Xian (Gen) vs Sako (Evil Ryu) - Capcom Cup 2013 SSF4: AE Ver. 2012 Grand Finals

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[Vza]

Sako's fights are really fun to watch. There's never a boring moment in it.

[yourstillwithme]

Sako. Best Ibuki and Evil Ryu. Sako completely changed the way BOTH of these characters need to be played at high level to be successful. Totally underrated player. To make a top player "mash" is pretty outstanding as well. My favorite player.

[PJBxx]

Yo, Daigo vs Sako, Ryu vs Evil Ryu, 2014, let's go! Make it happen.

[daheilong]

SFIV was so much more fun to watch... so much more exciting...

[fidenemini]

I always think Sako is the the best player in terms of pure skills, and this tourney proved it. His problem was he couldn't play well outside of Japan though.  This win is big for him. 
Also congrats tp Xian as well, despite this loss, he's still the No.1 street fighter player in the last two years. 

[BlueEye]

Dat Sako... dat Evil Ryu. Yep definitely not giving up on my Evil Ryu. Time to study Sako like a new life form.

[Siepher]

As a big Xian fan, I'm still happy to see Sako win something big.  Dat demon tho...

[Kingmentality]

Sako is such a rare player, he’s very flashy, fundamentals are strong, and he respects the game. Here he is in another country yet The crowd is chanting Sako! I love this Guy! Truly inspirational!!!

[AeolusMN]

Eventhough i really like Xian, seeing Sako win a major tournament for once is great. Hope to see him go out to even more tournaments and win everything.

[ssjkev]

epic matches... great plays from both sako and xian!

[bj]

IS THIS REAL LIFE?!?!
EVIL RYU WON A TOURNEY1?!?!?
My life is complete lol, ONTO ULTRA!

[CallsignJoNay]

It's crazy that first place for this tourney was $6, 000, and only three years later NuckleDu won $230, 000 for winning the same tourney.

[LudwigRamirez]

Xian has made it to the Capcom Cup grandfinals twice - a great accomplishment. It's a bit disheartening to see him foiled each time. I'm a bit torn since I'm also a fan of Sako and Momochi.

To those commenting on Evil Ryu chucking too many fireballs - if your character has ranged tools, you have to make use of them to irritate the opponent AND and force them to make risky plays just so they can get in. You can then punish with longer (and flashier) combos afterwards (just like Sako does in this vid if you watch and wait).

A ranger is a ranger because he/she has a bow and a sword and uses both depending on how far he/she is from the opponent. The Shoto characters in Street Fighter are basically the equivalent of a ranger class in something like, say, Skyrim. 

[kikentai]

Sako displayed the definition of "Shock and Awe" on this last game, completely destroying Xian's will to fight.

[LionheartMindExplosion]

I have never seen a player out play the character he's using as much as Sako did, The spacing form Sako was simply astounding.

[FenrirDuskwolf]

A really great achive! Win a tournament like this with a low tier, this guy deserves all cheers!

[mrpinguimninja]

I'm from 2021 and came to say that Sako is still unbelieveable 8 years from this

[Yungin]

That performance from Sako showed exactly why he's one of the five gods of fighting games. Sako went to town on Xian. Brilliant

[Akumashadow]

Sako was on fire!! poor Xian he got destroyed

[hatredinfinite]

Sako's always been certifiably godlike.  Glad he took Capcom Cup, and even more glad he did it being stylish as hell with a character that gets slept on way too much.