All right, I have no real opinion on the winner. I have no scans on me at the moment, but I'm pretty sure there have been multiple instances of agile characters trying to outmaneuver Hulk and get a surprising SMACK knock the breath out of them for underestimating his speed.
I am -not- however, trying to contest that Hulk has a great amount of reaction time, only that he could possibly manage to recklessly get his relenting attacker off of him, briefly. Just trying to give Hulk that much credit, rather than letting my appreciation of Gorgon's character cloud my judgment. I am also not sure how they both have a Muramasa blade, or if that's even necessary given that (debatable) the Grass cutter could do harm, but too little is known about it to say for certain. We do know it can at least cut beings like Ares, who is just a little under the likes of Hercules and Thor, and sadly, was written to job many of his battles. X can read, but the mind of the Hulk I doubt is one easily predicted by Mr. X, and his human limitations would probably have him taken out first, if Gorgon doesn't simply kill him to take the Muramasa for himself (Since he has before dual-wielded katanas, if I remember correctly)
So on Gorgon's side, we can see martial arts and speed blitzing performances, telepathy to further aid his reaction time, and two blades, one which will definitely stop a healing factor, and possibly cut skin.The other blade, (Grasscutter) will more than likely definitely cut through his dense muscle tissue, and (this is solely speculation) since it is designed to kill "Gods" like Thor or Herc, could potentially have the same devastating effect.
Furthermore, Gorgon is a genius, and his strikes on Wolverine seemed to hint that he had stabbed specific organs to further hinder him from retaliating, doing the most damage possible. We can assess from this, if it called for it, Gorgon has the speed, combat abilities, and telepathy combined with his intellect, will know when the perfect opening is available to strike a target such as the eyeball, throat, solar plexus, ears, and other weak spots on the body. A blade that can kill gods or a blade the nullifies healing going through the eyeball and into a Hulk's brain? Ouch. Last in Gorgon's favor, is his own ability to heal. If he does take a nasty blow, we know he'll at least be able to get up from it and pursue the fight. If the collateral damage inducing sheer strength of two Hulk's become a very heavy burden to fight against, we have our last defense, which Hulk's aren't likely prepped for: Stone gaze.
To be fair however, if Mister X gets taken out, the sheer power of Rulk and Hulk together would be nasty to go against solo.
I make no judgments or predictions, merely relaying what I know on the character I favor to give insight on what tools he has that could show him favor and more than a fair chance to win under these conditions.
Also, my last two cents- Because of his limitations as a human, Mr. X was completely humiliated from a speed blitz from Quicksilver, mentioning how it was completely useless to be able to read moves that were too fast for him to react to. Gorgon similarly fought a speedster (I believe she was anyways) from the Secret Warrior's team. While maybe not as fast as Pietro, she was able to give Dark Hawkeye if I remember right quite a beating. Against Gorgon however? She was bested in a single strike that caused her the loss of her arms. I would take from this that Gorgon's reaction time is no laughing matter.
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