Kusanagi (Ryu) vs. Xiaohai (Cammy) - Grand Final - CPT Ultimate Fighting Arena 2024

[@RyokuTK]

Ryu winning a major for the first time in SF6 was a great moment!

[@heobingo]

Im so rooting for him.

[@EAprima]

Especially so when Ryu hardly broke the Top 70 of any major tournament since launch! So it was basically a non appearance due to being ranked far too low and/or not qualifying to now a major victory. This great stuff!

[@apicgaming7646]

Not the first time 2nd time first time tokido did it 8 years ago

[@Freshwater121]

@@apicgaming7646 He specified SF6

[@apicgaming7646]

@@Freshwater121 yeah I know

[@glasseshu]

日本のプロは全員がリュウを諦めました。 しかし、彼は諦めずにリュウが戦える事を証明しました。 ありがとう。 そして、おめでとう。

[@invertbrid]

6x throw loops at the end was crazy lol.

[@EAprima]

It's bonkers how Capcom doesn't seem to care about it despite nearly everyone agreeing that they want throw loop out. Personally, I understand why it's there so the answer to it is to simply restrict it to 2 throws maximum. How does that work? The first throw will be loopable but the 2nd throw will cause the executor to throw the victim much further which will break the throw loop chain. That's it. That's all Capcom need to do.

[@kimoshi7785]

​@@EAprimaStop the drama,Xiaohai could've gotten out of the loop and he did

[@kakkoishonen]

@@EAprima dude, it's not an invincible move...

[@krazymadman6565]

​@@EAprima Xiaohai did a 4x on the fight just before against Valmaster. It's just mind games

[@EAprima]

@@kimoshi7785 That's not the point at all. What an outright weird response.

[@Cosmoman78]

Take a note that Kusanagi committed to use RYU all the way from the beginning until the end. He fought many characters which usually ends bad for Ryu, like: JP, AKI, Rashid, Dee Jay, Zangief, Chun Li, and of course Xiaohai's Cammy. He won very convincingly most of the times. Props to him, this is pure SKILL, not luck.

[@nef5449]

Much more merit for him.

[@3duConstantino]

Kusanagi? Its foreshadowing a new Capcom vs SNK game. Ironically, Kusanagi is facing the Kof god.

[@EAprima]

IN Japan, they are already calling him Ryu Kusunagi. :D

[@andresgalindo1990]

Finally Ryu wins a tournament in years. What a moment as a Ryu main!

[@bkashkumar1981]

I am a fan of Xiao Hai. But I was rooting for Kusanagi because of Ryu, and finally, Ryu won a major🍻

[@arrhythmiticd8089]

Saved me 20 mins. Thanks!

[@EAprima]

@@arrhythmiticd8089 Naw, he didn't saved you 20 mins. It's all about HOW he won and what transpired that made the match so great. You should go watch it.

[@jonjon5997]

Mee too, I have been a fan of xiao hai ever since his duel with bonchan in SF4. But this matchup, I want Ryu to be great again.

[@ahbahouaimaisbon7770]

For your information Kusanagi beat daigo when he was young. At street fighter 4. He’s our france best Hope with crimson and valmaster.

[@chasepalumbo2929]

These 2 players put on an absolute show, godlike grand finals

[@rundown132]

RYU WINNING A SHORYUKEN, CAN'T MAKE THIS UP

[@servHis221]

😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@shanebluesky7452]

Finally the street fighter protagonist won a tournament. I never even see him in top10.

[@reezyrenzel439]

Paladin was definitely tearing up watching this

[@EAprima]

Did Paladin entered this tournament? I wonder where he placed if he did.

[@marumotisuna]

この試合でリュウは弱いという認識を多くのプレイヤーが改めざるを得なくなりました

[@reezyrenzel439]

It’s finally Ryu’s time to shine

[@HemTight]

Incredible set. Kusanagis hard punch confirms into Lvl 2 and lvl 1 were insanely hype

[@EAprima]

Without a doubt, Kusunagi won this tournament, not Ryu. Crossing fingers for Capcom to improve Ryu still for the entire battle/s really showcase that Ryu still needs it.

