I'm been told that Paul was the director's favorite character at the time, and as much of a conspiracy theory as this may sound, this moment felt like his sneaky method of giving Paul the victory off-the-record. Yes, technically Ash won the fight, not becuase his team was able to stand up to Paul, but only because his opponent was being merciful. That alone killed the battle for me.
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