USFIV: MCZ Daigo Umehara vs MCZ Tokido - Stunfest 2015 - CPT 2015

[@TheDrugFreeThrasher]

Street Fighter 4 will always be my favorite. So many great memories. I also love how these guys are playing as Ryu and Akuma considering their rivalry

[@NuaSOU]

fr

[@roberttousley840]

Dude you got most based comment of the century @TheDrugFreeThrasher 🔥🕹️🔥

[@TheDrugFreeThrasher]

@@roberttousley840 thanks lol

[@AdrianCHOY]

SF4 is yucks. Diff folks, Diff strokes!

[@Hopoy1]

Trash game

[@1Nostrand1]

What is with Daigo refusing to crumble under pressure. Nearly every big match this guy plays he ends up winning by the skin of his teeth, so sick.

[@DM-qm5sc]

Fast forward to SFV and he can't win anything

[@HoseB932]

@@DM-qm5sc Yeah, doesn't win nearly as much, it's polarizing and hurts if you're a Daigo fan.

[@zero28ism]

@@DM-qm5sc doesn't help whencthe characters he used the most are nerfed to the ground

[@wukong6853]

@@HoseB932 Just become a Tokido fan

[@oh_my_gauze]

Lautricius Maximus if you mean Guile then he also couldn't win anything much even with the pre nerf version.

[@ChokedByHalo1]

this game was so hard but flashy and satisfying. I love to watch the oldies from time to time

[@wildwest1832]

daigo is smart to switch between ryu and e ryu depending on the matchup. It will give him better options in hard fights because that extra life among other things will make a difference.

[@nowheredan27]

Look at how stylish this game is, man. Every frame is so colorful and vibrant, the whole thing is just bursting with energy. What the hell happened?

[@ori.g4mi]

SF4 looks like lifeless clay, unlike SFV. 0/10 not enough toothpaste effects following characters around during their winning animation

[@pastorofmuppets9346]

I always hated sf4... it has deeper mechs yes, but its ugly, weird moving... i dunno its just not good imo. sfv is bad too but not in the same way at least this is more hype to watch, for sure

[@SeanTheShinigami]

SF4 is great for gameplay but awful with style. Vice versa for SFV imo.

[@theblackening76]

Sf4 has renders that look sick and then the in game sprites fucking suck, Guile is ugly af in game but nice as hell on the render screen. Gameplay is godlike tho, SFV everyone is awesome looking... except ken. Gameplay "sucks" tho

[@bryanc7094]

orig4mi dumbass😂

[@samgalloway3012]

When these two fight... it just cannot get better than this

[@wellitonricardo197]

Daigo Ryumehara

[@lgoisgois7335]

Today is daigo Guile-mehara. Sf5 Ryu isn´t a good character..

[@gekkanshounen5112]

A Daigo who alternates between E.Ryu and Ryu to wreck shop? 2015 is a good year.

[@Crowmanhunter]

GekkanShounen Is your username a play on the manga Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun?

[@gekkanshounen5112]

Crowmanhunter Quite right. :)

[@RiKyozE]

GekkanShounen if i were Daigo that time, i would rather pick Yun, cos Yun is easier counter Tokido's Akuma!

[@Youngviet]

Raido Nato I don't think Daigo has had as much practice with yun recently.

[@RiKyozE]

Youngviet dude he's a beast, and i saw he played Yun. anyway i don't think he would risk picking the character he's not used to for a while...hehe..XD

[@laurenceh6827]

Tokido uses Akuma like I wish I could.

[@chiyo-chanholocaust8143]

You mean use him like the best Akuma in the world? Yeah I kinda wish I could use him like that too...

[@brokencable9832]

@@chiyo-chanholocaust8143 Infiltration was/is a better Akuma player.

[@ZyroVfx]

@@brokencable9832 yeah well hes also an abuser so nobody gaf

[@medium.fuharen-kr2qs]

@@ZyroVfxWhat do you mean abuser? Idk anything about that dude

[@ZyroVfx]

@@medium.fuharen-kr2qs he got a domestic abuse case against his wife and hes a pretty shit person overall

[@livingmaulana]

Holy shit dat Double K.O!

[@tubebility]

Makes your heart stop.

[@mgc9965]

So cool

[@gold3263301]

If a double KO happens on the last round, the game is simply replayed. This should be undisputed by now smh

[@gold3263301]

***** In this set, they STILL had to discuss it before continuing. It's sad that it hasn't already been clarified this far into the CPT.

