1. Wrong. I'm not trying to find anything. Sasuke lost the fight. The fight itself was a representation of their convictions clashing. That's why there had to be a winner/loser. Sasuke lost in his conviction, as evidenced by him losing the fight. He gave all he had to kill Naruto and couldn't. Naruto on the other hand succeeded in stopping him.
2. Remember the Hiruzen/Oro fight? Hiruzen died but he didn't lose the battle. Oro's reasoning for the fight was twarted. He tried to defeat Hiruzen in order to continue his attack on the leaf, Hiruzen stopped him. So no, dying doesn't constitute a loss in this case, but whether or not you succeed in your goal for fighting. Hiruzen stopped Oro, just as Naruto stopped Sasuke
3. You don't know if both were out cold for starters. Let's just put that out there. But irrelevant stuff aside, Sasuke gave up. End of story
The problem isn't with me it's with you and every one else who doesn't understand that the fight's result is tied directly to the results of their inner conviction. Winning the fight and winning the battle of conviction is one and the same, because again, that was the entire point of the fight. Only butthurt Sasuke fans can not accept this. Like I CLEARLY said earlier, this isn't about who is stronger. Losing the fight doesn't mean that, but he still lost the fight