Monday Morning Cage Match XII:Two heavyweights in the action genre face off.

Last week's Cage Match pitted an up-and-coming star from Georgia's offense against an opponent with the same last name and (roughly) the same hair color. This week, we turn our eyes to the other side of the ball and pit the hardest hitter of the Dawgs' defense against an action-film impresario who's taken some pretty hard hits of his own: Rennie Curran vs. Renny Harlin.

	Renny Harlin	Rennie Curran
Occupation	Big-budget film director/producer	Weak-side linebacker
WINNER: Harlin
Inspirational story	Made his first short film at the age of 12	Family escaped war-torn Liberia and opened their home to fellow refugees
WINNER: Curran
Early success	"Die Hard 2"	Named SEC Freshman of the Week after a 13-tackle performance against Kentucky in 2007
WINNER: Harlin
High-profile failure	Directed "Cutthroat Island," which bankrupted Carolco Pictures and made the Guinness Book of World Records for biggest cinematic flop of all time	Florida 2008
WINNER: Curran
Redemption (of a sort)	"Deep Blue Sea"	Repeatedly compressing Javon Ringer's spine in the Capital One Bowl
WINNER: Curran
Romantically linked to	a former Miss Finland (dated), Geena Davis (married)	In theory, as many Georgia co-eds as he can handle at any given time
WINNER: Curran
Career tackles	0	168 (107 solo), including 19 for loss
WINNER: Curran

FINAL SCORE: Rennie Curran 5, Renny Harlin 2. Another victory for the 2009 Dawgs. And I didn't even take into account which one would be scarier to run into in a dark alley.