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.

[@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.

[@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

[@interceptingfist5682]

A Frenchman wins after Noah got done calling all France players trash 😂

[@yoman4422]

And he got trashed twice by a French Dhalsim! By a Dhalsim with Luke! 😂

Noah doesn't even know who the french players are...

[@datboiisforreal]

Well noah is a trash human being so not really suprised.

[@comradetyrone2298]

If you listen to the names he said, "Problem X, Endingwalker, Hurricane" pretty sure he just confused French and UK players. Like Du said, he's Noah and he doesn't think before he speaks.

[@DD01880]

​@comradetyrone2298 Noah's brain cells tend to burn out much faster than his Luke. That's how good he is when it comes to being bad. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@andresgalindo1990]

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

[@rundown132]

RYU WINNING A SHORYUKEN, CAN'T MAKE THIS UP

[@servHis221]

😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@reezyrenzel439]

Paladin was definitely tearing up watching this

[@EAprima]

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

[@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.

[@chasepalumbo2929]

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

[@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

[@leandrorizzatogasparotto5259]

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

[@UnKnown-on9zg]

Xiao`s comeback was spectacular, anyway. Great match

[@jamiedeepfake2849]

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

[@reezyrenzel439]

It’s finally Ryu’s time to shine

[@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.

[@shaheralotibi5446]

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

[@ultrainstinct4766]

What a moment. And capcom buff Ryu

[@zealy1369]

Capcom did buff Ryu by nerfing everyone else's damage

[@Michel9800]

Ryu best character of all street fighter games

[@ken.7019]

ryu stocks at an all time high

[@jheymann69]

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

[@samuelbosse]

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

[@Tartealacreme]

What a final !! That's was insane !

[@Anto9117]

Ryuuu 😍

[@qT1ify]

Ryu Hype !

[@leondong1404]

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

[@shanebluesky7452]

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

[@gabriellopez-df2oq]

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

[@mrnozchalazt7199]

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

[@wynce7706]

That was EPIC!!!!

[@brettlewis2900]

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

[@awaister]

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

[@14am]

主人公感やばい

[@uedikoz]

Woooow! What a match!

[@jacksuwanpradit6992]

Damn….this is like than Panda winning TWT

[@Iam_tthompson]

What a match!!!!!

[@bluelightmoon777]

i thought this was the kusanagi from mexico lol

[@ricefield6957]

not the cheese at the end lmfao

[@June-mi9th]

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

[@That_one_guy27]

This comment right here.... Well said 💯

[@Cbas619]

SIX

[@Valpremier]

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

[@carlosdelacruz1868]

Those grabs should be banned

[@gameclips5734]

what a way to lose

[@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

[@elchugilito]

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

[@MADDSONN]

Throw loops are for scrubs 🚮

[@mikekue2167]

Just out the corner is your best option

[@leandroevil]

Ryu is just strong, this is not a miracle.

[@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

[@DD01880]

This is the worst grand final reset by Xiaohai. The arrogant and stubbornness by sticking with lame B tier Cammy. It's Bison that won him the EWC. Should've gone with Bison cause his match-up winning percentage ratio is way higher than Cammy when it comes to projectile invincibility, plus frames, high damage and neutral.

[@InTheRocks715]

B tier Cammy? Didn’t Cammy win EVO like 2 months ago?

[@DD01880]

@InTheRocks715 You literally think Cammy is on the top 10 list of meta in season 2 ???? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 This is why you scrub casual players never truly played fighting games in general. The amount of nonsense I had to read/hear from KZbin comment or any social media platforms about a character hasn't done much from season 1. A typical bronze level player rationalization. A Cammy player goes by the name Punk da Crybaby, who also got booted out from the EWC tournament during the group placing on day 1. 🤣 Does Cammy still sound like a top tier or is it that Punk just luckily to win EVO against a S tier like Rashid?

[@andros1486]

You don't seem too bright, leave figuring out the meta to players like Xiaohai ​@@DD01880

[@Valpremier]

You are 100% right. Xiaohai was dumb not using Bison

[@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!

[@nexus7joynexus7joy97]

Nice. Ryu winning for once.

[@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.