User blog comment:12th Supernova/Chapter 776: Bastard of the Colosseum/@comment-99.243.126.199-20150212190348/@comment-53507-20150212205741

I guess Oda wanted to show how tough Kyros is but Oda does not want to waste time with this arc. He's probably like all "I'm inching to do a next arc and I have been stretching this arc since 2013! I need a break!" Oda could have done better but chose to get out of it badly