 Oh, it's looking good. They're trying to kill each other out there. Come on. Fist bump to make it official. We are going to the tournament stage. What are we talking about? Intro. I don't know. Intro? All right. Yes. I'll be quiet. Don't worry about it. Let it go. Here we go. Onaka is right, child. She's nuts. And we're stopping her. Raiden has walked your mind. All right. Here we go. Magnificent on the left and dragon on the right. And a lot of this is going to be about how to contain Jackie. No. Just like that, Nivix in immediately. I don't know if you want to contain Nivix or Jack because I think Jackie is the caged animal here. Well, she's not in the cage right now. Big whip. Here we go. Oh, that could have been so much. The geyser. Just right back in. This is upgraded Jackie. She gets the ball rolling. He's throwing these leaves out with bad intentions. He's trying to get in there and make it happen. Of course, she can sweep the sky. What a read here. Don't you get it, though? Don't you get it? It's tough. It is. It's tight timing. OK. Just chucking the stage at him. And of course, you can see that does sweep the sky. And her main way of approaching, especially from this range, is going to be through airborne approach. One leap is all it takes. Hell's wrap. OK. The call out. Wow. Where's the health lead? It's gone. Yeah, what are we looking at? A big advantage for Nivik for a while. 2%. He fakes it. 2%, though. Oh, boy. This is where he needs to be, dragon. Wow. That was a punish as well. Forward, one to keeper, and check. Round one goes to a dragon. However, finds himself cornered here. Think about how that round started out. And how well dragon battled back. Here's a chance. Big chance. It's a lot of damage with no chance for the break. Move made by dragon. Great escape. Uh-huh. And he gets out of here, of course. And Nivik's maybe feeling comfortable. Oh, the range was almost there. No whip punish, though, from dragon. The stare down. And this has come up a couple of times so far. Nivik has been willing to just stay still. The delay. Oh, from downtown. Just a cool 240. Another one. Great punish. Wow. That's a good one. I feel like that might have been able to get there. Yes. Down three, huh? And he goes right for the fail. Oh, wait a minute, David. Wait a minute. This might be it. I don't know about the scaling. 7% left. Let me see those shields. Oh, no, that's it. It's going to be enough. Yes. Wow. What is the first game by dragon? Because I really feel the way that that started out was so explosive for Nivik. He just came in there. He dealt a ton of damage almost immediately. And yet, even in that first round, dragon battled back. All right. Very early. Nivik is asking for his coach. I have no idea who his coach is. Let's see. Surely not his team manager. It's legacy of Kaiser. Nivik there. Oh, it's on Kratos. OK. Having a little chat. I don't think this is going to be about a character switch. Just to be maybe about identifying something that Nivik maybe missed or is wondering if he is missing anything. Possibly. Bear in mind, you can only call in your coach once per sets for a minute each. Didn't even need the full minutes. No. Oh, well. Again, I mean, the way that it started out was pretty positive. Yeah, absolutely. But then again, the snowball effect. It's the boulder effect going down that hill. Yeah, you can put it that way. Well, that really was a big change of things. Even though in the second round, we didn't see a lot of the boulder. The job that it did in the first round to knock down Nivik's approach, I feel like, had a big impact on how the second round went. I respected him as well. Yeah. Patience there from Dragon. Zenyatta, punish. Break confirmed. Yes. Already 250 even before that. One more defensive 12-4 Dragon here. OK. Stealing a bunch of turns right there is Dragon. Playing this character who is not just about zoning, as you can see. OK. Chance on it. Almost confirmed that David. What? But confirmed. Look at this fairy button seed. Dragon senses the moment of fact. Oh, almost backed off. He was looking for a counter hit. That standing one is such a pain in the neck for Nivik right now. Look at this. Take off so much space. And Nivik is trying to walk out of that range to maybe start things off from back there. That's exactly what Dragon read. Air to air challenge. Dragon seems ready for everything here. He does. Yeah. Footsies up close. Pressure times. The answer is he can mostly be there. Block for there. OK. Kick. He's trying to mix it up. David gets smart. It's a blow. Time is slowly becoming an issue here. 17 seconds. Oh. Oh. OK. Beautiful anti-air. Don't you ever jump on me like that. That was a really good awareness that situation hadn't come up yet. Nivik was ready for it. And he's going to start this with setting on in the corner. Round two, fight. Let's see if Dragon gets out of there. Nope, just walks. No whiff punish on the ground. It's over the whole situation. And that's going to be a punish into the full thrush. 