Best of EVO 2018: Comebacks, Upsets, Pop-offs and more

EVO 2018 is in the books and that’s wrap for the world’s biggest fighting game tournament.
There were moments that gave us all goosebumps, ones that made us stand up and scream, and ones that made us laugh.
So from the insane pop-offs to the mind-melting improbable comebacks to the filthiest combos, here is the Best of EVO 2018.
Hosted by: Colin McNeil (@McNeilColin)
Edited by: Alex Debets (@ajdebets)
Filmed by: Simmy Fong (@sifolyy)
Support by: Daniel Rosen (@Daniel_rosen) & Sean Wetslaar (@SeanWetslaar)
Footage courtesy of: EVO, Capcom Fighters, GameGoons, darkandark
Music used under license from Associated Production Music LLC (”APM”).
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[@AlwaysRetr0]

Lil Majin was for me the biggest highlight of the entire tournament. His match against JDCR was the most intense and funnest match in a fighting game I think I've ever had the privilege of watching live. Aris' reaction was pure gold. Also in that same set, the round comeback from JDCR that you included at 11:20 was INSAAAANE. Great video.

[@nelozk1860]

LOOK AT THE TIIIIMEEEE!

[@skyMcWeeds]

DBFZ hype AF, the crowd getting into it with Cell's intro, lots of comebacks and the Go1 vs SonicFox match. Tekken 7 Lil Majin's King made it worth the watch

[@zxcvbnmllk]

OBG Jay that another thing I loved about watching top 8 dbfz was the chat counting the amount of bardock 3 bars used, ended up being 53 or something around that

[@chibifirestorm]

what about lost soul in Guilty Gear, dude put western Guilty Gear on the map

[@Vclox]

Armada losing to someone outside the top 6 for the first time in 10 years. So insane.

[@Kuating]

TheDragonDAFan It was all for this moment.

[@carson5441]

It's about 8.5 years. Doesn't really matter as nobody will reach even close to that ever again

[@brandonkleinglos6896]

Carson it literally just got broken..

[@carson5441]

Brandon Kleinglos I meant someone else having as long of a streak like that won't ever happen anyway so it didn't really matter that he was off 1.5 years

[@dorkasaurus_rex]

This EVO was INSANE across every game. Can't believe they manage to top the hype EVERY YEAR

[@ennisshabab9557]

dork_rex except smash 4 lol (almost everything but grands was hype tho)

[@bingustavo]

a happy pineapple MVD vs Raito and Nietono vs Mistake was nuts

[@ennisshabab9557]

Calling it from now elegent will save smash

[@sonriku7331]

I am more concerned about the fact that Nairo scored 33th in Smash 4 tourney

[@treydiesel3902]

Fighting game is something so great

[@NhBleker]

11:38 I think we witnessed the EVO moment 37 of Tekken 7 with that amazing comeback by JDCR.

[@tonythepenguin8752]

I cant believe Leffen actually won an Evo. Finally. Honestly, he deserves it and it gives me hope that, one day, M2K can win one too (i know it wont happen, but let me believe). This was my first time watching Evo and it was pretty cool :) By the way, please make a video about Leffen now that he won please please please

[@Diedie98]

Tony Thepenguin I know it's not a REAL EVO but Mew2king won EVO West and East 2007 AND EVO 2009 Brawl, so that counts for something I guess?

[@McNasty_0]

Tony Thepenguin Slush has a pretty good documentary of Leffen if you’re interested

[@tonythepenguin8752]

Paul Dan Tran yeah ive seen the thumbnail before. Is it any good? I dont wanna watch a really lazy and crappy video honestly, which is what im afraid of whenever i see it

[@jacobwhite8617]

Tony Thepenguin it’s really well made

[@willn8664]

M2K already has EVO titles.

[@dragonball570]

The cell scream never gets old

[@ergastolo4281]

dbzdavis That part with the crowd screaming along with him was the absolute best! 😂 So much hype!

