 With the pressure trying to make something work. Kumbala has to try to poke, try to get some poke and gets hit. All right, this should be some combo. Oh, that should have been a punish there. That could have been a punish. He has to be careful. He has to play safe against Baraka. All right. Getting in for the throw. All right, how does he set up off of the throw? All right, come see what the Kumbala goes on. Looking in, looking for some projectile damage. Definitely trying to make something work here for himself because Baraka is definitely- Oh, no. Oh, no. Okay, not too bad. All right. I tell you, Baraka just wants one good hit. Yep, there it is. There it is. That's the kind of hit he wants. That's what he wants. Oh my goodness. I mean, might as well. Oh, but it still doesn't change anything. It doesn't change the outcome at all. Because Alimaru now has two wins. So the question is, does Ratio stick with that Changseng pick? Let's find out. I mean, the crowd, they say he has a lot of characters, so let's see what's going to happen. He's probably going to Yvonne for some answers, but let's see what advice Yvonne may give to Ratio to try to change his telephone. See, if I was where Yvonne, the advice would be win. Might be too late for that, but let's see what happens. Oh, we're going back to Rako. We're going back to Rako. We're going back to Rako. I don't know if he has some secret take from Iba that may help him in this matchup. It's the secret sauce. Alright, let's see what's going to happen. Oh, that's quite... That's a polish. That's a polish. What an opener. Oh, Serena. It should be big damage. Oh, yep. There's the compression. Alright, slides. Yep. Oh my God. With the meter drain. Yes. What a start from Ratio. Oh, my God. This is a different ratio. If I threaten him... Wait. Alimaru is not out of it just yet. Could this be the comeback? Baraka can definitely pull it off. What does Ratio do here? Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. This could be incredibly dangerous. It's not going to kill because of this killing, but... But I mean, he's in kill range. He's definitely in kill range. Just a little bit of chip. He's in kill range. Oh. Alimaru is showing some frustration after that one. Yeah. No, there's no more fatal go for Alimaru for the rest of the match. Alright, Serena. Oh, just having to deal with the projectiles. I think he's trying to zone him out, trying to keep it out, because Baraka up close is very dangerous. That is true, but for some of Reiko's most damaging attacks, he also wants to be up close. Yes, that's definitely true. I think he's trying to go for the projectile game, but definitely not working out very much. Baraka finds his way again, trying to get some damage going. Great work to deal with all of that pressure. Here goes Celina now with the projectile. Oh, nice. Brain buster there. But, I mean... That would be the comeback of the Sentry though. Tasty. Oh, he goes low. And it's going to be Ratio taking that one, so now it's two-two. Guys, Ratio is on the board, trying to make a statement here for himself. He's definitely going to be bullied by the Baraka people. Alright, so, Reiko. Do you think Alimaru is worried right now? I think Alimaru is very worried. Oh, big win against the Hit. Baraka comes in with the pressure. Both players on set points at this point, so they're being very careful. Going in with the kick. Nice blocks from Alimaru. Alright. Oh my God, there is so much, but gets the jump in. This should be some excellent damage. We take it to the skies now, and we roll 48%. I think he's dead. He's dead. Oh, he's not dead. He's now dead. Alright, so Alimaru in a better position to take this match. He does get two chances to do it. I mean, he is in the life lead at the moment. Oh, the command grab. And another grab. Get out of the air. Alright, he does manage to open him up. Should be doing a good amount of damage here. 30%, we love that. No, he's in kill range for Baraka. He is in kill range. No, decides to keep it. Decides to keep it on neck. Baraka does have a chance here. I've taken him and sent Alimaru into losses. Let's see what happens here. Oh, nice overhead there. Oh, Baraka's brain definitely rattling in his skull right now. Tried to go armored, not going to work out. Nice grab. Oh, the command grab. That is true. And we're pretty much uneven footing now. Oh, this is it. This is it. This could kill. What does Alimaru do? Very impressive from Ratio. I mean, Alimaru came on top. You know, it's just a complete turn. You know, it's a very good adaptation to go back to the right conflict. And action worked on for Ratio. Yeah, like it's... Because boy, after that chance so much, this is not the way I thought it was going. Because that chance so much was a complete blowout. Alright, so we see Butcher returning. I mean, that was a very close