Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26104757-20160511101338/@comment-26369387-20160512111833

Simple: Madara lost his Rinnegan, couldn't absorb Amaterasu and threw his armor off. Otherwise there would have been no reason for Madara to throw his armor off. As for Naruto, the only time he has witnessed Madara absorbing chakra before Rinne Tensei was through Preta Path and he thought Madara still had Rinnegan.