 This is a matchup that you know that you know both of these guys are familiar with We're both at the summit of time They both had multiple days of training with each other and others who use very similar characters It doesn't gonna come down to whoever executes the best and you know in this matchup It's gonna be a lot of I think scarred going to foxy here. I think so Jackie says his kids you were scared of me You randomly attack us with arm bars and you learned to always be ready Here we go ladies and gentlemen first round foxy grandpa versus scar and this is exactly the matchup I was talking about scar gonna get on the offensive I think in this matchup because of that low shot of Cassie cage That's gonna go underneath the ring of Sonya doesn't need to be careful of the crushing blow But only gets it once per match. Yeah, he's got to you because she typically would have strong rings strong projectile games Sonya, but in this match because you already see it's not solo case Oh my god jumping over not quite a conversion and out of there foxy grandpa wants none of that Guess the space thing in one of the best antires in the game in the back three instead scar get catching the combo No break away for function grandpa. He never been in this damage goes with a restan instead Confirm that not bothering to break going to the restan himself is swinging with with that one one Gonna close things out. No break away from scar He's got to feel confident in the second round not coming up the defensive bar wanting to save it. Exactly. Yeah That was the decision. He might have died anyway from from an uppercut didn't come up foxy looked great right there That's exactly the game plan he wants. He wants to zoning him. Okay. Maybe he wants pressure to that comes off of it Checking the throw these you're gonna see a lot of tech throws in this hot Made the best in the world of breaking a mix-up that is a throw are these have mortal combat players and the full screen We go trying to call in the drone coming in hot not spaced out perfectly though by scar He's got to find his way in on these little shots of Cassie and the aerial It's one of the best antires right there amazing button That's the Cassie game plan make make you come to her and always have an answer Whether it's on the ground or whether it's through the air and a foxy grandpa strikes first It's already over that first game. I blinked Fox grandpa looks absolutely unperturbed everything went well for him right there the neutral game the zoning the pressure Rooked out very well to the little mix-ups in there to the extent that he needed them They were all good. That was such a blow-up. I wonder if he's gonna stick with Sonia He's clearly pontificating He's definitely thinking about making the possible switch to score beam that is his backup Especially against characters that he finds is a struggle to get in on you know has these annoying projectiles But he's gonna bet it all on mama blade right here in game number two Yeah, I think this is the better call. It's just that his game plan didn't quite work out Fox is one of the best at dealing with it. Listen, Sonia only needs to make one or two good reads on the way in to really Well, there'd be a break okay finally it comes probably intending to try to find something there, but no Restan again and that's the second time and that kind of covers Almost always is them try to take a throw as well getting up one one out They couch that and then they have an active mid coming really quick So I want to start grandpa right here completely in control Oh my goodness, this has been I mean coming in this I said it was gonna be a star going to Fox Yeah, that's what he wants and even if that is the only way to get that's the only way to play the matchup He is punishing you for it jumping at him back three She coming in grounded look at these advancing meds that are stopping me Saving the break away again. Oh Breakaway again from star. I mean his life is dwindling. You need to come up to the breakaway Now you put yourself on like oh my goodness unbreakable right there. Foxy grab a still pressuring Oh, he didn't meet her for the safety. He did have the bar and now he's sitting with no break away Disrespect are you kidding me? What a read from foxy grandpa championship caliber decision-making right now Here from the UK and looking so strong to start out the top eight threatening to make his way into winners finals Just like that what a scar gonna do it doesn't look like Sonya is quite gonna cut it If he goes to scorpion takes away the zoning and he can't get his face much easier with the teleport cancel He can at least close the gap. That's the idea But like I said, I thought with box grandpa before the start He thought that if there is a scorpion that this is gonna be even easier than if it was the Sonya He felt very confident at dealing with the teleport or the teleport cancel We'll see how things unfold right now scar a different caliber scorpion then a lot of people might be used to going back to the character Select I wonder if scar might be thinking differently. We'll see Scorpion I see where we're going. Okay. We go combo breaker about to be in the background as well To oh foxy grandpa. What can scar do right now? This has been four straight rounds of utter dominance Blow up so far to be honest But now he switched things up. It's the new character. Okay, it's not quite there This is what he wants when he wants that mobility to get around her zoning He wants to be able to get in he wants to enforce some of his mix ups, but he can also play this lame game He's not zoning. He's not dealing damage, but he's playing a lame game And like I said foxy part of why he felt so competent is that when it comes to playing lame Is there anybody better than foxy grandpa at that? I mean this is this has been his play style going back generations of Mortal Kombat of injustice He loves to play nice and slow He does a fresh rate you and this is gonna be a change up from Scarice scorpion does not care what your game plan is No, he's gonna execute the one of his own. He's got his own. Yeah, it's absolutely right There is no stopping scorpion from playing from doing what scorpion wants to do here You got the teleport the teleport cancels. You've got the full-screen spear not gonna go punished But the low