Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-67.70.92.41-20151228204640/@comment-109.255.215.79-20160131223350

There's literally no indication that the fight was thrown. That and Mercury losing being part of the plan are not the same thing.

Mercury was going all out and lost to Yang's semblance. If he had thrown the match altogether, I feel like there would've been some tell during the exchange that indicated Mercury not landing a hit when he could've or some such; yet there was nothing to that effect. Nothing about his last attack on Yang was measured, either - he literally dropped a tornado on her. That's not whittling her aura down to an acceptable level, people. That's a guy trying his damnedest to win.

But this is all just speculation either way, though I feel like stating for definite that Mercury threw it-- when there was no indication of such, and indeed what we saw indicated the opposite-- is kind of silly.