1. Cap. There efficiency is in direct correlation correlation their strength. It why they even have the title on the first place
2. So what damaged fuji if they weren't in a fight? Exactly. That was a dumb take. Even if they were running the squared off against them regardless since they had to go through them to escape
No, not really. Big Mom failed to catch up to the SHs even with heavy assistance from her crew, and she's one of the most powerful people in the world. Pre-skip Supernova managed to evade Kizaru during Sabaody. A lot of shit goes into capturing people who're trying to escape than just strength.
The manga literally says they clashed with the admirals, so it was probably a result of his fight with the Revs. Bandages don't prove you had an equal fight with your enemy. Garp had bandages from pre-skip Luffy and this is Sengoku by the end of the MF war:
He was converted in bandages, and the most damage he took during the war is nothing more than a bunch of bruises:
You can't seriously be sitting here and calling the others' takes dumb while trying to argue bandages prove Sabo with 3 people weaker than pre-Mera Sabo was fighting on equal footing with two admirals when you don't even how Fujitora even took damage.