2-1, 3. Removes the defensive meter. So even. Uh-oh. That range has been killer. Dragon's so buzzing, so much in control that he feels he can go in for a grab. How do we go again? Here we go again. Whoo. Beautiful. Oh, again. He's so ready, David. Get defensively has been so strong. A lot of walking out of Dragon. Got under a couple throws now. Vignada's whipped. Move, man. Oh, looking for a grab. Nothing came. Dragon with a life lead. And again, these individual hits in that range are really adding up. Stagger pressure from Dragon right now. You can see the kind of control that Setchion has in about that third to half screen range in front of her. Slow approach for Nivik, and no buttons on the way in. Wow. Continuous to string. Calls out the movement. That was Nivik just trying to wake up with something. Yeah, it's a grab. Even there, Dragon's getting everything right. That chip adds up on that. This has got to be frustrating. Oh. Doesn't get it this time. No. 9% left. This is almost a climb. Not going to matter anyway. Dragon, convincingly taking it, and the DualShock controller is officially disconnected. But it's only two. Well, that was only two, and it's first to be set. Best of five. Oh, it wasn't him. Oh, it might not have been him. Uh-oh. Well, talk to me about the match so far. It feels like there's just been so much control from Setchion. It's so interesting, though, because if you really think about it, how is Nivik allowing him that to do with the 9-frame mint? 4-3? So interesting to notice, isn't it? But that range where Dragon's been pressing that button is not in 4-3. Jackie 4-3 range, right? It's a little bit outside of that. That jab should be 7 frames, I'm pretty sure. Standing 1 from Setchion. If you put it that way, yeah. I mean, and he's so good with the movement currently. Seriously, yeah. Wow, he knows exactly what button to press and where to press it. Oh, wait a minute. You're actually allowed to get him twice? I guess. I assume they have things under control out there. OK, maybe the next one will make the, you know, will matter the next place. It didn't matter that much, did it? Didn't have a very big impact. So the rule is that they get one minute total and I guess that can roll between rounds. Yeah. OK, to be fair, that was no near a minute. No, the first time was just a few seconds. You're good, you're good. Here we go. And Guido's keeping his eye on things. Well, that might be about it in terms of the time he can spend. And of course, if he loses this next game, it's over anyway. Yeah, that's true. There is no more coaching from Nivik's side. I think that was a straight rematch. Oh yeah, I don't think there's going to be a switch. All right, Nivik, what do you have left in the tank here in Winner's Top 16? Let's see it. Yeah, now's the time for the adaptation. It's just, again, Dragon's been taking up such good spots. I think he's got the bitimits with all these leaves because, you know, Dragon has all the answers for it. OK. First time we've seen that. Once more in the corner, one-one pressure. Piñata. Oh, I just didn't expect a second. Too far, just see the movement action from Dragon to get right outside of it. Beautiful stuff. Nivik with no bar to break. He's just stuck. You're taking the damage. Even though it's not as much as upgrade, it can pump out, there's so much damage individually over time from such a round. Look at this, the patience. And he waited for the throw. Nothing preemptive about that time. Again, this is the range right here. This has been such a problem. For Nivik, it's been Dragon just absolutely controlling that spot. Oh, late break away as well. This might come back to haunt him. And it's well indeed, as it's going to be match point. Patience, Dragon. Again, just looking in complete control. Every aspect of the stage, Nivik has to find an answer here to this all slot. Even a little bit of back and forth from Dragon here. He's really spending a lot of time just, I mean, he's doing things that are, they are counterable and some of the strings he's using, the movement he's doing, moving around. There are these moments here just like that, where Nivik could be attacking, Dragon's hitting them so well. I mean, he's just absolutely cage jacky. We were talking about how she seems like an uncaged beast and I gotta tell you, the bars are up right now. The pad locks on. Uncaged fall for you. Okay, get something going. Nivik, make this count. Probably gonna see a teleport from Dragon at this point. Ooh, he's hit a couple. Ooh, fake. Tricky business. Now he gets to build some space. Oh, the down, down from. Downtown, the down two coming through. What's it gonna be? The dash punch, gets a throw, escape, play as Dragon. Through out of the corner, nice. Uh-oh, one, one. Ooh, close to getting around. Oh, so close. So confirmed from Dragon. Wait a minute. They're both sitting on the faddles. Time, 13 seconds. And there you go, Nivik takes it and by the way, in great positioning here is he's gonna still be maintained corner. You're nothing. Nivik is still alive here, but he needs so much more. Match three. Will there be a teleport? I think that's what Nivik is looking for right there with him backing off. Ooh, I love this. The fake, yes. Re-stand. Finally challenging all that stagger and nonsense. Yeah, again, exactly. That rains right there. That button timing is something he just didn't have before. And now he's finding some more moments. Uh-huh, first time. Yes, ground pound. Trying to press buttons afterwards. Dragon forced. Wall is blocked. Ooh. Ooh, this is gonna be a lot. Is it enough? No! Okay, okay, okay. David almost had a situation, but it's gonna be good. Nivik is on the board here. And it was really, I think, a lot influenced by him challenging at that range that we're talking about. Finally. Some down ones in there, some four threes in there at the little kick. Not letting those staggers get to him that last sequence. Pressing. When he's allowed to press, I mean, Cetron isn't plus. She's good. Like, you know, fast startup. Sure. The range and all that, but she's