match. Yeah, because he came down to the wire. Last round, last everything. Butcher ratio making the better decisions at the end. I believe it looks like we're going to have Clive versus Butcher. Alright, so we're going back on the loser's side. So unfortunately, any one of these players who loses is going to be out of the tournament. Out of the tournament. And now we know our top six. We're back to loser. We have Butcher versus Clive. Let's see how this is going to work out. We know Stranger a bit too. I can definitely say Clive is going to have a challenge on his hands. But Butcher is definitely a very strong contender. So Clive is going to have his work cut off for him. Definitely, knowing these two personally. And of course Clive was with the Johnny Cage pick. And Butcher does have a Johnny Cage for himself. So he definitely knows Johnny Cage himself. Butcher seems to have a couple of characters. Just like ratio, Butcher does play quite a few. Oh, ratio also plays. You see, I thought the Shang Tsung thing was just a joke. I mean, playing Shang Tsung, you have to be able to play a multiple of characters because of the shave shifting that Shang Tsung can do. See, me personally, I just never shave shit. So Clive is going back to Johnny Cage. Sonia being a cameo only is a crime. Oh, oh, wait. Darius. Well, let's see what they do. Oh, they are button checking. They are button checking. Place calculation. What in the name of Gore is in the background? I don't know. Let's see. Not expect anything in the background. Alright, so we get to the stage. Alright. Alright, Johnny Cage styling in. If I dare it, I dare it. That's how I interpret that. Alright, and we begin on the projectile note. Nice block there by Clive. Oh, oh my God. And the command grab look at the damage. Yeah, I mean, he's just been getting beat. The projectile game is especially hard for Johnny Cage. Of course, Kung Lao, his only option of a long range battle. But here comes Clive us now. Is it too late though? Good work from Butcher. Oh, command grab again. Oh, he misses the punish, gets punished on his own. I mean, you deserve to get punished by missing that one. Yeah, you deserve that punish. Not much of anything there. Good work, Clive us. Yeah, the carry on that is incredible. Now you have to guess here. Never mind. Oh, nice work Clive us. Calling in the cameo and getting the last touch. Come see what they made against the head. More projectiles. What's the shuriken? Yes. Alright. That's why I said bro thinks he's from Naruto. Yes, yes. Shuriken. Alright. He's going hard with the projectile. Come here. Yes, sir. It's punched in the face. Oh, right. He's not using Serena. Oh my God. Oh no, you're getting punished for that my boy. And another one. Clive was getting a bit of coaching from Dofus there. Alright, so we go into the next match. Hold on. Why does Reiko have more health? Okay, alright. So depending on the cameo that you choose, you can either gain health or lose health. That is wild. Because apparently some cameos are stronger than some others. So that is why, you know. Me personally, I'd refund the game. Nice overhead there coming from. Oh. Alright, nice break. Clive was definitely having some work to do here. Oh, he has to jump in. He has to make these things work. Bucha with the blocks on deck. Oh, you're getting punished. Very good back dash there. Into the punish. Nice. 28%. Respectable. No for the corner pressure. Oh no. You just put yourself into that one. I saw the shuriken coming from half a tree. Oh, get off me. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Come here. Capitalized on that one pretty well. You don't want to be too far from Reiko when you're Johnny Cage. Nice back dash. Clive also is trying to get in a bit of pressure there. But Bucha was just too good with the blocks. Side switch. Oh, he called out that whiff. You love to see that. And now we're taking an all expense paid trip back to the corner. Damn. With the grab. Oh, this should be it. Very good breaker. He has to break. That could have been dead. Alright, fatal blow on both sides. Oh, nice. Oh, this should be it. Oh, he didn't. That is unfortunate. That is rough. That is definitely rough. I think you probably should have went into fatal blow. He did have fatal blow, right? He did. They both had fatal blow on them. They did. Alright, so we're going back to character select. Bucha is on set point at the moment. Clive is the one that's going to have to adjust. What kind of adjustment can Clive make to come back here? He's going to have to make an adjustment. It seems like the only place Johnny Cage is sticking with is Johnny Cage. It's definitely not a bad idea. Johnny Cage is definitely a good character. He just needs to make some changes to his gameplay to, you know, to take the set away from Bucha. Alright, so we'll take it to the same, that