User blog comment:Gundam Legilis/Rigged Matchups/@comment-24994749-20151121024128

It's always possible Cinder wants Em&Merc to loose at some point, so when they turn on the good guys they are underestimated and beat them up. They could loose in such a way that us, the audience, can tell them did it on purpose. Just like when Mercury forfeited against Pyrrha and declared he stood no chanve against her but on this side we all could tell he had taken on the fight with a purpose unrelated to the competition.