Was Jabra/Sanji a good fight for you?
It was.
But that only had the Kalifa stuff.
After that, the bathtub fell, so we knew he would get rid of the soup. Zoro had his hands full with Kaku, Nami had the kalifa fight already, and Usopp couldn't do shit to Jabura. At that point, Sanji appearing there was the most logical conclusion.
This time, we have the Black Maria, we have "possible" clash with all 3 Calamities, we had him going to the scabbards, so possibly going to tackle Jack, now we have this possible new detour, we dont know who will chase Momo and Yamato, but now Marco might get jumped by 3 people, etc. Way more variables this time.