Topanga Asia League - FINAL Round - Update, result, and summary

Live updates and report of TOPANGA ASIA LEAGUE! FINAL Round - May 6, 6:00 PM JST (GMT +9)

*Today R and Mago as commentators. Late of the event Tokido, Kazunoko, and Shiro came to watch the tournament as well.

Final Standings

1. Sako - 7W - 0L (+24)
2. Daigo - 5W - 2L (+5)
3. Fuudo - 4W - 3L (+12)
4. Xiao Hai - 4W - 3L (+4)
6. Bonchan - 3W - 4L (-11)
5. Xian - 2W - 5L (-1)
7. Gamerbee - 2W - 5L (-17)
8. PoongKO - 1W - 6L (-16)


Finished:

Gamerbee (Adon) 4 - 7 Bonchan (Sagat)
Daigo Umehara (Ryu) 12 - 10 Xian (Gen)
Fuudo (Fei Long) 3 - 7 Xiao Hai (Cammy)
Bonchan (Sagat) 2 - 7 PoongKO (Seth)
Sako (Evil Ryu) 7 - 5 Fuudo (Fei Long)
Xian (Gen) 10 - 12 Xiao Hai (Yun)
Sako (Ibuki) 7 - 3 Daigo Umehara (Ryu)


Statistics:

Gamerbee (Adon) 4 - 7 Bonchan (Sagat)

1 - 0

1 - 1
Bonchan won straight rounds but 2nd round he left last HP.

1 - 2

2 - 2
2nd round Bonchan come back by countering EX Jaguar Kick with EX Tiger Uppercut and then link with Ultra 1. Match ended in three close rounds.

3 - 2
Final round Gamerbee react to Bonchan's focus dash with Ultra 1.

3 - 3
Bonchan counter Jaguar Kick with uppercut twice. Gamerbee miss the chance when Bonchan was stunned in 1st round.

3 - 4
Bonchan still counter Jaguar Kick quite consistently. Very close final round.

4 - 4
Gamerbee react fireball with Ultra 1.

4 - 5

4 - 6
Bonchan has amazing read in this match. He stuns Gamerbee both rounds and closed the match within a minute.

4 - 7
1st round Gamerbee has a huge lead but accidently hit by focus attack giving Bonchan chance to come back. 2nd round was close and Bonchan took it.

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Daigo Umehara (Ryu) 12 - 10 Xian (Gen)

0 - 1
Diago hit byt random focus attack twice.

0 - 2
2nd round Xian jump over the fireball at the right time, deal huge damage with Super and Ultra Combo and then he took the match.

1 - 2

2 - 2
2nd round Xian anti air Hurricane Kick with air Super Combo. Daigo seems has caught how Xian use his focus attack strategy.

3 - 2

4 - 2
1st round Xian caught Daigo back dash with ultra after Daigo focus on his jump kick. Daigo caught Xian EX Up Kick on landing which is very hard to catch.

4 - 3
Xian play very carefully this match, Daigo tried some risky uppercuts to escape. 2nd round Daigo get caught by Super Combo when he jump.

5 - 3
Daigo keep his EX Hadoken strategy, he did not keep his mirrors almost all the time, he managed to overcome Xian different strategy and won straight rounds.

5 - 4
1st round Xian won by time over, 2nd round Daigo get hit by random focus again and then follow by Xian max ultra.

6 - 4

6 - 5
Daigo react with Super Combo when Xian focus on his fireball. Final round was perfected by Xian.

6 - 6
1st round Daigo win by gambling with high Shoryuken. Later of the match Xian has amazing read on Daigo's move, he get the final round pretty once he lock Daigo in the corner.

7 - 6
2nd round Daigo made a huge mistake by walking forward let Xian hit with a jab and into Super Combo.

7 - 7

8 - 7
Final round Daigo won by gambling his last HP with high Shoryuken.

8 - 8
This round Xian won the match by gambling his last HP with EX Jyasen.

8 - 9

9 - 9

10 - 9
Daigo hit by wake up ultra from Xian when he tried to throw.

10 - 10

11 - 10

12 - 10
2nd round Xian spent all mirrors tried to stun Daigo even on block but failed, he left empty mirror disadvantage on the remaining of his 50% life, in the end the match taken by Daigo.

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Fuudo (Fei Long) 3 - 7 Xiao Hai (Cammy)

0 - 1
1st round Fuudo tried to take the round with cheap damage, but Xiao Hai instant uppercut the last hit of Rekkaken and revert cheap out Fuudo.

0 - 2
Xiao Hai closed the match by catching Fuudo back dash with Ultra 1.

1 - 2
Xiao Hai's Ultra Combo was blocked twice which made him lost 1st and 3rd rounds.

1 - 3

1 - 4

1 - 5
Xiao Hai counter Fuudo's focus attack with crouching high punch and links into Ultra 1. He Did crouching high punch into Ultra Combo again in 2nd round.

2 - 5

2 - 6
Not sure why Fuudo keep trying to escape Cannon Strike with back dash, since it's always get caught most of the time in this whole game.

