Just like the title says;

if i use defend to remove 3 of Maul's melee dice, it seems to me that the Maul player only gets to remove one of my dice. Of course the Maul player thinks they get to remove 3 dice.

what do you guys think?

They only get to remove one di. It says after one or more are removed they may remove one in return.

It says explicitly, one die. Not eye for an eye.

Thanks for the replies