[@Critical_M7]

I don’t think so….. Ryu does hit like a truck. Not downing Kusanagi, Ryu is slept on hard

[@Michel9800]

Ryu best character of all street fighter games

[@leandrorizzatogasparotto5259]

Since the Season 1 of Street Fighter 5, We don't see a Ryu Champion!

[@ultrainstinct4766]

What a moment. And capcom buff Ryu

[@EAprima]

@zealy1369 No, bro. They didn't.

[@UnKnown-on9zg]

Xiao`s comeback was spectacular, anyway. Great match

[@brettlewis2900]

This might of been the best grand finals of sf6 so far. If not for sure in the top 3.

[@NM-kt4ht]

This energy is why I love Street Fighter

[@Tartealacreme]

What a final !! That's was insane !

[@ricardoludwig4787]

Kusanagi really has the play style of a silver Ryu that managed to get good without changing their roots. What a hero

[@awaister]

Kusunagi vs the guy that has one of the best Kyo Kusunagi's, what is this Capcom vs SNK crossover lol

[@gabriellopez-df2oq]

congrats kusanagi........best ryu in world

[@mrnozchalazt7199]

That throw loop was dirty 😂 Happy to see a Ryu player win a big one 🔥

[@qT1ify]

Ryu Hype !

[@ずんたもち-y8c]

知らなかったけどシャオハイは世界に名だたるトップブレイヤーだったんですね。そんなシャオにリュウで挑むクサナギに感動しました。このレベルの勝負は時の運としても

[@jaserror]

You know how impressive Kusanagi's win is? Look at the button Kusanagi has to use the most with Ryu - st.Jab. That's Ryu's best button to handle neutrals - compare that to the buttons the rest of the characters in the top 8 use the most. Basically Ryu's neutral is bad in a game where everyone has mega buttons.

[@feri7mble]

Ryu's st.HP is very good.

[@Rehash_Sd]

What

[@Raxyz_0]

Ryu's stHP is one of the best buttons in the game, lmao. Huge range, leads to great damage, good for confirms and it is special cancellable. It's insane how not even a major win stops the insane downplaying. Ryu is good. If y'all spent less time whining and more time labbing, maybe you'd start winning too.

[@Anonymous-gq7ho]

​​@@Raxyz_0Ah yes, Ryu is so good that he wasn't making it top 30 in major tournaments for a while. Not only that, they had to buff him and afterwards he still didn't make it to any major tournament ending. This is literally the first time Ryu won any major tournament, or make it to the top 30. I think pretty much everyone disagrees on your opinion buddy. Keep your wrong opinion to yourself lol.

[@Raxyz_0]

@@Anonymous-gq7ho Ah yes. The ultimate metric of character balance. Top 30 in tournaments. Blanka also wasn't making top 30 placements until Mena started going on a tear with him and he ended up nerfed in this season. How does your flawed ad populum bullshit explain that? Let me burst your bubble Ryu doesn't make top 30 often because there isn't even enough Ryus entering tournaments. Ryu mains are too busy fooling themselves into thinking the character is the reason they're stuck at 1.1k MR to even try playing the game. Guess how many Ryus UFA had? One. It's no wonder he doesn't place if he doesn't even show up. If you wanna understand what a bad character looks like, watch sf3s Evo. Hayao played out of his mind and starred in the most hype moment in that tournament. Didn't even cracked losers final. There isn't an amount of copium in the world that is ever proving that Ryu is a bad character. lmai

[@Anto9117]

Ryuuu 😍

[@leondong1404]

"Oh the reset! What a scumbag!" Floored me.

[@ken.7019]

ryu stocks at an all time high

[@samuelbosse]

Ah le batard il m'a fait verser ma larme ! Merci kusa

[@realest_JoJo]

BRING ON THE UPLOADS 🎉🎉❤ edit: no more uploads? :(

[@dsoprano13]

That was beautiful.

