You have to ask if being better at being normative in the practice of the sport means being better at fighting and winning matches, aka the application of the sport, and the short answer is just no. Lara does some things better than Bud, by the book. No doubt. Lara scores points and sees if it sways judges, or not. Bud sets landmines out and blows people TF up. Lara's talent and training got him to the scene. Bud's set of skills and the mentality behind them kept him at the scene longer than the Hadean Eon.