There was 0 context into any Story later you get some glimpses of some that he is hunting the witch the first version was really just a demo of gameplay mechanics and the "animation achievements" the whole playout of the witch fight has no real foundation into the later versions and seems to not even have fitted into as the intro fight before Alice introduction the only reference to it is the dog collar that was used in both.
Sure he could have putted the first version into the later versions as a selection choice why he didn't is unknown though he could reuse it any time into the story development, currently we have no idea when this fight of the first version took place neither if it's ever gonna be reused (reintroduced)
For now it's a known Directors Cut practically before even seeing the whole movie