[@gold3263301]

***** That's not entirely accurate. On paper, yes, the precision is tight, but you forget that this is Ultra Street Fighter IV. You will trade a lot regardless.

[@gold3263301]

***** It still makes zero logical sense to give both people one game each.

[@gold3263301]

***** No, they left the scores as is. A draw should not add nor deduct from the players' scores.

[@GokuInfintysaiyan]

Gold You sure? That’s how the game sees it, so obviously it’s still a logical conclusion

[@federico5956]

That Double K.O. was awesome

[@AmericanDaigo]

Let’s just go back to 4. It’s already an outstanding game.

[@jondough3339]

Good man

[@Wladislav]

Daigo "no fear" Umehara.

[@lordzhuge]

Daigo's Ryu, always so hype

[@user-pm4ko9uk8g]

Andrew Spong (Lordzhuge) it's injustice to have sfv Ryun so weak.... seems so slow

[@ShinStriderHiryu]

Not anymore

[@Retro-StationX]

Strider_Hiryu still not as fun

[@michaelmcface1780]

13:22 "Daigo is just taking that DP everytime" I giggled P.S. Yes I know what a DP means in a fighting game, i'm not an idiot, i'm just very immature.

[@jedb57]

Hermit Beard Double Pen... wtf?

[@savagebeast5483]

what does it mean

[@Niko-zr7ky]

@@savagebeast5483 double 🅱️enetration

[@jsd4544]

the mastery of every small movement --- it's just incredible to see.

[@horplesmoff]

love these commentators

[@mong233]

Double KO... I thought Daigo will win but both Daigo and Tokido was like "WTF, who cares? Rematch bro, rematch and keep playing"

[@CamberRockerCamber]

I watch these videos of these pros and I think to myself "how the fuck do they do that?"

[@r011ing_thunder6]

Same here. Must be all the sex they have with hookers.

[@raikouezio609]

+Ethernet Cable Wut social reject mad cause you suck?

[@bagindasaktihaholongannasu834]

Magic dude

[@bagindasaktihaholongannasu834]

Magic dude

[@malcador]

Practice.

[@ultrarising2983]

9:23 when the meaning of hype was finally defined

[@Theimmortalwill]

Hype was defined after Evo Moment 37

[@debrafalasco7235]

Double KO

[@graylyhen9490]

@@Theimmortalwill OH MY SCIENCE HAVE YOU SEEN MOMENT 37!?!!!! IT'S THE GREATEST MOMENT EVER! IT'S THE ONLY MOMENT IN ANY FIGHTING GAME IT'S JUST SO HECKIN WHOLESOME CHUNGUS! I CAN'T WAIT TO DO IT IN STREET FIGHTER 6!!!!!!! MOMENT 38!?!!!! MOMENT 37 FOREVEEEEEEER!!!!!

[@andreperez8961]

Watching this in 2018. 4 was a better game IMHO.

[@xKayNee]

No question about that.

[@sagatisbeast]

Way better.. 💪👌

[@stolensentience]

tanvir islam lolwut

[@PlanetBreakcore]

@tanvir islam Or ppl like you were scrubs and see 5 as the better game since it carries you

[@MGDAerodynamic]

SF4 does take a lot of skill to pull off half of these combos! Remember SF4 had cancels, combo cancels, focus cancels to expand combos, precise spacing, crazy punishments and let's not forget crazy ex combos into ultras. SF5 only has cancels due to the V trigger not natural cancels with the super bar. Also as we have seen it is way easier to pull off long combos in SF5 compared to SF4!

[@wildwest1832]

The master of ryu going back. Its hard to not still think of daigo as ryu, but his e ryu is actually on that same level now. A tier of its own above everyone else

[@stormcutter59]

People I remember were complaining about certain things 4 didnt do as great as Third Strike and I can kind of get that, the game went a different route than what was initially thought of. However I look back at this game and in hindsight I can very well at least say 4 still felt like a fighting game. 5 just doesnt look right to me I never understood why they decapitated so much of what made the series such a great fighter just so they could bring in new players. Players that never showed up to play their easy looking guessing game. I've not played Street Fighter much but I would like to see a return to form one day in 6. As a longtime admirer it would be awesome to see

[@Zerlot]

Loved this fight between Diego Umejuarez and Taquito! 😄

[@surendersingh8175]

😂😂😂

[@すまない-u3u]

ずっとリピートできるこの試合

[@JadeJackal4]

What fun SF used to look like.

