User blog comment:Imhungry4444/What if: Hades vs. Gildarts/@comment-3290324-20111114003210/@comment-3290324-20111114020339

Well I think "run for his money" implies that it would be a pretty close battle, and while I do think they'd fair pretty well, I don't think the battle would be close. Nah, despite the fact that old age does put limitations on your body, i'm sure over the years Makarov has attained a variety of spells and knowledge that he didn't have when he was younger. So if his body was younger I think he'd stand a better chance, but not necessarily if he himself were younger because he might not have certain spells and battle knowledge and techniques.