[quote=@Vordak]
Seven is a pretty big distance. Brennus should indeed have his footwork encumbered.

However, you have yet to address the fact that as soon as Florian's hand leaves the grip to grapple, Brennus can easily push his sword downwards and threaten him with the tip pointed to the face.
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That was what I was saying earlier about Florian having upper body strength that far exceeds Brennus' own, as my original assumption was that he was using the sword one handed, but I've now discovered he's conveniently using it two handed to block the attack, and then moving his hand from his sword (while still encumbering a two handed sword strike applying pressure downwards) to obtain a grab.