3 - 6
Last round Fuudo missed his ultra after FADC uppercut, Xiao Hai reverse with his ultra.In the end Fuudo dodge Xiao Hai EX Cannon Spike with back dash and end the game.

3 - 7
This match Fuudo is about keep trying to escape from Xiao Hai pressure, Xiao Hai has good positioning in the whole match.

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Bonchan (Sagat) 2 - 7 PoongKO (Seth)

0 - 1

0 - 2

1 - 2

1 - 3

2 - 3

2 - 4
PoongKO catch Bonchan neutral jump with Ultra 1.

2 - 5
PoongKO catch Bonchan dash and fireball with Ultra 1.

2 - 6
Once again PoongKO catch Bonchan's fireball with ultra, he always ready to use the ultra.

2 - 7
Very close final round, both players run out of mirror in low health. After a short while of fireball battle, PoongKO gain a mirror bar and successfully counter Bonchan random fireball with EX- pin Kicks.

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Sako (Evil Ryu) 7 - 5 Fuudo (Fei Long)

*Sako picked the long hair costume Evil Ryu.

0 - 1

1 - 1

1 - 2
Fuudo instant ultra reaction when Sako missed his light Hurricane Kick.

1 - 3

2 - 3
This match Sako just go for easier combo to make sure he won't drop it like early of this game.

2 - 4
Very close final round. Fuudo with mirrors advantage, he just go for the frame trap even with low health and it lead him to win.

3 - 4
2nd round Sako dodged Fuudo's uppercut in the corner with back teleport, but he dropped his combo and lost it. 3rd round Sako just went crazy aggressive took the round within 25 seconds.

4 - 4

4 - 5
Final round Sako tried to hit Fuudo with Ultra 2 after Fuudo focus dash over his fireball, but he failed.

5 - 5
Fuudo expect Sako's wake up uppercut when he has mirrors to cancel, but Sako did not do it, however he did wake up uppercut without mirrors, made Fuudo reduce the pressure.

6 - 5

7 - 5
2nd round was very close, Fuudo was about to come back but little mistake hitting by crouching medium punch with last HP left.

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Xian (Gen) 10 - 12 Xiao Hai (Yun)

1 - 0
Xiao Hai keep his full mirror for too long, end up with no chance to use it.

1 - 1

2 - 1

2 - 2
Xiao Hai linked a combo with three crouching medium punches.

3 - 2
Xian caught many dive kicks from Xiao Hai in this game, Xiao Hai has switch to ground game more than dive kicking. Match ended in three rounds, finished by Xian's Super and Ultra Combo.

3 - 3

3 - 4

3 - 5

4 - 5
Xiao Hai seems switch back to dive kick tactic, again get caught by Gen's air high kick into ultra.

5 - 5
Lousy start by Xian, but he get back in 2nd round. Final round Xiao Hai missed his Genei Jin combo then get come back by Xian Super and Ultra Combo link.

6 - 5
Nice Super and Ultra Combo finished by Xian again.

6 - 6
1st round perfect by Xiao Hai. 2nd round Xiao Hai missed Genei Jin combo again and then missed a EX command grab let Xian made his come back. 3rd round Xian was about to come back with low health, but unfortunately miss block an overhead attack.

6 - 7
1st round was close, 2nd round Xiao Hai once again dropped Genei Jin, luckily he still got the match.

7 - 7
1st round perfect by Xian, 2nd round also not that hard for him, many nice setup.

7 - 8
Very close game, Xiao Hai win with simple Genei Jin combo.

8 - 8
Great come back by Xian in final round.

9 - 8

9 - 9
Xian get hit by overhead many times, and he has no chance to charge mirror due to Xiao Hai high defensive tactic.

10 - 9
Xian won straight round, 2nd round was huge come back by using Super and Ultra Combo.

10 - 10

10 - 11

10 - 12
Final round was so hyped. Xiao Hai successfully blocked an overhead with very low health, and after that he managed to make his come back ended with Ultra Combo finish.

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Sako (Ibuki) 7 - 3 Daigo Umehara (Ryu)

1 - 0

1 - 1

1 - 2
Sako counter a Hadoken with Ultra 2. Daigo surprisingly use many high Shoryuken to get rid of Sako's mix up and even lock Sako at the corner most of the time.

1 - 3
Lot of yomi game by Daigo. Daigo counter Tsumuji with standing jab, and he still keep on many random high Shoryuken from time to time.

2 - 3
Sako take back a match with straight rounds and 1st round was perfect.

3 - 3

4 - 3
Daigo random Shoryuken doesn't seem to work anymore. Sako managed to keep on the high pressure attack without giving any escape chance.

5 - 3

6 - 3
Lot of great footies game by Sako, and he made his combo very perfect without dropping much.

7 - 3
Final round Daigo did not follow up after an EX Hadoken FADC ultra, he just throw Hadoken from a distance. Sako made a huge come back ended the game with cheap damage of Super Combo, remain unbeaten in the tournament.