User blog comment:Water Dragon Slayer/DREAM BATTLE CHRONICLES: THIRD MATCH!/@comment-1454981-20130730144709/@comment-7418318-20130731083252

Sure intellect can and often does win against strength, but can ... shall we call it "scholar intelligence" win against battle experience gained in actual fights?

That is the nature of this conflict in my opinion. Levy has a lot of knowledge and is very intelligent, but she's not a fighter by nature. Her way of thinking is that of a scholars, scientist and explorer, while Yomazu is a warrior through and through and most likely has fought many battles.

He might not be a genius with a wide array of abilities, but those skills he has, he employs and combines very efficiently.

On top of that Levy is very gentle and might lack the resolve to intentionally hurt the enemy more than necessary to incapacitate them, which can be exploited by a cunning opponent.