What do you mean, filler? I would guess that Luffy has to win the next fight or they can't get Chopper back, but I could be wrong...

Anyway, this episode was pretty good. FINALLY Zoro and Sanji got to show these worthless cheaters what real strength is. It was pretty sweet how Nami tricked the ref into blowing the whistle too. It's really annoying how the Foxy idiots can actually win some contests by breaking every rule in the book - they aren't even 1/10 the pirates that the Strawhats are.

I hope the next ep is interesting.