User blog comment:Neowitch/709 - Defensive Attitude/@comment-7614831-20130516111935

In real life, getting too old to fight in tournaments is understandable. In One Piece, it becomes a pathetic excuse. After encounters with Silvers Rayleigh, Garp and Whitebeard (Chin Jao's former-bounty-over-500,000,000-red-mist episode was only last chapter for goodness sake!), Ricky becomes one hell of a loser comparatively...which does makes a nice change.

Had it not been for Deus Ex Machina punch, I think Bellamy would have beaten Bartolomeo. He seemed to have exploited a weakness of the Bari Bari no Mi through the use of his stretchy arms (which Luffy will no doubt also discover later). The Spring man may be infamous for his One hit KOs (as Onepiece2thrill has delightfully pointed out :D ), but Bellamy fans are die hard. Even named a slinky after the guy and made it fight a rubber band. Procrastination at its finest.

'The Mera Mera no Mi must go to that person'...well it sure as hell can't be Luffy, otherwise there'd be no stake to their inevitable confrontation (whenever that is). And Luffy loves a bit of Steak. Surely can't be Blackbeard either, as Jesus is already a fairly safe bet. So either the new Shichibukai or a Yonko (likely Kaido, if only for the continuity). You're right, kind of unambitious.

Yeah, all generally pooey. Looking forward to seeing how Luffy's going to negotiate his way to the arena entrance for the C-block fight after his identity's become known. Let's hope the next two bouts go quicker than the second one!