INSANE COMEBACKS - MenaRD vs Broski | Red Bull Kumite 2024

MenaRD and Broski had an EPIC match. Comeback after comeback led them to a game 9 to finish off the initial round of Red Bull Kumite 2024!
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[@Mandydeth]

A lot of people said Broski was only there as a content creator personality, but he's the only one in the room who came close to taking out Mena while he was handing out donuts to everyone else.

[@TowerGameOffical]

they must have confused him with Idom lol

[@ishmaelmiles2216]

On top of that he's using a low tier character against Luke

[@KiTTtheKiDD]

​@@ishmaelmiles2216aki isn't low tier

[@gotmefkedup1181]

Yes tf she is, dont start with this lmao ​@@KiTTtheKiDD

[@InvertID]

AKI IS COOL@@gotmefkedup1181

[@chm2]

Broski was event MVP for me

[@azarel7]

For sure

[@HugoFix007]

If he was the MVP why he lost?? Also the last round was perfect 🤩

[@victorarias6046]

No

[@zigisamblak]

@@HugoFix007surely the most profound reply in FGC history, also did you even watch the fucking match?

[@ZephyrK.]

@@HugoFix007 You clearly don’t know or understand what MVP means dawg. It’s not a title that is always given to the winner.

[@CodyDavidHolmes]

This right here was Grand Finals to me.

[@enhanced6892]

Mena is a joke

[@PresidentKazumiMishima]

The amount of work broski put into that game blows my mind, GOD DAMN.

[@bigjc5546]

just to get clipped by litterally anything luke does

[@mappybc6097]

​@bigjc5546 Top 1 vs bottom 5. Not that surprising.

[@aledantih6524]

As an AKI player Broskis gameplay here was absolutely inspiring and he was the guy who gave Mena the most trouble the entire tournament, props to him and I hope he's pleased with these results.

[@thatwestafrican6132]

Mena did not know the match up. He later used experience to win

[@aledantih6524]

@@thatwestafrican6132 kind of an oxymoron of a statement

[@exemptur923]

@@thatwestafrican6132ok? comment still correct

[@ShadowZaro]

​@@exemptur923guess you don't know what oxymoron means

[@exemptur923]

@@ShadowZaro ?????? i was responding to the first response? go away?

[@rundown132]

AKI IS COOL, but well played from Broski. Nerves got to him on the last bit but he 100% could have taken it

[@Georegle]

100% he was feeling the pressure way too much. Easy dub otherwise.

[@LuisLuna-dx4wl]

The real grand final

[@EAprima]

Best demonstration of AKI since she debut in the game.

[@baku_gako2135]

Aki is so cool, kudos to broski, my favorite sf player currently

[@Waffles2186]

I was rooting for Broski the whole time man what a match.

[@kelvin303]

MenaRD all day.

[@hailrugal2695]

​@@kelvin303We ain't rooting for Luke players here.

[@kelvin303]

@@hailrugal2695 You not be many are. Mena went crazy

[@hailrugal2695]

@@kelvin303 Yeah I love Mena but Luke ain't it, his blanka is something else though, but we always root for the unique characters, that's just how it is.

[@kelvin303]

@@hailrugal2695 I mean it’s a tournament and he got the W.. so it is it.

[@chl2161]

Best match of this Kumite. And this Kumite was the best SF6 so far... Love the BO9/FT5 without losers bracket. Loved the roasts. Great job RB.

[@bulb9970]

Match of the night right here. Broski held his own like a legend.

[@Morbidest_Strain_2004]

What an insane set oh my god broski needs to compete more, he gave Mena a run for his money with Aki of all characters while Mena was spinning circles around other pros with top tiers

[@metroflowelfuerte9421]

MenaRD 🐂🏆🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

[@Alejandro-dk2gk]

Unexpectedly the hypest match of the night, Broski made Mena WORK for it

[@joejoejoej9763]

This Aki is inspirational

[@boomguy2]

Who knew Aki could be so sick goddamn. Never been this hyped for this game 🤯

[@chinTF]

sick match. Aki is cool

[@GameVistaHub523]

This was the best match of the day, broski showed out heavily.

