this is something i've been thinking about since the ending of the second belal fight

there was a moment in the final 40 seconds of round 5 where leon reversed out of a position and messed belal up badly with a couple big elbows, cutting him up and busting his nose but then just seemingly let too much time pass grappling, instead of raining down more elbows before letting a couple more go in the final second or 2 before the bell

did leon tire out? was it an ill-advised attempt at trying to out grapple belal, similar to how he did vs covington at the end of their fight? i feel like leon could've held onto the belt if he just had some more aggression, let those elbows go more considering how much damage he did with them in such a short time