Yes, by now everyone has figured out that the knife, as dinky as it looks, can fend off The Pred’s melee attacks including his combistick and blades.
Its only right to throw in the option of acquiring a machete with a length thats suitable to push the predator back quite a bit giving you ample time to run. Now the trick is to be able to hold a blocking stance and not just bash the buttons.
But I think that the team should continually add more weapons as after all the upgrades I still feel the Fireteam are a bit naked in terms of arsenal in comparison to the PRedator.
A machete is fitting. Not a sword. Not a swashbuckler. Just a machete and different types could be carried in combat.