[@mohamedshuaib2424]

Laurenzo Tita U wanted better graphics...so u have better graphics...😢

[@MrDarkknight914]

Silent Ninja and not even.

[@perhaps9460]

MrDarkknight914 you kidding me? Sf4 tbh the art style is kind of ugly. Sf5 characters look amazing, expecially characters like chun li

[@thecircletv4271]

The skill these guys displayed is epic! This is what made Ultra Street Fighter IV worth playing. You had to put that time and effort in to LEARN FIRST...THEN get good.

[@premiumdude8353]

patrick sedillo dumbass

[@obeytheBUG]

The fact that Daigo woke up with a ex dp even tho he was pretty much dead either way showed how godlike he is lol

[@deeznutzinyourmouth2379]

9:22 That was....Epic!

[@izidor]

what a pleasure to watch them both. So classic.

[@graylyhen9490]

yeah bro

[@hori83]

Tokido is one of the best, but Daigo played too clean. Didn't risk anything.

[@foolsfury9958]

Tokido is ONE of the best, and Daigo is arguably THE best. Daigo winning isn't a surprise, like you make it out to be

[@LuisSantos-xj3rg]

Sf4 was so good, to play it needed skill and benefited the best player, unlike Sf5 which is a guessing game

[@weirddudecastillo7280]

Luis Santos lol

[@scottyj8655]

Like this game wasn't guessing at high levek

[@stolensentience]

Scotty J um it wasn’t... the better player would ALWAYS win a ft7 or higher, and usually would win a ft3... the ability to master incredibly difficult techniques went a LONG way in separating the most skilled players

[@weirddudecastillo7280]

michael scoggins lol

[@scottyj8655]

@@stolensentience The better player would always win, that applys to any fighting game execpt injustice.

[@markburgs8727]

that scream after the overhead at the end

[@Frostcrag64]

I'm not a fan of how Akuma was pure vortex in sf4 but my god he is so much more fun to watch and play compared to the abomination that is SFV

[@scottyj8655]

Best akuma was third strike akuma

[@24framedavinci39]

Yea, 3s Akuma was fun. You telling me banana hair Akuma isn't fun in sf5? Nahhhhh. You play around too much.

[@scottyj8655]

@@24framedavinci39 That dude is the typical "sf5 is bad" guy

[@24framedavinci39]

@@scottyj8655 I'm not exactly saying it's a good game either. I'd say it's the weaker of the series. Even 2turbo had a higher bar for competition. Competitive level shouldn't be open to just anybody. That's a major flaw in the game. Even the design is flawed. The character models are terrible. Banana hair for everyone is the dumbest thing I've seen. I guess my sarcasm came across a tad too light in my first post.

[@scottyj8655]

@@24framedavinci39 I enjoy playing it on occasion, then again I only play 2 characters.

[@kurosaki101000000000]

2:50 Umehara Gaaaaaaaaaaa!

[@320speed]

Love that commentator, not a fan of the other commentator Logan or whatever his name is.

[@HoseB932]

daigo is the reason I picked up E.Ryu... this video is great

[@dapulaburger9197]

It took me 1 year and 5 months to understand that overhead

[@holafceja]

???...?

[@r011ing_thunder6]

????

[@mralien9547]

Enlighten us

[@dragonic22]

He probably means this: 14:40

[@johnray527]

Stunfest 2015 Grand Finals are definitely in the top 5 for SF4 matches 2009-2015. The whole Top 8 was ridiculously good, though. One of my favorites in fighting games tournaments.

[@merelakissm2751]

Damn what a legendary game. Still watching in 2020

[@mattlai443]

u wont see this in sf5

[@hmdbingu]

Its so crazy two of them were rival since years and both of them use Ryu and Akuma as their main character. So ironic

[@yonslash457]

Even got double KO'd

[@UntEyEHero]

Both Daigo and Tokido are my most fav sf players.

[@graylyhen9490]

I really respect that they kept playing despite the double KO, great sportsmanship

[@Y20XTongvaLand]

What else would've happened?

[@musakomoni6510]

This fight was epic diago is my favorite player but tokido is no joke. Much respect. Ryu is my favorite character and the way daigo uses him is sick. I love it

[@unadulterated]

Stunfest 2015 might be the best SF4 tournament ever

[@arturospeaks]

this is one the greatest matches I've ever seen in my life.

[@dravendfr]

I'm curious if Daigo was able to fight himself, one side E. Ryu the other normal Ryu, which would be most likely to win?

