The folks over at ScrewAttack have released the second episode in a new series of versus videos entitled "Death Battle", this one featuring Mortal Kombat's resident sorcerer and original boss Shang Tsung!

The series's purpose is to match two characters from different franchises against one another and determine the winner. Tsung's opponent turns out to be Akuma from Street Fighter fame. Each character is given a short biography before a staged fight is held, this one taking place in the Mortal Kombat 3 stage The Temple. The highly edited video features both characters performing custom moves, such as Shang Tsung being able to use his sword and regen his health in the 2D plane. The fight is close, but in the end Shang Tsung falls to Akuma. The reasoning given by the hosts is that Shang never seems to actually win, despite his grandeur and therefore would be unaccustomed to accomplishing a goal such as winning a match against Akuma.

Thanks to Bryan from ScrewAttack for letting us know about this video!