User blog comment:Blackendedsoul/Smoker's Bravery/@comment-1454981-20120319163715/@comment-1454981-20120319172746

He didnt know and never learned how to fully use his haki. Plus, the jutte woulda mattered once they got out of it. u assume they woulda just fought in a giant ball of smoke and fire. both of them knew that would be a pointless fight.