Quote Originally Posted by RiyahArp View Post
...does it matter? How many raiders have even beaten the first one, if not both?
Yes, it matters, while the amount of players that have cleared the fight does not.

These fights were specifically designed for the most skilled players in the game, without using too many resources. For example, most of the animations from the Ultima Weapon transition in UWU are actually taken from the ARR MSQ cutscene, after defeating Garuda.