User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 412: Dance Unto Ishgar, Review./@comment-5288632-20141208162854/@comment-7418318-20141208183038

I doubt he'd stoop so low as to pretend to be defeated so he can ambush catch Igneel by surprise. He seemed far to convinced of himself for something like that.

But maybe due to once being Human, he's affected stronger or quicker by Face than the born Dragons.