[@r011ing_thunder6]

Evil. He is higher tier. If Daigo was facing himself, both having the precise playstyle, then it would come down to the survival of the fittest, and e.ryu just has more damage output, divekick, teleport, red fireball, better buttons, and faster movement, and faster dashes.

[@dravendfr]

+Ethernet Cable Gotcha, thank you.

[@r011ing_thunder6]

Draven Flores lol

[@azuresaiyan9005]

+f*ckers in school telling me Evil Ryu may have bigger damage output, but Ryu has more life so they even themselves out that way. Teleport is crap for Evil Ryu. Now on to who would win in a head on match. Daigo Evil Ryu or Daigo Ryu, Daigo Ryu. One, Daigo is just a stronger defensive player than offensive player. Ryu's fireballs are faster and his normals are faster. Playing Evil Ryu is also way riskier than Ryu because there is a much larger chance to drop combos, whereas with Ryu Daigo almost never dropped his combos. I think the above match with Tokido gave us a look at how strong Daigo is on the defensive and Ryu just allows him to better make use of that.

[@r011ing_thunder6]

***** I still think E.Ryu, however u have a point on his teleport being crap. BUTT we're forgetting supers and daigo's scare tactics with super. E.Ryu's is 100% certain to land if it's activated in front of his face. that being said it's very easy for him to bait something out. daigo e.ryu might do a hop kick or overhead and it might turn out to be a super or it might not. he could also guess a fireball and land in front and activate or just go for damage - whichever is better. raging demon is like a vortex in itself causing you to guess and gamble and if you guess wrong daigo e.ryu can punish

[@brgulker]

God I miss watching Daigo play this game.

[@wildwest1832]

man that reaction to the crouch medium kick fireball not being a true string. Daigo was on top of that

[@UserX03]

I don't think they needed to play again after the double KO because Daigo won the game since he was up a round. The CPT rules for draw games is only when neither person wins the game ie. two double KOs

[@ssdeathsquad88]

Ahhhhhh no this makes no sense at all

[@philleotardo8760]

Street Fighter 4 is the goat. Street fighter 5 and 6 feel sluggish like very halo master chief…. Like it almost feels like you’re fighting underwater. Kind of like the first killer instinct. 4 was super fast like alpha 3.

[@rathk1270]

man sfiv ryu had a deadly low mk. If capcom restored his mk range in sfv I don't daigo would ever lose another sfv tourney

[@sanctuary8873]

Cr mp is better in sf5 now because it combos into fire ball at max range, cr mk doesn't (unless you get a counter hit). So yeah they pretty much nerfed/shortened his footsie range in 5, pretty bad.

[@zoggere4226]

Sfvs hitboxes are garbage lol

[@watersports1381]

Zoggere and also weird

[@signoutmode6881]

One of the classic of Street fighter

[@GP-tt2te]

Once in a while I go back and watch great matches like this to remind myself how fun and hype SF was. I miss seeing great players like this showcase their skills. It's amazing how far SF has fallen because of SF5 and it's complete garbage gameplay. Thanks Capcom SMH.

[@wildwest1832]

Sf 5 gets really old really fast. Its just so simple you see everything over and over on a loop. In sf 4 there was always unique combos or situations.

[@NarutoSSj6]

It was perfectly packaged.

[@sugarraybow]

What a pleasure to watch this. Love it!

[@BojanMadzarov]

God, I miss this game.

[@ccvector]

Why did Daigo pick normal Ryu instead of Evil Ryu in this matchup?

[@solonizersolonizer9064]

Cause Tokido is so noob that Daigay was just toying with him as a joke.

[@skyMcWeeds]

the only reason I could think of is... Tokido is known to be an offensive powerhouse with his Akuma, maybe Daigo wanted to outlast him by using Ryu which can take more hits and more durable than Evil Ryu. Instead of fighitng fire with fire Akuma and Evil Ryu are glass cannons Daigo opted to play safe with normal Ryu.

[@ericwang4165]

+Solonizer Solonizer Tokido is no noob

[@MechaGV]

it could be that daigo is confident in his ryu

[@WhataJokah]

Ryu has more health than E ryu, alot of the matches had Ryu down to his last few pixels of his health bar, if that were E Ryu he would of been KOd already

[@GP-tt2te]

Damn I miss when SF was fun to play and watch smh. SF4 was far from perfect but damn, watching matches like this make it clear as day. SF4 is such a better game than SF5 in every way. It's sad tbh.