change up stage here, just to get that same change up scenery to see how basically, you know, take on this matchup. Oh, okay, and there we go already. Strong start. Alright, let's go. But Clive is making a case of his own 33%. He jumps out of the heart to block above. He gets hit with the min, comes through the pressure. More pressure against the grab, takes the grab. Nice. And those throw breaks are pretty important. Nice jump in there, calling in the cameo. Oh, but here comes Bucha. Bunch of the face. Alright, low there. And he saw the shurikens coming as soon as that, that distance comes into play. To the corner we go. Is this enough to kill him? No, definitely not. Oh my goodness. Clive was just needing to land one. And the conglow comes in with that. Alright, Johnny Cage's tiling. Don't want, don't want. Very good reaction here coming from Bucha. Yeah, Bucha definitely has those throw breaks on deck. Yeah, definitely ready for that. Oh, that wasn't going to happen though. Nice low there coming from Bucha. Oh, nice command grab. And here comes the shuriken. Again, another command grab. Oh, against the conversion, he has to break that. Await the teleport. Oh, come here. Oh my God. I think Johnny Cage has taken enough hugs for one day. Clive has been a bit too risky right now. Yeah, and he's getting the hands put on him for it. Yeah, he's definitely going to be risky. The teleport that grabs, you know, he has to be careful. As he clives, he's smiling, me personally. I don't think he has anything to smile about. Alright, against the grab. Nice grab there. Those grabs aren't stocking up. So, with some both sides, it's just a question of who manages to land the first hit. Oh, that's a punish. Yep, doesn't land the command grab there. He's not got much more than that. Oh, oh. With the big boot. He tries to jump out, gets another grab. That's a conversion there. Excellent conversion. Yeah, so I don't seem coming back from this one. Yeah. You wrecked up the man before him. Yeah, Butcher doing an excellent job. So, Clive has unfortunately had his journey cut short here, as Butcher takes that one. Oh, so Alimaru and Mighty Shell. It's Imaru. Going to play another Losers match. And Mighty Shell, a name that I'm familiar with from the Street Fighter community. Yeah, it's Mighty Shell. Always using Chum Lee. And always on his fight stick. Is he on his fight stick here? What? Mighty Shell with a controller? What is happening? I don't understand. Oh. Alright, so Alimaru, definitely making a name so far. His Baraka is no joke. My guy knows how to get in. My guy knows how to do damage. And it's only Baraka. Baraka is all he needs to make it so far in the tournament. Yeah, Baraka. I mean, he's really showing how strong Baraka can be. Mighty Shell, not sure which character to expect from him. I think Mighty Shell knows the blind one. The blind man? If I cannot believe Big Big Kenshi, you're going to address as the blind man. What's at this respect? He's not blind. No, no, no, no. That is like saying, that is like referring to Lu Kang as the Chinese youth. Disrespectful! Oh, referring to Sub-Zero as the blue ninja. Oh my God. Listen, Kenshi a big big... Well, I should say Kenshi. We should expect the Kenshi to be coming from Mighty Shell here. So it's definitely Mighty Shell versus Kenshi. Yo, Kenshi is on possessed variation in MKXO's R5. Yeah, definitely, definitely. He's pretty strong in this game as well. You know, he's definitely one of the top big characters in the game. My guy uses a sword and telekinesis. He's going to be strong in any Mortal Kombat game. I feel like Netherreal made him blind because they had to nerf him. Like, if Kenshi could see, it would just be him alone versus Kronika in the last game. Alright, so button checks here. One of the more aggressive button checks. Well, Syrox actually got a bit of rest for once, which is very impressive. Which is rare. Rare. Alimaru trying to go in to open up Mighty Shell. Mighty Shell content just blocking for now. Yeah! Not as much damage as he could have gotten there. I was wondering if Mighty Shell realized that he had to attack to win, but it seems he does realize. A trade. He's definitely in kill range. He's going to break out at that one. Excellent job! I don't know what he's going to do much though, because his life is kind of a problem here. Definitely a bit of a life alert. Trying to make something happen. And with quite a few attacks. Trying to make some spacing. I don't know, I feel like I'm going to have to see a stronger showing from Mighty Shell if you want to stand up to Alimaru. Don't worry, he's just warming up. Excellent break there. Trying to use the projectile game to his advantage. Yeah, but the question is, where does it put him? It does put him less than Mighty Shell. Right! So Mighty Shell can just time this out. Why did he