Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-31810758-20170513174308/@comment-734582-20170523061749

Namikazenaruto9 wrote: Even with his killing intent he never managed even draw for crying out loud. When his family shows up after stoneskipping, Madara defuses the situation by saying Hashirama was stronger. Nothing really points to this being true.

The second major fight we see is when Izuna died, which causes Madara to retreat to grieve.

The last fight, Madara survived via Izanagi. Had he chosen so he could've used it to kill Hashirama. But it wasn't the plan, since he had what he needed and wanted to be forgotten by the world.