I'm betting on Joe Davola.
Even if Brody has Kramer's baseball bat.
How about the street toughs, Cedric and Bob, vs. the Van Buren Boys? My money's on the Van B Boys.
They were pretty rough, but they had something.
What was it?
I think it was the trousers.
That Brody's quite a character.
sharePuddy (Gotta support the team!) (High Five) vs. Tony (YO! Dude! You better step off!)
shareIf they really had it in for each other, well ..
Davola is psychotic martial artist with skill and experience in unarmed combat - and of course that psychotic rage (which he doesn't seem to express much of in the casual 'walk in the park'-like karate demonstration in his casual walk in the park).
Actually, he has never really shown much rage, only a menacing tone on the phone, maniacal laughter when burning his hand, and a lot of 'disappointed!'-style brain snaps with sudden look into the distance.
Brody is not as insane, and is more calculating and profit-oriented - he's also not as chaotic or psychotic, but can assess situations and evaluate camerawork accurately, etc. Then again, Davola is a skilled photographer as well.
In a 'realistic' scenario, what it would boil down to is, does Brody realize what he's dealing with, and can Davola get to Brody's body before Brody reaches his gun and uses it on Davola.
Baseball bat is also hard to completely avoid, if you are in the striking distance, unless you're very focused (and Davola's mind might unfocus easily), and realize what good Martial Artists know about any hand weapon like that; the Martial Artist has psychologically four weapons, while the baseball bat or knife wielder has psychologically only one weapon..
In any case, in any real-world situation, this kind of situations would be close to unpredictable due to various factors (you can never factor in everything), but with enough range and big enough motivation, Brody would be able to shoot Davola before Davola gets close enough to do damage.
Don't bring a fist to a gun fight.