Looking at a foes stats before you decide to fight them is pretty useless. I found a lvl 2 (same as me) chick with all 3 bars less than mine. I battled her. She pulled out a HUGE black stick and beat me down like it was nothing. I then went on to beat a dude 2 fights later who had better stats than I did. Seems almost totally random. Also some rounds I'll use my knife, others I won't. Some of the knife rounds I'll throw it right away, others I'll slice them up for 3-4 turns before I chuck it at them. Well it says I only get 3 fights tomorrow, so it won't be much of a time waster