jump? He timed him! He timed him! Yes, that was a definite decision there too. Oh my God! If this ghosting was a person. Alright, so Alimaru you have to think, does not want that happening ever again. Yes, Alimaru on the offensive right now. 50% of his life is gone. Yeah, you should be seeing those aggressive Baraka players coming out. I don't think he liked that last thing that happened. I don't think he liked what just happened. I mean, to be fair, that was a long match. What in the name of Doppinoe Hoover Freighton is happening right here? Alright, so this is Sento. He's a spirit of Kenshi where he can summon him. But he has to be careful how he summons him. Because it's quite a long start. Oh, okay. That is Sento guys. So it's two versus one. That this now is not right. This is a violation. This is a violation. No, no, no, no, no. You get one cameo mighty shell. Stop it, you get one cameo. I guess he's not scared. We're just going to allow him to use himself as a cameo. What kind of behavior is this? No, no, no, no. This is a three on two, you know? This is a three on two. That ain't right. He's not scared of the challenges. I mean Alemaru is going in. He's going in just as in what's happening. You have to look out for the throw because he's been blocking for quite some time. Alemaru just content with sticking back. Kenshi is such a complex character. Alemaru trying to open him, getting hit back for his efforts. I hear somebody say I like to push. I mean, to be fair, that's exactly what's happening. I mean, we saw the shuriken. We saw the shuriken earlier for a break up. I've never seen the push. Yes. And the shadow clone Jutsu that Kenshi keeps doing. Kenshi is doing. So these matches are definitely along the longest. Look at this nonsense. Look at the time. I look at this. Oh, no, no, no. That's not okay. All right, Alemaru just said no. Enough is enough. Bringing Cyrax into it. He's sticking with the offensive. Nice break. But with time. He's going to do the same thing. I will not finish that. Alemaru pulling a mighty shell and mighty shell. I love to see it. Very, very good match. Coming from mighty shell and Alemaru. Making a name for himself, guys. So those of you who don't know who Alemaru is. I think you do now. Oh, no. Oh, no, you see those camels? Yeah. You see these camels. Cyrax all day every day. And twice on Sundays. And twice on Sundays. All right, we are in it. Let's see if this is going to be... I mean, if Alemaru gets his way, the matches will be short. This is nonsense. Decided to grab the center coming for the attack. Bro has two camels. No, this is... What kind of business? NRS Games. No NRS. I agree on that. I agree on that. All right, Alemaru now. We haven't... And just to show you how carefully he has to be with Kenshi. Like, he's been doing that to other players all day. And this is the first time we're seeing that combo. Mighty Shell's defense to his credit is out of this world. Give me that neck. Oh, love that. Mighty Shell not knowing what hit him there. Alemaru taking that one. All right, Alemaru is one round up. Remember, he has already won one match. And this is a loser's side match. So whoever loses is going to be out of the tournament for today. Look at the movement from Mighty Shell. Ned coming out from Cyrax. But now it's all about the close-up. Ooh, quick break there. You love to see it. Oh, this could be some big damage. Look at Baraka. We're going to at least 40%. Yep, 40%. Love to see it. Here we go again. Oh, Mighty Shell not looking so mighty today. Alemaru has him in the car. Oh, no, he breaks. Somehow I feel like Alemaru says he needs to for the exact right time. You know, whenever he gets the hit, he always breaks at the right exact time. Yeah, they're right exact time. All right, so... Let's go two up. So, yep, that is Alemaru going two up. Listen, this man came here today and he is playing his heart out. Definitely. The score is 2-0. Mighty Shell definitely needs to make something happen here. Yep, Alemaru on set points. Hmm, that next though. You can't give him any chance. All right, 21%. 21%. True. And to the corner, we go look at the damage. Yes, tasty. This is almost a flawless victory. No, no, almost. This is a flawless victory. It was, yes. There were no flaws. There were no flaws. Oh, yes, that next though. Mighty Shell is going to need to start breaking some of those throws. Because I think Alemaru realizes how much blocking he does. Yes, so he definitely tries to drop it. If you're going to consistently block then you're going to get consistently thrown. And as we talk about throws, there goes another one coming from Mighty Shell this time. And the duck is here. Oh, no. You can actually hit the duck in the center. Right. Look at this nonsense. And this is where Kenshi is at. Is most nonsensical. Okay, look at the movement from Mighty Shell. What