[@jamarr27]

This is god tier matches.

[@nogoodchad4473]

This was a better match than semi finals or grand finals. As far as I'm concerned, Broski got 2nd

[@Nobody-su9km]

Menard played his practice character, that's why it was close.

[@pjbpiano]

@@Nobody-su9km Luke is not his practice character.

[@loque69]

​@@Nobody-su9kmso Blanka was in the both open and closed beta huh?

[@nogoodchad4473]

@@Nobody-su9km it was a match-up choice, luke deals with aki way better

[@trippersigs2248]

@@Nobody-su9km Damn. is the Mena meat THAT yummy?

[@kuaikukia]

Good show from Broski. Didn't expect Broski can put so much fight against MEnard. Probably the only player that has nerves of steel fighting the best player in the world

[@thatwestafrican6132]

It's the lack of match up knowledge...

[@mappybc6097]

​@@thatwestafrican6132No one uses Manon either and Idom got destroyed. Also, plenty of tape available on Broski's A.K.I. if Mena thought homework wasn't worth doing that was on him.

[@exemptur923]

@@thatwestafrican6132 Get off his meat bro he doesn’t know you

[@Walrus101]

​@@exemptur923Unnecessary insults being thrown 😅

[@exemptur923]

@@Walrus101Not an insult and this dude has said this in multiple comment sections. idc

[@tentayeprimo6674]

Broski and Hikaru keeping AKI alive

[@Azure888]

That commentary from Rob at the end was SHADE. Unnecessary SHADE.

[@mutantmangoman]

This was one of the best sets I’ve seen in my life. Great commentary too.

[@Heelydon77]

Absolutely the best set of the whole thing.

[@frosh9113]

Had no idea AKI was that dope

[@GeoGyf]

She is bottom tier actually. It was more like Broski's skill & Menards lack of matchup knowledge.

[@salttrader4113]

​@GeoGyf Don't think that stands anymore, after the buffs, she is a danger. She is just hard to use, but the good Aki players are extremely difficult to deal with...

[@retnuHDJ]

Commentators kept saying that the jab buff was helping but I don't think there was a single combo Broski did that had an extra jab in it compared to pre-patch Aki

[@stefmac]

I was saying the same thing lmao. The combo where Justin specifically talks about the buff was possible pre-buff 😅

[@mappybc6097]

Those standing mp extra active frames did come in handy.

[@retnuHDJ]

@@mappybc6097 It did indeed, but the commentators were talking about the jab buff, not the MP buff. They seemed to think it was allowing Broski to get extra jabs in his combos, which it wasn't.

[@mappybc6097]

@@retnuHDJ True. Technically, he could have risked that extra jab, but against arguably the best player in the world using a top 3 character it just wasn't worth it.

[@retnuHDJ]

@@mappybc6097 Well the problem with adding that extra jab to combos that only had 2 before is that it then puts HP whip out of range, so it really doesn't have much use

[@gauwoof]

I was hoping for Broski to win! Great matches

[@bosansekali898]

One of the best sets in the tournament for sure.

[@NelsonAndino-pq2cx]

The only man who made it difficult for menaRD

[@actuallynotsteve]

Broski is the fucking dude, I wanna see him win a huge bag soon

[@Torbero47]

Never heard of broski till today and boy I'm a fan. This was better than semi finals and grand finals itself

[@brandonjuno]

didn't know it then but this was the set of the entire tournament

[@BlueLightningSky]

That DI timing was insane he must have hit him on the last frame before the first active frame and then cancelled into counter DI

[@willenthiran2995]

Just one word. INSANE!

[@vetri99tsukuya20]

9:34 NOOOOOOOOOO He had the win damn it

[@zigisamblak]

Not the win but the round for sure. TBF broski was probably more consistent than Mena was, imagine going up against mena in your first match and being this solid.

[@pyromaximus8890]

0:14 Damn that suit is lupin the 3rd special 🔥✊🏿❤💚🖤🧠👑🕴🏿

[@DaffWings]

12:12 This moment was so damn hype for me watching this on the LiveStream 😁

[@botd2606]

Amazing AKI play by Broski !