[@blackkimchi5111]

If you were at the venue when everyone yelled with Cell it was I N S A N E EVENT WAS AMAZING.

[@Shirohige4yonko]

You guys should do a video about the young rivalry between SonicFox and GO1. Those guys made DBFZ have a great evo debut

[@jdillard36]

Bryan Rios great idea

[@tjhunter9787]

Awesome idea but I can't help but feel like this is only the beginning. Should prolly wait until round the end of the pro tour. Then we got a whole movie on our hands.

[@MichaelMagnus2ndthe3rd]

Wow, I can't believe some DBFZ player won the melee tournament Edit: Yes this is a joke in case you think I'm a dumbass

[@saysay7191]

Bananafish Well believe it Also, Leffen played melee before dbfz

[@RB38Smash]

Not sure if this is a joke 🤔

[@cheef825]

for all you confused hombres this man is obviously joking

[@Spaceboi318]

its not only a joke, its a meme now lol. Ive seen it on Leffen's IRL stream earlier, twitter and reddit

[@swatteam93]

Stealthblazer Games r/woosh

[@notoriousthief]

23:16 I don't even watch DBZ, and the crowd still gives me chills when they hype it up

[@TheXalkos]

23:15 goosebumps all over!

[@bryan_phan]

It's so fun to watch and see one of your favorite fighting games but also seeing other people's favorites, it sounds like jibbersish to you and you don't know what's going on and vise versa when their looking at your game. I just have so much respect for other fighting games, good video

[@ItsJustAGuy]

Oh my god, the whole crowd doing the cell shout, that's amazing.

[@wakenabe99]

>23:21 'This should be entertaining' > Gets dunked My sides LMAO

[@paulespino4207]

Man tekken was insane!!

[@MIIthasav]

Paul Espino yeah it was! And I don't even necessarily like Tekken

[@zeterzero4356]

7:42 16 is still the hypest fighter in DBF. For the birds!

[@colelegante]

SFV was unbelievable this year. Had me screaming left and right

[@Capstfu]

The black fighters had the most personality lost soul, sonic fox, doune, lil Majin, problem x

[@Embermaine]

I loved the part when cell popped off.

[@Jagoryu]

16:39 "NO Shampoo!!" Gotta

[@フランシスコパオロ]

Majority of the Tekken clips are Majin... and I love it 👁👄👁👌

[@bungholethrombosis]

HUGE HEJELTE

[@victikirby15]

RIP Smash 4, tho

[@Adrian-ty7pc]

victikirby15 Now its time for ultimate

[@gilgamesh5796]

Adrian Steven Din Can imagine if Ultimate played just like Melee, but with a balanced roster and a ton of characters? That would truly be the greatest game of all time, but Im not complaining, the game will be fun regardless, life isn't perfect.

[@gigabasedpilled5824]

Pichu and Juggs will still be bottom tier

[@xxstrider3188]

Now to wait for Evo 2019.

[@Siepher83]

12:36 of all the moments Goku Black looking up with the dash during this combo was Godlike visually.

[@huanquatro]

This was the first evo i’ve payed attention to and honestly it was quite a show. DBFZ being The biggest game there really upped the hype

[@god_lushen8128]

Seasoned fgc member: "Ya'know man I've seen it all in my time here." Evo: *Hold my bracket*

[@lyconxero457]

I still think my favorite match as well as my favorite pop-off goes to Sonic Fox when he won grand finals for Dragon Ball Fighterz. Just the brilliance that he used to somehow unbalance his opponents laser focus and come back from straight losses to straight-up win it all.

[@Carisma1005]

Sinapore, Uk, London, Japan a hundred times. America was so strong last year, we need an EVO win. Congrats to Problem, the king of the sitting popoff.

