Blooper: Right before she gets her neck snapped, Tifa's right eye can be seen missing its iris.
Yang is the first character from a web-original series to appear in Death Battle.
With Barbara Dunkelman reprising her role, Yang is also the series' first character to have their official voice actor play them.
Former Death Battle combatant Cloud Strife appears in Tifa's rundown. And she too suffers defeat at the competition's hands, just like him.
Monty Oum mentioned that Final Fantasy was one of the many inspirations for the RWBY franchise.
At RTX Australia 2016, there was a live-action motion capture Q&A with Ruby's and Yang's VAs. Yang being asked about this fight seems to imply it's canon with RWBY.