The Road Fighter 6 group was holding its collective breath throughout a latest showmatch at Evo. The Legends LIVE showmatch featured veteran Daigo Umehara and Saul Leonardo “MenaRD” Mena II competing in an intense first-to-10.
Daigo has been the GOAT of the sport for fairly a while. Now in his mid-40s, he has been competing at a prime degree in Road Fighter since 1991, again with Road Fighter II. Many wished him to come back out of the battle victorious, to point out he nonetheless had what it takes to be the most effective. Nevertheless, MenaRD is on the prime of his recreation and his a Road Fighter 6 champion.
Ultimately, MenaRD gained 10-6, slaying the Beast. The matches have been shut, however MenaRD had a greater deal with on the newest iteration of the sport and was adapting to every thing Daigo threw at him. Daigo has not been tremendous dominant in Road Fighter 6, so it wasn’t all that surprising. However many felt this didn’t take away his GOAT title in any respect. Six wins towards the present finest, whereas nowhere close to his prime, appeared like an enormous W.
Daigo Reacts to Loss: It’s Not Over
On April thirtieth, Daigo opened up in regards to the significance of the showmatch. Main as much as the occasion, Daigo instructed himself he “completely can not lose.” He even thought of retiring if he was unable to beat MenaRD. He stated he’d gone into the match with this mindset: “If I lose, I’ll retire from aggressive gaming.” He felt the motivation he had when he was youthful simply wasn’t there anymore.
Nevertheless, the defeat awoke that starvation. Daigo is not going to be retiring. Actually, shedding to MenaRD “ignited a hearth” inside him. The months earlier than the showmatch he had been coaching onerous, and he desires to maintain doing that to see the place it can take him.
Daigo will sadly not be competing at Evo Japan. Nevertheless, he’s feeling “extraordinarily constructive” about what’s to come back after that.