[@OtherBarry4908]

moron

[@stolensentience]

Amuro Ray lmao SOLID ARGUMENT sike naw no one who played both at a high level would endorse sf5 over 4

[@needlessToo]

3:00 if I remember correctly that became a block string in the latest patch. Range might be strict, but I recall Tokido saying Akuma was top 3 again thanks to this buff.

[@Pat315]

Jokeritu quite strict yes as we just saw.

[@SkyL3R7]

They have sped up the fireball startup I believe

[@s.davidson6791]

Ultra Street Fighter 4 > Street fighter V

[@midknightmiddleman5887]

S. DavidsoN any day 😅👍

[@SnakeversoGames]

Naah kid, USF4 is a bad game

[@scruber64_]

@@SnakeversoGames Wrong

[@yamadaelf9391]

@@SnakeversoGames You're free af

[@Heisen-d3n]

Any time

[@kouno]

Only 3min in and this shit is amazing! I had to post! hahah

[@wildwest1832]

the whiff punishes in this game were much more impressive than sf 5. much harder to do as well

[@CMX431]

Best modern street fighter

[@korokoro4772]

Who's watching in 2021 ?

[@1MCElias]

9:08 insane.

[@thelonedecidueye5744]

That double KO was nuts

[@Harlec]

I think Daigo learned from Momochi, Infiltration, etc. that in this game, at this level, you can't play only one character, even if he's as strong as E. Ryu. It was pretty hype to see old Ryu again.

[@Harlec]

***** The japanese pride? Daigo switched to Yun because they nerfed Ryu and Yun was the strongest in AE, when they nerfed him he switched (for some months only, true) to Akuma, and then he switched to E. Ryu. You need to understand that the maximum pride for this pro players is the victory, and I'm totally ok with that. If they have to change characters, like Momochi or Mago does, they will do it for sure.

[@stolensentience]

Harle they switch mains but they don’t counter pick. I think that was his point

[@edgefriends]

I miss the normal ryu daigo

[@TraumaER]

*What does it take to get an A in all 3 categories? I always see the pros only get C's in Defense and Technique.*

[@yonslash457]

Double perfect or nearly perfect 2 rounds with 2 or 3 combos and some parries...

[@netorodrigues4829]

Watch this is much better than watch SF5 matches

[@cruzjoshua53]

When both players are legend, it ends with a double KO.

[@neontetra1000]

I’ve played akuma and ryu for years but there is one thing I never thought of. Akuma can combo into fierce punch from light tatsu. Could he cancel into U2 from the fierce punch? It never occurred to me before today lol

[@blobeyeordie]

I rarely saw it done competitively but depending on your opponent's character you can crouching light punch from light tatsu and medium tatsu at range then squeeze a forward dash under your opponent for more mix-ups. I miss the days of catching people with a demon with setups like those

[@konelee]

umehara GAAAA lol

[@AdamantMindset]

I can never play anything like this lol I had cracked version and played with cpu. Things like half focus, quick focus cancel and shit were never used by cpu so I never knew that until I started watching these videos. I like the game for combos and such, it's fun

[@AbhishekSharmaThebestOfAll]

The best Game play of USF4 I have seen so far..!! Atleast there is someone now who can standup against daigo.!!

[@malabloaw]

END OF 2021! THIS POPPED UP ON MY TIMELINE. CLICKED.. SAW I BEEN THUMBS UP IT... KNEW SOME CLASSIC FIRE! WAS COMING.. ESPECIALLY WITH LOGAN" AND "F-WURD" COMMENTATING!

[@pepperachu]

Sf4 reminded me of a chess match on steroids. Sf5 reminds me of rock, paper, scissors on crackheads

[@harjotsingh-ps1wo]

Sfv is so easy compared to this. Usf4 is very hard. The fadc mechanism is hard to master. Daigo is truly a beast.

[@ricardolimalopes2343]

I cannot agree more with you

[@wildwest1832]

Yeah, people love to hate on usf 4 though. It has a few stupid characters (fuerte) and needed maybe one more patch for elena and few other issues. Mostly though its a very good game much better than 5. You never run out of stuff to learn or improve at because its so difficult in execution

[@sourapple7831]

The beauty in sf4 is that you can lab with anything and not needing to buy or farm points to get a character. It does have dumb characters but it is not the kind of game that dumbed down so casuals can play as better players can only express skill and mastery more. Only thing i hate about this game is the character models and animations, no flexibility too stiff and clunky for me.

