User blog comment:Marco the Marine Admiral/The reason why Kyuukimon kills Council Members/@comment-4829046-20131026102834/@comment-1153699-20131026191514

Hiro skipped that fight (and sadly, that wasn't the only fight he skipped...). They could have fought for 10-20 minutes straight before Laxus landed the final blow, for all we know.

Maybe Hiro counted on the Anime to make the fights longer or something.