[@badtzkoala8345]

Broski made sure to make mena work for that win, good shit amazing games

[@EddieJrReid]

My favorite set the whole night. Too many body bags in the kumite. Yes, A.K.I. is cool.😊

[@thatwestafrican6132]

Broski did good... Mena did not know the match up very well, you can see he didn't know when to react to anything. But his mental strength is something else. Broski lost to lack of big game experience. Best match

[@dust_to_dust]

Wow, bruh. Mad Skill from both players. MenaRD... I saw that pride at the end, man. Broski... I saw that humility. To make a relatively low tier character do that well against a top... phewwwww....

[@lifebykain]

Throwing is a big problem in SF6 it's too easy to do and too hard to counter. High reward almost no risk, especially with the throw loops and free 50/50 throw set ups. Watching it just makes you roll your eyes.

[@DeathDasein]

that's true but both players can throw.

[@lifebykain]

@@DeathDasein that’s true but not all characters have the same loop potential. Or even follow up options it’s just too heavily skewed in some characters favor.

[@namelessiam7792]

They patched throw loops out of sfV, they'll patch them out of sf6, just gotta wait for that akuma patch!

[@GameVistaHub523]

@@namelessiam7792 They won't patch them out because then parry would be to strong otherwise, so they have to adjust accordingly.

[@numa2k147]

​@@GameVistaHub523then can take them out and leave oarry. Just make it a fake throw loop.

[@alejandrorenderos]

This definitely was the real final

[@Dr.Faustus.]

Broski made the most entertaining match against Mena. The amount of work he put into this character is something to aspire to

[@coryharris1939]

Let’s go AKI!

[@durn7]

Broski, you did that shit man! Gave Mena a run for his money!!

[@neumann778]

Best match

[@El-Burrito]

This was by far the best match of the night. I mean I was already gonna be cheering on Broski but he made this so much more exciting than it could've been.

[@Yuji222]

Broski não ganhou do Menard, mas ganhou o coração do povo❤ Parabens Broski

[@leonlowe4804]

Shout out to Broski... best match of the entire tour. The only player to challenge MenaRD that day.

[@Carlosonebillion]

This set was amazing. Also I need more James Chen, Tasty Steve and Justin Wong all commentating together

[@GreenBro11]

Broski’s set really brought energy to the Kumite. He was the only one there who took games off Mena or made him seem beatable at all. I think he convinced everyone that AKI is cool.

[@georgesmith5201]

Broski is a beastly AKI. I was there watching him figuring out how the character work when she just released and taking Ls from lower rank players 😂 It's amazing how much progress he made.

[@JP__Delta]

Amazing set !

[@TheDetonation]

Broski is so sick.

[@hollowbear45]

this was the best match of the whole tournament! and you can fight me on that one!

[@Kysen10]

Lack of anti airs cost Broski so much damage.

[@mappybc6097]

It's not thar Broski didn't want to, it's just Luke's jump hp will beat any antiair that's not perfectly timed and then he eats a jump in combo. The risk reward is heavily skewed in Luke's favor.

[@GeoGyf]

AKI has a bad anti-air, thats the truth. Mena kept jumping late, but it didnt mean anything. If you see Broski perfect parries every hit (at least to not take the first hit). Its in Broski's match analysis, he begs Capcom for AKI buffs. Broski's expectations vs the Luke matchup was not to go 0-5 or 1-5.

[@kenhoable]

Love to see low tiers character killing it

[@bobrovrodion225]

what a show of entertainment!

[@dittles]

This set was hype af

[@ghostblade1042]

Oh boi, as Aki main and a big fan of Broski. I am so proud of him🎉🫡👍 Keep up Aki bros. Next season we melting that tier list!!

[@TheBroadwalk]

Broski My AKI Goat !

[@MrShinTensei]

If aki gets buffs.......my god

[@zigisamblak]

She needs it

[@ZephyrK.]