is this? He's looking like an actual halo glitch. Trying to use the projectiles there. Something happened. Baraka coming in with the chip. Here comes Cyrax. I'll try to go overhead. Nice work there by Mighty Shell. Brings in Cyrax with the net. Oh, jumps over. Almost gets a whiff. Yes. Time is up the essence, guys. Into conversion. Oh, does that hit? No, he blocked it. Six, five, four, three, two, one, time. It is going to be Alimaru taking that one from Mighty Shell. But the real winner here is the clock. I bet there was more time. Mighty Shell, he only needed more time to make the adjustment. If there was more time, he probably could have turned this around. I think we're down to like our top four now. Yes, we are. We're down to our top four. Mighty Shell is out on the track, guys. So how are we feeling about action? It was crazy, crazy, crazy. We've definitely seen some really good misplay here from all the competing players. They expect, definitely expect great things in the finals as well. So we're just looking forward to that. Just looking forward to that in lead. Players like Ivan coming out and just completely showing out Alimaru as well. Butcher, some very, very, very good players. Butcher is still in it. He's in blue zone, but I think Butcher will be able to make a comeback. I think he'll see Butcher in the finals if it's not even. Oh, we're calling Butcher in the finals? Yes, definitely calling Butcher in the finals. Okay, alright. I have a last fainting Butcher. I have a last fainting Butcher. Oh, yeah. That's not a name that I didn't call. Ratio. Ratio is definitely in the top four as well. But let's see what happens. I mean, anything is possible. So, you know, we'll see what's going to happen. It's never over until it's over. Until it's over. Shout out again to KDesign for the impressive gift baskets that will be given to the players coming first, second, and third. We thank you also to Red Bull for keeping us energized. I think I have about six wings by now. I don't know, something like that. Players here playing for a 30K pool and also the top three will be getting t-shirts and medals. I may or may not be stealing one of those t-shirts from them. But I cannot confirm this on video as I may be taking away to a police station and I'm not looking for that kind of thing today. Yeah, yeah. One more moment, guys, while we get into our next match. Definitely an impressive show here, guys. Definitely good plays, good execution, good players, very competitive here at Fusion Core. Yeah, so now we get serious. Because now we're going winners, final, losers, final. Yes. We're going down to the best of the best to get those settings corrected. High octane gameplay here. Fusion Core gaming lounge, mandible plaza, third floor. Get some exercise, come up to the top. The stairs actually weren't bad. No, the stairs aren't bad. This is coming from somebody who is really using legs in a gym like up to three o'clock this morning. Yeah. The stairs actually were not bad. I also again want to give a big up to everybody from the production team here. Yes. Making it happen, everything that you're seeing on the screen, you know, the tournament organizers, the live audience. Yes, yes. Those of you watching us here on Twitch, as well as those of us who are coming in from the YouTube side of things, you guys are awesome and this is the kind of action that you will see at the level as we try to expand the field of esports in Jamaica and totally you can be a part of it and remember, if you have the skill, come in, test the metal against some of these players but even if you're not necessarily interested in being a player, there are ton of careers in esports. You see me here? Well, well, well, well, well, to be fair, I'm doing it the same boat because Yolo Stars is a player as well but you see him showing that he has the talent to be a shortcaster as well. Me, I'm a one trick pony. I appreciate it. I will take the compliment. I am a one trick pony and I have no problem with that. But yeah, shortcasters, tournament organizers, there are so many different careers in esports. Definitely many different. It doesn't have to be a competitive player. This is a very good thing you can do. All right, so this is our winner's finals. So we're going to have a bad versus ratio which is wow. This is a game. I expect a very good match between these two. I guess we're going straight into it with round one here. This is a button check. This has to be a button check. There is no way he didn't capitalize on that. This is a button check. An aggressive button check, but a button check always right. I'm just saying. All right, so Evad on Raiden and ratio on Baraka to high damage characters, nice overhead there by Evad. It wasn't to the special moves. We've seen that a ton of times here in the tournament. I think by now we know the