not plus. Right. Yeah, no, it was just an understanding by Dragon that he expected Nivik not to press buttons, and he was right. Right. But that is, as you said, it's a mix-up that Nivik can get on the other side of. We'll see if he can keep that up. But, you know, Dragon is one of the best at quickly learning and adapting. Match four here. I think Dragon's probably happy with that trade. Just get her away. No completion. Here we go, the confirm for sure. Nivik trying to just try not to lay, but very little commitment from Dragon. That's been fine. Out of there. Yes, this is that range where he needed to press buttons. He did last time. But, Dragon, understanding that, backs off just slightly. Well, he could get the whip on us. That was just gorgeous. What an understanding of Jack's range is right there from Dragon. Beautiful. And this will be chipped. That range is fine. Yes, here, definitely, and Dragon's favorite, 7% left. Just like that, Dragon, once again, on match point, big cyberleaf from Dragon. Well, I think that cyberleaf is dessert because he did a lot of the things that he needed to do there. And you can never feel too comfortable versus upgraded. That's true. There we go. That's one of the reasons. Plus, what was that? Well, I don't know, but it was lovely. Just melt it away. Hey, one, down two. Oh, Nivik's making the mix-ups work. He's still in there. Here's a chance. Oh, I can't believe it. Okay. And Nivik. Can you get it started here? No throw tech as well. Wait a minute. Binyada's blocked. Leap. Is he a leap? It's a threat. No anti-air. Out of there. In there. Jack, you're trying it out. Here's a big chance. No. No, no continuation. This is so scary. Kept it up. Nivik didn't expect it. Okay. Okay. Well, while here's Nivik. 8%. But you can't take it slightly here. If Dragon finds two more combos, it's going to be over. Chip is an issue, David. Chip is an issue. Get something up with the four and two. It's a one throw. No, he needs more. No fake to blow, David. He's going to save it. He's taking it to the clock. Look at the time. Look at the time. Nivik, wake up. It's time to go to work. Two, one. It's not over yet. Wow, David. It was time to go to work. Nivik is still alive here. Goes for the low. Only the second time in the set. Just outside of range. Yes. Whiff punish. Didn't think it was hitting, I guess. Oh, input error. Oh, no tech. It's Dragon. First little stagger in that way. Comes Nivik. Here comes Nivik. Oh, no. No Christian blow. Dragon might be flustered here. Very rare to see this kind of thing. This is all of a sudden much pressure from Dragon. He didn't take a lot of life in the first game doing this. Out of the sky. Will there be a break? Yes. Okay. This might be the last breakaway. That is plus. Advantage. The joke that we said. Okay. Nivik is where he needs to be. Oh, no. Not enough. Steps right in there. Is this going to be it? Don't drop this. Three percent. This is just. Just. Just. Just. Just. Just. Nivik stays in there. Two to two. He's got all these skin, his teeth and some situations. She's saved, I think, three match points in total. Nivik with the right mental fortitude. Wow. And look at his face. There's no appearance of being flustered there. There's somebody who looks like he's calm and. Maybe not on their faces, but in their game play there is. Yeah. That's true. Yeah. From both of these gentlemen, how can you not? No, I don't know. Final combat. $100,000 on the line. changing stuff, you better be flustered. But this will be it's final match of the set, who wants it more? Uh-huh, will he spend it now or is? Not going to go for the crush yet. Restance, escape failed. This is mercy. And there. Mm-hmm, the leap. Okay, great confirm by Dragon. Standing situation yet again. This is round one, Dragon. Ooh, it was almost. Whip punish, very nice. Can he get third time? No. Oh, beautiful spacing from Dragon. Late break away, I don't know about that. 11%. Yikes. Oh, you know, he may have thought he had defensive bar still. He did not. He did fall, spark into the hop and that's just not. Put your knee there so it's match point for Dragon. Once again, Dragon on match point. Nivik, can he clutch it out one more time? No, we're punished. And this is now starting up a little bit more Dragon, but he is more cautious than we had seen previously. And very, very light as we do stuff. Wow. Huge call out. Kick and confirm. Almost, almost. Into some damage at least. Okay, grab that. No continuation. This is falling apart. You need something big. Cloro escape coming through for Dragon. Oh, it's still doable here for Nivik. Out ranges. He's looking for that leap. He is looking for that leap. Yeah, that's definitely the name of the game right now. Dragon is being very cautious. Okay, okay. This is doable. Oh, maybe not. I don't think this is gonna kill. Oh, that is so smart. That's pretty cool. Yeah, the range as well. Okay, wait a minute. Can he get that? No. He did punish it. That was the one time. And I don't think he meant to do that interactably. He's alone with the place, David. Oh, he might just block here. He might just block. Oh, look at him. He's a little buzzing me. Make his way through. Yeah. This is not gonna matter. Look at the time. Yeah, you're absolutely right. Wait, wait, wait. Two throws, maybe three? If he finds a hit confirmed. So Dragon's definitely just gonna block everything for sure. Throws are not gonna be enough in time, and Nivik knows it. Nivik knows it. So Dragon ends up timing out to take it. Three, two, one. What a way to take it.