Capcom Fighters’ weekly recap catches up with the 2017 Capcom Cup Champion, before his victory.

Echo Fox’s Tokido was a favorite to win last weekend’s Capcom Cup, and claim the two biggest Street Fighter V competitions in 2017 for himself — but RISE|MenaRD fought the good fight back out of losers bracket for a Grand Finals rematch — and despite being a single round from elimination, won it all after a bracket reset.

On this week’s Wake Up Wednesdays with Michael Martin, Martin passes along his chat with MenaRD — interviewed after making the cut for top 8, but before he claimed the Cup for himself. They discuss MenaRD’s path to Capcom Cup, and his thoughts on some of his opponents; watch it below!

Source: Capcom Fighters