[@jerama]

that final round was the epitome of "if he don't tech, I won't stop" 😂 Thank you and congrats Kusanagi on winning a major with Ryu 🎉

[@onyxmousgg956]

Great match!

[@sibusisoskenjana4059]

commentary topnotch...👌

[@spectri1990]

this is adaptability at it's finest. kusanagi is lucky he was in winners because it too him a minute to find out what Xiaohai was doing

[@wynce7706]

That was EPIC!!!!

[@さうわ]

What was Xiohai thinking while Kusanagi throwing him 6 times… Throw loop is actually strong and there’s ways to escape easily from it. But what about when you’re fighting against a player who is going to win the tournament with just one round, and you have low health AND had been blocked reversal OD several times!! Do we have braveness to press OD shoryu or back dash at this moment? Even Xiohai hasn’t. That’s serious mind game right there. I love these two players well played.

[@drakula3322]

When it comes to the pinnacle of current sf6 it's the speed reaction a grab tech that does a force reset

[@June-mi9th]

There are no low tier if you make your character work. Just fundamentals.

[@That_one_guy27]

This comment right here.... Well said 💯

[@a14m7]

主人公感やばい

[@uedikoz]

Woooow! What a match!

[@moodybuddha]

Xiaohai, what a beast!

[@Iam_tthompson]

What a match!!!!!

[@jacksuwanpradit6992]

Damn….this is like than Panda winning TWT

[@tyrellcorp2118]

17:39 SHORYUKEN! Oh c’mon. 😂😂😂

[@bluelightmoon777]

i thought this was the kusanagi from mexico lol

[@jaojonis]

Top!

[@offthewally1548]

Yipes 5:46 😂😂😂

[@earthderf]

Xiaohai was on tilt

[@ClareCliff-l7i]

Dulce Mountain

[@ricefield6957]

not the cheese at the end lmfao

[@MonkeyDKenny]

Thank God xiaohai lost.. thank you kusanagi

[@carlosdelacruz1868]

Those grabs should be banned

[@BinatangAja]

Yes you right

[@busimemelaa2073]

😊😊😊😊

[@BinatangAja]

Cara mainnya attack, attack, grappler cuma gitu doang,developer harus menghapus grab dari game ini

[@patataboy]

Nice final ... but the commentators are really not good, not knowing the difference between a D+MP and a D+FP ... really! And donkey kick ... WTF is that? A donkey kick would be kicking your back side, what ryu does is a damn kekoumi Yoko geri ... side kick, but I really can't blame them for that as this is what most people are calling it Japanese commentators are top notch, the french ones are pretty good (ken bogard is a pretty good player himself) ... but the US ones are just funny and they are invested when the pressure is on in the game (which is good but not enough), but no way are they sport commentators ... they would be great buddies to spend the evening watching the game with for sure but that is it. Get Brian.F, M.Dood, Smug or Broski to comment fighting games, that would be much better.

[@gameclips5734]

what a way to lose

[@filopridesantiago758]

Hey Xiaohai , are you nervous?.hahahahahaahaha

[@Cbas619]

SIX

[@axdbrlover]

Ryu is just strong, this is not a miracle.

[@aminstanlinrd]

Xiaohai si bebe agua😂 😂😂😂 por lo menos se fue jarto de agua

[@elchugilito]

It's pronounced as 'Reeyu' for christsake. He's been the face of SF since its inception. Please call my guy prperly.

[@bobbridge3624]

SPOLIER BLOCKER!!!!

[@Chris-yp6zm]

Happy that a Ryu won but that ending sequence showed why SF6 has a big problem. 6x throw loop is a crazy thing to have in a fighting game.

[@Raxyz_0]

Throw loop isn't a big problem, it's SFV that made people get too comfy in the corner. It was just "take the throw" and react to the following offense. It's an annoyance at best that people blow it out of proportion because they get salty about the loss. Case in point, SFIV also had throw loops and people to this day consider it a shining example of balancing.

