Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-31171723-20170129212432/@comment-25122992-20170206120017

Madara wasn't beaten back then. When he initially began to fight them, he was just observing what kind of powers they actually got (since Naruto evaded his Limbo and hit him with freaking Lava Rasenshuriken a moment ago), then he decided they aren't ordinary kids and that he should finally retrieve his left eye. He switched places with Limbo, obviously tricking both Naruto's seal and Sasuke's Amenotejikara, and went for Obito. When Madara regained the second Rinnegan, he has just thrown a powerful techniques' combo (Limbo + CT) to distract them and cast IT. After IT was completed, there was no fight at all, since Black Zetsu made Madara leave the game. End of the story.