combos that we're going to be seeing out of these characters. But it is that way because they work. Yeah, because they work definitely. Projectile game here on both sides of the fence. Both players being careful but also being offensive at the same time if I'm definitely taking more damage so far. It's been with a low option. Guys tries to pull up jump. Tries to do the overhead but in rest. I mean that was a good break because he was about to run away with that one. Yeah, he was definitely going to eat some big damage on that one. All right, both players trying to get something going. Raiden with the superman going over to the next side of the screen. You. Changing a projectile. Trying to get the first hit, trying to get some hit going. All right, here goes Evad now. Stay tall below. I think he's definitely going to have the life lead but I don't think it's going to kill. Yeah, no, this doesn't kill. This definitely doesn't kill. But it definitely has the life lead and there's 25 seconds on the clock. We were both wrong. We were both wrong. That man is dead. Definitely dead. All right, so it is going to be Evad taking the first round off of ratio. Good work by him. Two pretty high damage characters. Where was the rest of that punish? Where was the rest of the combo? That is unfortunate. Oh, yeah. Nice speaker. Oh, no. He said no. Not that. Are you running out? Comes in with the superman or the overhead gets hit. Not blocking. They don't have the meter to extend. Get some punish on his own. All right, this should be quick. Trying to even up the health bars now. Do you know what Baraka can do? 41% there. Yeah, he definitely has made things at least more even than they were before. I mean, either one of these characters just can kill with a single interaction, right? Oh, but it's Baraka. Going to fall. Nice work there by Evad. So he has won on the board. Rational. Rational. Answering strongly coming out at the gate strong for the second round. Rational definitely needs to make something happen because I think the winner is guaranteed cash prize, right? It's guaranteed some cash or something. So it's the top three. Yes, so the winner of this match will be guaranteed something. Yes, yes, yes, you're right. Because that person goes to the grand final. But then again, I think by default both these players will be guaranteed something. Right, right. Because the next person just goes to whoever loses, just goes to loser's final. All right, trying to get something up and get into the overhead. All right. A little bit of a chip damage here trying to even up the light health bars. I mean, it's looking pretty even now. Nice work there to dodge that. Next. Yep. Yep. No, you don't have to hear for that. 30% there. Wax on, wax off. Jumping in. Going for the low, going for the low. Protect your toes, Baraka. Oh, look at ratio. Beautiful work there. All right. Oh, here we go. Oh, no. That's an unfortunate drop. Yes, definitely. All right. If that has a tall task not saying he can't do it but this is a tall task and this is an excellent way to start. Does he fatal blow? He doesn't. The task just got easier. One more combo and he will be able to finish. Whoa! That could have been dangerous. Into the special. That with grab could have been dangerous. All right. So it's one win a piece. Yep. If you play stupid games you're going to win stupid prizes. Oh, that sounds good. Look at that. I think Baraka is going to make up for it. Yes, he is about to. No. They remind. Breaking out of that. I completely agree. Nice option to go with the low. Okay. Loving that. Sometimes you just have to adjust your positioning. Oh, okay. That could have been bad. Winning that one. Yep. So that's two for Ifad. Ifad going to over. As I said before Ifad is most likely to be able to one of the ones to be in final. Set points. Is he considering Reiko? Geras. Whoa, okay. Okay. First one. First Geras of the tournament. I mean, it's a little bit of a fresh character. First of all, this character is stupid. Yeah, this character is stupid. Bro has the power to stop time and use it once in the story. You know what? Back to the fight. First Geras of the tournament, guys. Let's see what's going on. Okay. Okay. Okay. I think, I think Geras has a Geras. I think Geras has a Geras. Oh my God. Oh, damn. That's not fair. That is not fair. No, no, no, never. We cannot do this. We cannot do this. Okay. Okay. Ifad showing that he's not scared. Good reaction. That was a reaction. I mean, to be fair, he can stop time. So maybe it's not really a reaction. To be fair. He saw it coming. He was able to use the fader. All right. Race your might have found the answer. And if any of you saw the poster for the tournament, Geras is the one on the poster. So he's the protagonist right now. No, Geras has no bar neither to extend his combo. Yes. So this is when Ifad really