Right when we felt as though we didn’t get enough Capcom vs SNK 2 references, Capcom gave us more. Uma takes home the $1 Million USD prize, the Ryu trophy, from last night’s Capcom Cup X Street Fighter 6 Grand Finals against Chris Wong in a runback from the loser bracket. Juri players were truly represented with Uma last night. Uma caused a reset, at 3-0 Chris Wong, and dominated the second set afterward.
The purple spider got all the Feng Sui setups in to establish pressure in several moments to secure the final win. A highlight would definitely be the clutch victory of the Juri’s low projectile in the first set.
The rest of the combatants and standings are as follows:
1. UMA327 (Juri)
2. Yesports|Chris Wong (Luke)
3. RB|Gachikun (Rashid)
4. Gumout|NL (Luke)
5. Naraka|DCQ (JP)
5. DRX|Leshar (Chun-Li)
7. HB|Kawano (Luke)
7. Sayff (Ken)
9. Kusanagi (Ken)
9. GG|Xian (Dee Jay)
9. BST|Fuudo (Dee Jay)
9. 00|Phenom (Ken)
13. Nephew (Juri)
13. SR|NuckleDu (Guile, Cammy)
13. Bandits|MenaRD (Luke, Blanka, JP)
13. DualKevin (Luke, Rashid)
Meanwhile, on the Team Battle end, The Bandits took the the victory against Fav Gaming and 00Nation. Evo 2023 Street Fighter 6 runner-up MenARD and his crew even beat out the legendary Tokido(no pose).
1. US — Bandits
– Bandits|MenaRD (Luke, Blanka)
– Bandits|Caba (Guile)
– Chris Tatarian (Ken)
– Naraka|Xiao Hai (Ken, Juri)
2. JP — FAV Gaming
– FAV|Sako (Chun-Li)
– FAV|Ryuusei (JP)
– Rohto|Tokido (Ken)
– RB|Bonchan (Luke)
3. EU — 00Nation
– 00|Phenom (Ken)
– LordVenom (JP)
– Rikemansbarnet (JP)
– 00|Veggey (Zangief)
After the trophy was handed out, Capcom President Haruhiro Tsujimoto announced the Capcom Cup XI prize and the heads up for a new structure in the Capcom Pro Tour – the qualifiers leading up to the major event in 2025. The next pro tour will be starting this June.