Well Dimitri got a better understanding of the defensive ways of Miyago-Do and was able to use Hawk's aggression against him by the time they fought in the season 2 finale. I agree that Hawk should have won there, but since he was the bully at the time (physically at least), they made him lose as per bully karma fashion... Even though Dimitri was being a dick to Eli himself prior.
That does seem to be another trope about the show at least; no matter how strong or skilled one is or becomes, if they're the bully, they'll just lose most of the time. I think Tory should've been able to beat Sam at least once before the All-Valley too, but Sam the pampered princess overcame her adversary at every turn, including the All-Valley if you count the fact the referee was paid off by Silver for Tory to win.
Want to be Barnes was just standing there watching him instead of helping out earlier?
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