[ He'll take that seat! Maes barely had much respect for personal space anyways... ]

Hmm, well, did he use a lot of bird Pokemon?

[ He's tapping his chin thoughtfully, and then glancing over at the Machop. That's curious... Maes takes out his Pokegear and points it toward Machop. It beeps and then starts to spew out some information about the Pokemon ]

Ah! This might be why it was so difficult to defeat the Gym Leader. If I remember correctly, fighting types like this [ glancing at 'Gear to remind himself the name of this Pokemon ] Machop aren't very effective against bird types.