If we look at the MK comics, Liu Kang at 15yrs old shattered a giant ruby in the Shaolin Temple. In the tournament almost a decade later, Liu Kang does defeat Scorpion, though not without effort. And this was after Scorpion had already avenged himself against Bi-Han (the elder Sub-Zero), so he didn't exactly have much of a reason to beat Liu Kang.
If we look at everything, Scorpion has defeated other demons like Moloch and Drahmin, who had to gang up on him. Either one of which is capable of wiping out an entire town in a brutal massacre. Scorpion has also defeated cyborg Lin Kuei assassins and defeated Quan-Chi for his betrayal.
If we look at his fatalities and abilities, Scorpion's hellfire can cremate a human body in seconds. Making it more than several thousand degrees easy. In one his Hellfire Breath was so intense it causes the opponent to literally explode like a human bomb. Scorpion is physically capable of ripping off limbs and head w/spine with his bare hands or tearing them off with his kunai.
When it comes to knowledge of Martial Arts, Batman is just given it to him because DC can't be bothered to come up with an actual explanation for it. However, Scorpion is physically well above the Bat, and being already dead means Bruce's normal strategies are outright useless. Batman generally goes for incapacitation. Something that won't work against a creature as strong and as durable as Scorpion. Nvm someone who can evade just about everything by teleporting.
Bats' suit is fire-resistant, but unsure how effective it is against esoteric flames. And let's not forget the explosive force behind Scorpion's fireblasts. There's also the fact that Scorpion can erupt fire from the ground beneath his opponent at will, meaning that there's nowhere to hide from it.
As noted, Scorpion can just literally drag Bats to Hell, as he has done to both Bi-Han and Quan-Chi. Once there, Bats has no way of leaving without some kind of dimensional portal. And as this would be New-52 Bats, that's incredibly unlikely for him to have. His prep is almost entirely useless here because he has no basic knowledge of who or what Scorpion is.
There is a figure named Scorpion in DC comics appearing around Crisis on Infinite Earths. Generally an unknown figure and head of a criminal organization, which is erased by the Crisis. So, even if by some miracle that Bats digs up something on this mysterious figure known as the 'Scorpion', it would be completely unrelated to our Scorpion from Mortal Kombat.
All his prep would be leading towards taking down a human criminal underworld leader, and not a vengeance-driven, undead ninja assassin from Hell. Bat's prep becomes inconsequential in trying to determine the identity and strategy against a figure who doesn't exist within the confines of the DCU. Even if you included those scraps from Injustice, there's virtually nothing to gleam from them except his basic appearance, and even that's not canon.
Ultimately Batman is just outclassed and outmatched. Even going for HTH, claiming Bats is more skilled is just arbitrary as his opponent is too strong for Bats to really affect, and Scorpion is still an incredible fighter on his own. The only way Bats can win with prep is if he's willing to nuke the whole place before Scorpion can teleport him to Hell.
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