[That's enough to knock him out of it, but he ends up giving Tadashi a mildly sheepish look.]

Uh, actually? I'm not gonna be the one fighting Ruby. You and Yang are. [Oh god how to explain this...] It's just that you and me always do everything together, and Yang and Ruby fight on the same team at home, too, so we thought it'd be kinda fun to challenge you two against the two of us? Just to change things up a little.