It’s inevitable come Season 2, I can’t wait to see what Broski and everyone else cooks up with her

[@zarolife]

That was amazing

[@apinutkangpanich4958]

Broski = Premium Quality Textbook of A.K.I

[@marlin1846]

Nah broski broughr the aki hype. Best match of the event. Everytime mena won it was like....is he gonna grab again?? No shimmy lol. Capcom please help this game out

[@llamabot9889]

Meba had that Luke advantage, I wish every character was at Luke's level

[@BennyHarassi]

wow throw loops...SO EXCITING

[@zaex3778]

the most HYPE match than other match

[@Mene0]

What amazing matches

[@johnnieboy66]

This match is a clear example of the detriment of not having an OD reversal. Aki has to take any and all punishment and guess her way out of everything, while Luke has no fear of coming straight at her non-stop and keeping her in constant throw loop 50/50's, while also keeping her offense somewhat at bay since she has to respect his OD reversal.

[@GeoGyf]

Yeah its in Broski's analysis as well, he begs Capcom for Aki buffs. Mena kept jumping late, but it doesnt meant anything. Broski was perfect parrying (at least not to take the first hit) and maybe hope for something. Btw Broski's expectations of the Luke matchup was not to go 0-5 or 1-5. Menard's lack of knowledge certainly helped (he knew the basics).

[@Elst07896]

Now, THAT was a great fight! Broski was brilliant and took the fight to Mena' - brilliant fight! ❤❤👏🏾👏🏾

[@Id0nthavename]

Aki is cool

[@blueperseverance3912]

Amazing performance from Broski. Definitely was unexpected but a pleasant surprise.

[@leronmclean9361]

Throw loops are nasty because they damage you take if you get shimmied is crazy.

[@kelvin303]

Would Love to see if Infiltration was in these tournaments how would he destroy these players.. Congrats to MenaRD.. Dominican's are on the map rn

[@IBeezSoCrazie]

As a AKI main I love seeing her being used like this!!!

[@runiih]

The best match of the tournament eaaaaasy

[@blaz3ofglory]

best match of the entire tournament

[@fugushiman5574]

Awesome performance from Broski. Certainly the best match of the event for me.

[@degen7278]

Im glad my boi broski got to shine with Aki. This was hype af.

[@007SuperDX]

MenaRD the Best!! platano power pa'l mundo!!!! I am really amazed by how good is MenaRD, cheers for Broski, it was a good fighter, but MenaRD was on fire!

[@beebeefoke1205]

most hyped set I've seen since SF6 came out

[@jheymann69]

Best match of the tourney right here 🎉

[@ViridianMaridian]

Best set of the tourney?

[@nicoflight3982]

Was the best match of the torunament watch out for Broski

[@gotmefkedup1181]

Broski my goat 🐐

[@schwim69]

The round after Mena took back lead was incredible.

[@williamtecnicoemrefrigerac6322]

Foi o melhor adversário que vi contra o menard até agora, mas o menard é sangue frio

[@NadieSolo-bk1vf]

Una de las mejores o la mejor pelea que va del año en todas las competiciones de menard.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@DiscipleOfYahusha]

Mena going crazy with the concords on

[@jessa.3857]

Did the annoucer say you choked in the end to his face!?!? Thats harsh son, lol.

[@prabhu786]

Broski was truly amazing. This set is so high level that someone will have to explain what was happening step by step. Also, what was that side switch at 13:10

[@GeoGyf]

Yeah you can watch the Broski match analysis, although you will get disappointed a bit. The reality is that AKI is bottom tier & needs a good anti-air. Mena kept jumping late, but it doesnt meant anything. Broski was perfect parrying (at least not to take the first hit) and maybe hope for something. Btw Broski's expectations of the Luke matchup was not to go 0-5 or 1-5.

[@rynzero_]

Broski looking clean in that jacket

[@MalvinRD]

Mena es el mejor del mundo cñ 🔥🇩🇴💪🐂

[@Dee-lp7lo]

AKI AKI AKI ❤❤❤

[@Soapisian]

nice prod

[@royoroz]

Maybe this is the best set of SFVI so far

[@puffyloverjuan4011]

Dang the crowd didn't join in on the "Aki is cool" chant 😂