[@bigdemi]

8:23 Sickest moment of Evo 2018

[@sini4589]

13:26 sakoメナトのコンボやばすぎやろ

[@kristopherhirabara6167]

You just called Alex valle an unknown LOL

[@FerokNuva]

This video was phenomenal thank you

[@ItsPandatory]

8:05 I've watched/listened to seth killian's call here about 100 times

[@gtphizz9190]

*Problem X performs an advanced and frame perfect combo* Me: Damn that's crazy *random Dedede player in sm4sh sucks someone up while fall to his death* Me: Holy shit, that combo was insane. How many inputs was that? 1 maybe 2? Anyway, better put that one in the Evo highlights.

[@rumfordc]

dont forget that instant replay

[@Essey001]

It was in cause it's funny and mostly inviable

[@mcprol2467]

I'm a smash player, but SFV combos aren't that hard. Especially compared to 3rd strike or sf4. SFV is still a fun game though.

[@dorkasaurus_rex]

@@mcprol2467 there are some pretty tough ones in the game, people over state how easy it is especially for the average fighting gamer

[@prismsage3957]

Evo was the best thing for us gamers

[@AcidGlow]

*Hype moments* ✅🙂

[@dorkasaurus_rex]

Watching in 2020 and the pain is real. There's a big hole in my life with no irl fgc events and especially with no Evo :/.

[@malefictoonmaster510]

16:12 I began screaming sooo damn loud at this!!! Death at 100%!!!

[@tashi32_]

can we just take a moment to appreciate that lowhide pop off at 22:34 lmaoooooo that was the best

[@triswagatops2802]

it's amazing how Leffen can go from the person in smash I hate the most to literally my favorite at evo

[@levi6241]

is that a monster hunter r mika skin?

[@zxcvbnmllk]

Levi Lim yes it is

[@MforMovesets]

And an Abigail skin that doesn't look like utter trash.

[@MforMovesets]

When you zero HP comeback and also earn a trophy while doing it. Also, when you do rolling death gator in an actual match.

[@marcusperez5195]

Uncle Valle still taking names lmao

[@Hollowdude15]

This video of the best of evo so interesting and awesome to watch and have a good day everybody :]

[@trukimai9293]

The Tekken players are probably less worried about drowning in pools than they are about drowning in Lil Majin's waves.

[@skywardlink8697]

15:16 best moment in the vid

[@OtsdarvaOS]

Nice seeing my friend Cool Kid in EVO. Im hyped. He didn't even tell me he went.

[@yeahyah11]

looks like no one could solve for x

[@michaelgower6016]

My boy mvd with the comeback

[@TheHasta666]

I only really played SF but I can enjoy every single moment of those games except Smash. This game is ridiculous and so is the hype.

[@firehawk128]

Tokido got stopped finally!

[@OnlineFightingGames]

thank you

[@cutsceneenjoyerzz]

"download complete" still gives me chills

[@destroyhistory6392]

I got to say fighterz was probs my favorite part of evo besides maybe tekken very close because of that amazing king player but man fighterz was amazing especially in the grand finals when the first match between sonic fox and goi just because the crowd screaming got me so hyped to see the matches

[@sanata7999]

1year.later

[@kingmanmillenia]

I was waiting for the spotting of a wild Mike Ross playing an anime fighter. That was how just because we got to see him as a hermit.

[@DarttheLegend]

I just want to say something. Fighting game is a really great thing.

[@nowonprzn7442]

This evo was crazy hypea

[@adhynugroho9424]

Basically ALL clips of Tekken 7 featured LilMajin. I don't know if it's him.... don't if it's the fact everyone loves watching King lay the smackdown on his opponents. But everytime LilMajin plays his King, it becomes must watch FGC.

[@ganjatrooper7193]

LOOKS AT THE TIME!!! LOOK ATTT ITTTT!!!!!!! man Aris knows how to hype matches up.

[@MaskedGuyCh]

Not enough Tekken moments tbh. The JDCR vs Lil Majin match in its entirety should have been in this video; that shit was _hype_

[@Darkholow]

Best of EVo 2018 is the shadow drop of G & Sagat today and the fact that EU won a second EVO. I think Capcom won EVO because of that imo. But all in all EVO 2018 has been one of my favorites throughout the years and I can't wait to see how Bonchan will fare how that he got his main back.

