The finale is always the most interesting event of each tournament. Only the strongest and most capable make it to the finale, which means they give the audience the best show possible.
What's more, this time the finalists were two truly unique characters. The calm Roland and the eccentric Evan. While most viewers expected Roland to make it to the finals, no one thought Evan would do it, too.
With each Evan's fight, people became more and more convinced of how special this young man was. The closer the tournament approached the final, the more certain the audience was about who would make it to the final.
It is worth noting that there was no tournament grid at all. Fane at his will called the participants for fighting.
Some may say that this was wrong, and on the one hand it was. For example, Fane made Fien and Roland fight fairly early, so some people who were weaker than Fien had moved far. But, it didn't really affect anything.