This scene can be so funny if you're a M-H and be like "I dunno, fighting 2 Early houtians is too much for me, can I just fight one?+15 if you beat the 1v3 being a E-H.
Kinda bullshit provoking him increases his stats since he already lowers yours. I'd say losing a round on doing nothing is enough of a punishment for the prestige...since you can actively farm prestige by humiliating him the whole fight
I expect Nicky to limit the amount you get by saying the crowd is bored and they want blood now though.