[@MrZangetsu468]

Cell's scream won Evo 2018.

[@CptSkullface]

Look at the time! LOOK AT IIIIIIIIIIIT

[@saysay7191]

IMO, Fighterz and Smash were the Hypest

[@StarLeo_]

@Shaggy Blanco I think he meant Melee

[@freddonaldson170]

14:40 Very Unexpected Lol

[@PeachLily.]

CONDITION CONDITION, NOOOOOOO SHAMPOO LMAOOOOOO

[@smoov22_sonic]

The fact that half of this video is MVD pleases me

[@r.c.beringuela2426]

Sonicfox icing GO1 with the side switch tech should be in this video. It's a comeback and an IRL upset.

[@CarltonPhillupBanx]

To be the best, you have to beat the best. These are the creme of the crop. Fact.

[@NoVaCXG]

Every game was very surprising and brought a lot of upsets, especially the Smash games. This is especially with Sm4sh: the Top 8 didn’t even had the top seeds and there’s the controversial Bayo GF’s. TBH Zack and Lima just ruined Sm4sh’s, theirs, and Smash in general’s reputation at EVO and even as a fighting game. We’re trying to get the FGC to like us, not stray away from us because of *that.*

[@count_rizzula]

CXG It wasn't just CaptainZack and Lima the way the crowd was acting is some of the most disrespectful shit I have ever seen before

[@jakefromnevada8355]

And the award for most badass moment goes to... 8:23 he schooled his ass

[@LimboTheory]

Smiles at the tager play

[@justinreyes5042]

The glory

[@toontownveteran]

Evo was great if we don’t talk about the ending of smash 4

[@zheng0000]

woshige is a real standup guy

[@virusINJUSTICE]

Casual viewer here although I am getting more and more into the FGC. Some of the games and players here aren't familiar to me. It would be great if the video was edited to show the name of the game and the players. Love the video though.

[@xpsyclops6050]

23:15 best moment lols

[@IceeSwirl]

23:15 That Cell scream tho

[@juliohinojosa6923]

Look at the time... LOOK AT THE TIIME.... LOOKATIT

[@VTRDC27]

LOTS of repeated clips. You should watch it through before posting.

[@TM-rookie]

OH MY DAYSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

[@aichisendou6375]

10:02 most filthy comeback ever

[@murdahshewrote9251]

I wonder if they’ve put in the multiple times the PC crashed in AnimEvo Melty Blood LUL

[@henrycalhoun1119]

"Look at the tiiimmmmeeee!!!! Look aaatt iiiiiiiiiiiittt!!!! At 11:34. So funny

[@Gotenks196]

“here are the biggest come backs” shows Daigo first

[@Hollowdude15]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@negrimaru]

Nadeshiko is a good partner to have when stating a claim on your Heatlh Insurance. LOL!

[@Marioguy92]

Did you notice the lack of Smash 4's Grand Finals in this video? XD

[@coldblizzard5880]

So like....do you just go to the stage and play what ever games is there or do you sign to specific games?

[@AzuMentch36]

9:35 - 10:02 Wowie! That Orie made such a Kosher Comeback with seconds to spare!

[@negrimaru]

SONIC FOX FOR DRAGONBALL. MY LITTLE UNDERDOGS ARE MAKING IT! --

[@y.y.4088]

Were the hypest moments of the crowd lil majins run and the cell scream or did I miss anything?

[@goodguytheo7265]

If only I didn't hate leffen

[@jei1036]

PROBLEM X IS A FCKIN ICEBERG. LIL MAJIN IS TOO AWESOME TO WATCH LEFFEN PREDICTED THAT HELL WIN SMASH GRAND FINAL SUCKS LOL

[@David-fanboy]

What was up with Sonicfox and Goichi switching seats?

[@danielmokobia106]

You forgot put Honybee vs BigD upset section