gunshot is gonna be the check here from foxy And by the way great strings if you need some great question blows if you need some phenomenal stagger games Scorpion have not really mix up heavy but stagger heavy that could open up with the crushing blows Always a threat like that almost unreactable And that was he was looking for a break nothing came Now I want to commit to spear foxy now needs traffic. Oh, there's fear after all did have the bar didn't come off Yes, of course Wow wake up up free by star completely invincible of the two wake-up options that are attacks and star is on the board It's better to switch the scorpion again. Just changing up the pace of the match that foxy already set the tone And we're definitely all susceptible to that right there what's the guess gonna be amplified or not and not even broken away Just fell out of the combo right there It's not a situation where you need to guess you can OS between the two and foxy was telling you that he knows You can do it. He felt confident at that like I said I am loving that I'm seeing short hops late in this bracket just to try to bait movement Just like we see flip stance utilized in mortal back games and other things It's all about trying to bait movement that short hop also gonna go over low shot I think scars trying to play some kind of crazy game right here's a chance on the whip punish There's no breakaway available Stealing the damage what's for breakfast here? Oh What the high and foxy grandpa he best in the world at purposefully neutral duck PND grandpa I'm having a little bit of stagger no answer here Those little bits of damage on the side my goodness looking for the RKO with the overhead not happy about the confirm It's a little low. That's what he's looking for and with the down to no crushing blow though Okay, just sway it and foxy grandpa moves to match point for so scar is looking better, but it may not be enough Stanley I'm on the other side of the screen. What? Full screen anti-air gunshot, you know foxy is just smiling right there It's kind of a risk to take to it any moment that could happen He can be in your face so right there He's looking to try to bait out foxy going for the anti-air and that's what the teleport does with almost any teleport character We're gonna see set John here in a little bit That's right same exact mind game smart stuff out of both of these players foxy not taking the bait and nothing scar Maybe even caught that and walking into a whip punish from foxy grandpa with the reset What's gonna be the mix try to disrespect the star so get the whip punish comes foxy grandpa's looking perfect right now There's no more breakaway meter if you get spot. He's in big trouble Escape failed, you know, that's the danger words right there again. Scorpion other characters with crushing blows on their throes Scorpion one of the few that his crushing blow throw does do damage over time And it could just put you in a pressure situation that is crotchable at the end But you never know if the up kick is gonna come as the mid and that's the mix-up of cascades pressure and just swinging out There was no pick up the up three was gonna use this it's done Nothing but blocks so far. That's all the meter though. Here we go. There is breakaway. Yes, it comes. Oh Yeah, you need to take that he did that would have been a bit crushing blood depending on the direction No pick up off that is this gonna be a good breakaway out of foxy is it gonna be enough how do you change? Seconds remaining taking game number three we got ourselves a match The unflappable scar Look at his face it says if nothing happened and they're back in. Oh My goodness Ready start with a knockdown and stand away That's the threat sometimes you do have to bring it out to make sure that you point and recognizes There is a threat. He's been caught here every single time finally. He was patient and the grab comes The stagger full tech from scar here trying to make this approach Look at this mobility walk it in and then walk it into the range of a normal back dashing out of it Looking for the with punish. That's what all these little micro movements are and that has been nothing But a mind game between both of these players that teleport or teleport cancel from scar here Okay, I got some damage there with that uppercut now We see these characters do a breakaway when they follow the combos They are armored and you want to get the maximum damage in the armors possible That's what I do is for look at the damage leading right now is foxy We're gonna do it. That was all you needed your guts are pouring out. That was enough Right lovely Be a restand. All right, what's the mix-up right here? And he has done that three or four times scar finally make it a pay for that So I don't follow up. It wasn't quite there. So don't throw a high at me either What's the mind game gonna be? That's patient both players scar is all about playing that playing that poke poke strike game in his pressure with scorpion We saw it all throughout the tournament when he does go to the scared. Oh Oh, no, oh what's with that? No punish big opportunity a big opportunity there as well and there Oh, it's a little scrambling could have come off the bar. There was no breakaway The instant kill brutal we saw it in top 16 we see it in top eight right here I don't care if you have there was nothing you could do about that If you have less life than the throat deals in damage you are out of there Hot-toe brutality right there so smart and possibly calculated thereby scar Different game David the scorpion just a change up a pace is exactly what scar needed Yeah, I'll say he was sick and tired of the grind the hustle of trying to get to Cassie cage with Sonja He said you know what I'm coming in regardless just get on the other side of the screen. No, it's fine Float right through with the scorpion teleport and that's really been the game changer Boxing grandpa like I said, he sounded like he was confident of dealing with this But so far by the way, it's not just been teleport but that's been a big part in opening foxy up Absolutely the increased mobility, you know always having that threat means he can kind of walk the screen a little more than he You know, it's not just not mindless, but a smart zoning from Foxy grandpa that he could just gunshot all day long against