User blog comment:Avery D. North/Stalemate. Luffy meets his match.../@comment-73.51.229.207-20151227064108/@comment-26803131-20151227154932

That was a pretty close fight. I hated that arc and as such did not think about it besides the unvieling of the Gears. But the situation around that battle would have made it impossible for a drawn out battle. There was a Buster Call going on and due to Lucci's reputation, as well as the Absolutute Justice model, their arena was gonna get blasted to hell. It is also why I added that Luffy's Gear's may be the one thing that stops this from ever happening, he'll need a rest or be immobile but I cannot say the same about his enemy. It happened there against Lucci and once again agaisnt Doflamingo.