[@azizkash286]

@@Raxyz_0 brother throw loops have nothing positive about them, they are a horrible game design that shouldn't be in modern fighting games

[@Raxyz_0]

@@azizkash286 I'm not saying they're fun. I'm arguing it's not that big of a deal as people make it out to be. People say that comeback mechanics are horrible design, Strive's wallbreak, Tekken's rage, and many others. Some of these do have a point about something that needs to be "fixed", but a lot of the discourse around it is dumb and reductive. Throw loops aren't ruining anything, they're a necessary component for parry to exist as it is now. If in the future players find better defensive practices or anything in Drive gets a major overhaul, maybe it's no longer necessary. But for now, they're a part of the game, and there's ways to play around it.

[@Valpremier]

Xiaohai should have Dp. Very simple

[@iveetrainer1439]

he guessed wrong 6 times, so he got thrown 6 times. I personally don't see the issue here.

[@معاويةابنعبدالوهاب]

Xiohai hhhhh

[@MADDSONN]

Throw loops are for scrubs 🚮

[@mikekue2167]

Just out the corner is your best option

[@lasterman94100]

yeah because that is clearly th eonly reason he won, clown behaviour

[@Archanfel777]

관중들이야 지역 특성상 한쪽편을 드는건 그럴 수 있다 쳐도 해설하는 놈들은 이거 뭐냐? 대놓고 편파적이네 딱히 누구를 응원하는 것도 아니었지만 공식적인 해설들의 코멘터리가 이런 식으로 대놓고 일방적이고 편파적이어도 되냐?

[@moodybuddha]

The West has fallen.

[@Archanfel777]

@@moodybuddha that's it as u said I have never seen such a biased commentators for any broadcasting.

[@Pichelmoor]

Das asco Xiaohai en SF6, no dejes el KOF

[@jjjank7426]

Sorry but I don't feel like the co-commentator alongside Yipes did a good job in color commenting, play analysis or creating hype. Would be nice to overlay commentator names twice during the grand finals.

[@Valpremier]

Why xiaohai didn't use Bison. He should have won. Xiaohai is very STUPID. Ryu is no match for Xiaohai powerful Bison. Xiaohai threw it away. Use your brain Xiaohai.

[@kangweiyan7012]

No disrespect towards players, but throw loops are too stupid in this game😅

[@Valpremier]

You have back dash and Dp

[@Valpremier]

Xiaohai was very DUMB to not Dp in the throw loop. After the first throw he should DP or BACK DASH !!! DUMB XIAOHAI

[@iveetrainer1439]

Let's see you do better. When will I see you at UFA?

[@vichetkim5533]

Nerf Ryu and Cammy Capcom. Ryu should be nerfed because the power of nothingness reflects a bank's ability to print money out of nothing and fool the public into believing it has value.

[@synthesize9068]

I was saying the same exact thing when I saw this the first time!

[@LucianoCeballos-n8q]

De dónde es Kusanagi?

[@nexus7joynexus7joy97]

Nice. Ryu winning for once.

[@LucianoCeballos-n8q]

Anda al kof Xiaohai malo

[@isiahduran2041]

What a win for the low tiers 🥹. Finally weve all earned this 🎉

[@EAprima]

Yup. It's one of the reasons why it's so significant. The man worked 180% to everyone's 100%. When people pick a high tier character they can coast but when you pick Ryu you need to work damn hard. All this is simply unfair and something capcom badly needs to address via balancing. Because of this, this wicked wall that Ryu players have to try and climb over, Kusunagi's victory was a major achievement for he has made history despite using shenanigans to help his victory/s.

[@blackmanta2527]

I really don't think Ryu is low tier. He's mid tier. Because I think he's better than Marisa,Jamie,Manon, Ehonda,Zangief and Kimberly

[@isiahduran2041]

@blackmanta2527 hes definitely low tier. Mid tiers id say are chun li, blanka, jp, and lily. Probably zangief too. But ryu is right there after them

[@June-mi9th]

There are no low tier if you make your character work. Just fundamentals.

[@Cosmoman78]

Tier is just a measurement of how feasible a character can be used to win. You will have an easier time with Top Tiers, but that doesn't mean a low or mid tier cannot win.