joseph Stalin “Uncle Joe”
• Ulysses S. Grant “Unconditional Surrender”
• George S. Patton “Old Blood and Guts”
• Idi Amin “Big Daddy”
• Benito Mussolini “Il Duce”
• Horatio Nelson “Hero of the Nile”
• Audie Murphy “To Hell and Back”
• Fidel Castro “El Comandante”
• Genghis Khan “The Great Khan”
• Miyamoto Musashi “The Sword Saint”
• Alexander the Great “King of Macedon”

From video games

• Yoshi “T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas”
• Mario “Jumpman”
• Pikachu “The Mouse Pokémon”
• Snorlax “The Sleeping Pokémon”
• Machamp “The Superpower Pokémon”
• Hitmonchan “The Punching Pokémon”
• Sonic “The Hedgehog”
• Knuckles “The Echidna”
• Master Chief “Spartan-117”
• Solid Snake “Iroquois Pliskin”
• Ryu “The Wandering Warrior”
• Zangief “The Red Cyclone”
• Chun-Li “Strongest Woman in the World”
• Samus Aran “The Hunter”
• Little Mac “The Kid from the Bronx”
• Kirby “The Pink Puffball”