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Now, only Gian was left in his team, while the other team still had all 3 players left. Gian managed to kill off Kenta's Whip with his Kula in the point matchup, which is a crucial step in defeating his team. Kenta managed to land several supers with Athena and slowly finished off Ryo, running out of Super Stock in the process. Once again, it was up to Gian's Gato to make a comeback happen. A double tenryu against Yuri managed to get him in the lead, and a tatsukiba against athena's dive eventually won him the match, although it sounded like he never expected it to fully hit to begin with - everybody was surprised and Gian snatched the mic and commented on that last hit right after the match.<br> | Now, only Gian was left in his team, while the other team still had all 3 players left. Gian managed to kill off Kenta's Whip with his Kula in the point matchup, which is a crucial step in defeating his team. Kenta managed to land several supers with Athena and slowly finished off Ryo, running out of Super Stock in the process. Once again, it was up to Gian's Gato to make a comeback happen. A double tenryu against Yuri managed to get him in the lead, and a tatsukiba against athena's dive eventually won him the match, although it sounded like he never expected it to fully hit to begin with - everybody was surprised and Gian snatched the mic and commented on that last hit right after the match.<br> | ||
Next up was U-Rasia: time for a real boss battle. Many blows were traded in the point matchup and the crowd was cheering for Gian with every hit. Eventually, Gian's Kula emerged victorious against Oswald. Gian kept up the pressure and managed to land a risky rayspin on block> delay slide hit> QS Gato for good damage against U-rasia's Kula. U-rasia in turn was able to QS to K' for a nice chain drive combo, proceeding to KO Gato with an instant overhead j.C>623A>236236A. A missed 623C should spell doom for his K' however, which was stunned, then KOed by Gian's Ryo>Kula>Ryo combo. One last incoming crossup and Gian had taken the match.<br> | Next up was U-Rasia: time for a real boss battle. Many blows were traded in the point matchup and the crowd was cheering for Gian with every hit. Eventually, Gian's Kula emerged victorious against Oswald. Gian kept up the pressure and managed to land a risky rayspin on block> delay slide hit> QS Gato for good damage against U-rasia's Kula. U-rasia in turn was able to QS to K' for a nice chain drive combo, proceeding to KO Gato with an instant overhead j.C>623A>236236A. A missed 623C should spell doom for his K' however, which was stunned, then KOed by Gian's Ryo>Kula>Ryo combo. One last incoming crossup and Gian had taken the match.<br> | ||
Now only Gian and Nori were left, the very last match of the event was to begin, and one of the best matches of the entire tournament. Nori | Now only Gian and Nori were left, the very last match of the event was to begin, and one of the best matches of the entire tournament. Nori played a patient game with Ralf against Kula, always keeping the perfect distance for his normals to hit, outside of ray spin range. The matchup was even, with Gian eventually shifting from Kula to Gato to finish off Ralf. Nori ended up in a pinch in the corner against Gian's Kula with his own and had to saving shift to Gato before Gian had to invest any resources, which now gave the advantage to Gian. Fortunately, Nori was able to finally KO Kula with his Gato, and with great awareness decided not to risk doing mid-screen okizeme against Ryo (who has no landing recovery from a DOWN!), instead choosing to tag in Kula again. A well-timed guard cancel got Nori out of Gian's Gato's tenryu, and a saving shift counter hit shortly after allowed him to get some damage in. The timer began creeping closer to zero, and both players were losing life at the same rate, the match was close to reach an exciting conclusion, with Nori having a judgement lead with 4 seconds left. Gian however managed to hit with an instant overhead j.D in the Gato mirror match, KOing Nori's Gato, snatching away the judgement lead at the last second. An incredible match and tournament had come to an end: Arata/Ozuma/Gian had won the tournament! | ||
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