User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Episode 173: Battle of Dragon Slayers, Review/@comment-121.54.8.130-20130317052042

In the manga, Mermaid Heel vs Lamia Scale was not shown. if only the result was not a draw, there will be no need for the animators to elaborate the fight in the anime. but since it's a draw, the animators had to show the viewers why it turned out to be a draw.