@laurencevanq well yes, but as i said, you gotta balance it with the potential criticism. they know that the entire clip is basically a nonstop balls to the wall action. thus if they chopped it up into segments it would be quite obvious as there's barely any break in the fighting. such an obvious butchery in editing will make people hate your editing, and likely deter anyone from working with you again. if they are people with integrity, they will know that reputation is very easy to lose.
i.e. if i were in that position i probably wouldn't even consider it. the fact that they DID watch the entire thing and actually tried to figure out how to break it down to a more manageable size within the deadline means that they at least have enough integrity to know that it's not gonna work, hence the "fuck it, full upload".