User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Episode 181: Fairy Tail vs. Executioners, Review./@comment-24913871-20140511101748/@comment-24913871-20140511132339

the knight fight needs to end at the same time ...so next episode it will show spirits getting the upper hand and in 183 everyone else getting the upper hand ... the fight is really short in the manga so they quite a lot of filler to add