[@Gesuselsaviour]

When fighting games were fighting games. Nowadays everything feels so diluted i.e. SFV, GG strive, MK11 etc :(

[@marioreyesj.926]

Dream Master and Player with Ryu! Daigo. My God.

[@The_Humble_Hurricane]

12:03 man, Daigo could have hit that Ultra in between that low mk fireball again if he was prepared for it. Lucky break for the homie Tokido there

[@TheGomezlord]

the fight that became a book

[@ssmokss]

watcing 2019 i love this game

[@deltacosmic5358]

These were literally destined to fight each othe4

[@TheLastOutlaw-KTS]

My favourite battle with Tokido and Daigo is the SFIV Japan National

[@SmoothCriminal_-fp3ig]

4:51 This shit. This shit right here. This is the tightest fucking punish I've ever seen in my life. How.

[@chanderprakash4527]

its kinda stupid how amazingly tokido played and still lost man daigo does tend to reach super saiyan level, the longer the set goes he just gets unbeatable

[@RockZerr]

good ol times. Much more interesting to watch than SfV somehow...

[@premiumdude8353]

Wendin idiot

[@SnakeversoGames]

Nope

[@bitchlasagna3791]

@@premiumdude8353 Toidi

[@Its_Lu_Bu]

Why the fuck is everyone talking about Daigo? Tokido whoops his ass on the reg or at least just as hard. That Akuma doe.

[@mateomorgan445]

Tremenda Pelea entre Daigo Umehara vs. MCZ Tokido....

[@あああ-y2h2p]

何回も言われてるだろうけどスト4面白すぎ 見ごたえめっちゃある スト5ってなんなの？

[@2代目支配人]

スト4の体力の減少で発動できるウルコンとセービング機能が見てる側からすると面白すぎる。

[@chikhnakof1985]

to me i love ultra street fighter 4 more than sf5 have more characters and more COMBOS AND nice moves

[@theyakima4184]

I wonder what made Ryu have a bigger impact than his Evil Ryu

[@mog-momentofglory]

"Fist of destruction, eh? Neverless, i will overcome it!"

[@CNRhKXtreme]

Am I the only one who heard a Wilhelm scream at 14:41?

[@troyy99]

true lol

[@bestsnowboarderuknow]

Ugh, I wish sfv didn't suck. I want to play sf4 because 5 is lame

[@cuteunicorncookie960]

then get it for ps4

[@MarijuanaGuy]

USFIV was on sale for an extremely cheap price until 21st of January.

[@zoggere4226]

Join the usf4 revival discord

[@mukmuk1546]

lost MC you get triggered because of the hate SFV gets yet you stated "SFV is great". Then proceeded to say "your shitty opinion doesn't matter". What a laughable statement. I'm baffling of how hypocritical you are

[@SnakeversoGames]

Nothing is stopping u to play, the online still works. Also its your opinion, SF V is a good game already

[@dapulaburger9197]

I can't understand the overhead at last, at all. Daigo was a chip damage away from death, and he just walked forward and did the overhead. The overhead only works when tokido stay crouching and do nothing, and will lose against DP or any light attack or back dash. Considering the life Daigo had at the moment, it's highly possible that Tokido just DP the hell out of it. By all means, overhead is technically the choice with the lowest chance to win. Did Daigo see the future or what?

[@xuvial1391]

Daigo just being Daigo.

[@GreyFox785]

dapula burger Well, yeah that's exactly why it worked, because it was the last thing anyone would expect. Plus, Daigo had a match on Tokido, so even if he got dp'd he'd still have one more match to play before he was out. Basically, with that little health he probably just weighed his options and took a risk and was rewarded for it. I wouldn't be surprised if Daigo himself didn't actually believe it would have worked out the way it did when he did it.

[@vOddy75]

dapula burger Wake up shoryu would have lost to a backdash. Tokido was scared of the baited reversal.

[@stolensentience]

Scared of cr fwd, backdash, and fb. He would’ve been safe to all 3 of them. So daigo went with the only thing that would connect

[@Escalipse]

Back when Daigo played Ryu.

[@satsuinohado2159]

When Daigo was the greatest! SF4

[@weirddudecastillo7280]

Satsui No Hado u should watch his kage

[@andrew6179]

he kinda is again ngl, he got crazy good with guile it‘s insane

[@WANCHAN_123]

How can he combo normal standing high punch to an ultra 2?

[@TheGIMP2k]

Hp > teleport > quickly cancel into Ultra 2

[@Panthro-lo2lh]

Back when Daigo was a dominant force in SF