Cassie cage not the same here against scorpion Yeah, that strategy has to be different between the characters here give him a few guys. They are looking at the console To games a piece. This is the first match of top. I know what I'm 11, baby Yeah, it's already been good I've already loved to see you the comeback the difference in decisions that we've seen out of scar has already looked great And you can see Foxy's face up there. He needs to you need to figure something out You know, he's it's it's not a runaway. It's not a runaway for sure by scar But he does need a little bit more something else to make happen here dealing with the teleports It's not been as easy as you had hoped for dealing with the throw game from scorpion the pestering from scorpion It's not been as easy as you might have thought Yeah, absolutely when once he's gotten in your face scar looks so comfortable in the pressure of scorpion that I don't really see out of other Scorpion players He kind of has his own unique play style of pressure a lot of mix up between either and it's kind of crazy You know who down three down three. Yeah, stand one down three down three throw. It's not wild stuff down three throw He's not going crazy down three stand one and He mixes it up so well in that scorpion pressure and it looks like Foxy just hasn't made the adjustment It's not ready to be dealing with something that's in his face rather than making me having the space to play with I think that that's what's been the key for scar here. That sounds right to me in his face We're following the action live right now But of course you can follow the action anytime if you follow at NRS eSports on Twitter That's a great hub to find out exactly what's going on with the competitive Mortal Kombat scene Whether there's a tournament going on or anything else follow actually throughout the entire year The pro competition is going an awful long time a lot of events check them out They go there have done an amazing job of covering come a breaker here with highlights from the crowd from the players There's from everyone they have been covering everything and they're gonna give them a massive shout-outs the guys over there NRS eSports for showcasing what this entire scene is all about. Mm-hmm. Exactly right. Yeah, shout-outs to them Thanks a lot for joining us again. This is the first match of combo breaker 2019 top eight for Mortal Kombat 11 now We've seen the switch from scar from Sonya to scorpion. You mentioned it's not just Cassie for Foxy grandpa Does he have the cojones to make the possible switch to Kung Lao speaking of the Mortal Kombat community the entire FGC look at these guys behind us You guys have a great time out there That's like there a great look at the crowd here at combo breaker, which has been packed the entire weekend and continues to be By all the various halls of combo breaker I've had a blast so far the entire time been one of my favorite weekends This is always one of my favorite weekends of the year But I think this time in particular has been one of the best for me Actually record-breaking attendance so many people here Mortal Kombat on the spotlight by the way Getting this prime of position here on Sunday night most entrants ever at combo breaker You guys are incredible every single one of you that has entered every single one of you that has watched I want to have a person I want to say a personal. Thank you teaching every single one of you Sounds like they're back into you character select checking the buttons there on stage on the select screen rather So I heard scorpion and I heard Cassie cage there may not be a switch here after all he said I mean I wouldn't expect to see the Kung Lao here It's obviously one of his favorite characters and he thinks that the characters underrated as well But you know Cassie is doing a lot of work here even in a couple losses Yeah, when you only have one game left, okay, that's right. It's not just the tournament stage folks Give it up. We are not just watching here at combo breaker 2019. We are playing on combo breaker stage. Let's go First blood going to scar here with the telephone to throw and just a raw spear get over here What a start from scar that rest did not seem to put him off his game at all He's right back to doing what he wants to do Foxy trying to chase But what does it mean to chase the scorpion to the corner? He can reverse the position just like that and you saw how many times he teleport canceled into a down three this Time actually going for the apple string look at the catch box you pressing buttons, okay? That wasn't a lot of damage, but I'm impressed at the keep up. I like it Wake up throw scar recognizing the whiff of the entire string in recovery was Cassie there back to full screen We go and this is a full screen footsie game that we got teleport no teleport gunshots beer What's it gonna be that little nat just fluttering on the left side of the stage right there at any time? You can be back in your face. There he is. Oh and no punish. Oh my goodness and Foxy grab on one of the best at punishing those You better be looking for those shields yep I'm seeing the shields and I'm seeing the skulls They're both there the battle it's what the hell remaining Didn't want to take any risks at all. He's away. Oh my goodness And how are you kidding me? That was a counter hit he tried to punish too early That's match point just like that for scar who's won two and a half games in a row After four straight rounds losing And a change of a character this is this is what it's all about Full screen get over here into the corner good position try to oaky with the throw beautiful wake up jump by Foxy That is a phenomenal read the first position And he's got the corner control and oh there you go newer. He was it wasn't much damage though There wasn't a breakaway. No hit confirmed by Foxy off the end of the corner and now scar Scar harassing. Oh my goodness. So help in the pressure. Oh, it's the leap attack That's it for about a foxy first positions. Absolutely not just keep you from re-standing with the check He's still in big time trouble here One hundred damage is scar gonna pull us off dude. Are we going to this is for foxy only a hundred health It's gonna tell no breakaway from foxy any handout is gonna be it and it's gonna be scar three to two