User blog comment:Staw-Hat Luffy/Too Many Participants/@comment-4899461-20130403220803

Bellamy was never very strong. His new bounty isn't even very high for a New World Pirate. He's a chump. His existence in this arc is merely to serve as a relate-able measure of another participant's power. He will not fight Lucy.

And just a rundown of people who are expected to fight in this arc:
 * Our favorite Straw Hats are all in line to have difficult fights for once!
 * Not one, but TWO Shichibukai are gonna duke it out!
 * THREE Supernovas too!
 * I'm really interested to see how Kinemon, Momonosuke, and their other Samurai friend handle themselves.
 * The old guy is definitely powerful. The most likely of the theories is that he's Fujitora, the new admiral. If that's wrong, then that's two crazy powerful people, not one.
 * Burgess is a great addition to the story here. He's the number one "fleet commander" of a Yonko! This is the equivalent position as Marco, for chrissakes! Instead of a bunch of unheardof characters, there's a big name besides Luffy in the tournament. Does Luffy fight him? Does Diamante? Can Luffy even win this tournament? The result will definitely be exciting!

And my baseless theory for the week is that the statue and Thunderous Wrath Soldier have some kind of connection...