User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 457: Naked Battle, Review./@comment-24039234-20151019192313/@comment-3290324-20151019193600

But that's just the thing - neither Erza nor Ajeel are fighting at full strength here. Ajeel hasn't used any of his major techniques and Erza's only been using her "weaker" armors. Likely because this isn't either of their final fight. Ajeel vs. Natsu is bound to happen and so is Erza vs. Brandish. I consider Erza and Ajeel's battle more a skirmish than a full on endgame battle.