To start off top 8 Winners, we had Echo Fox's Sonic Fox vs NASR's Tekken Master



In the first match we had Sonic Fox going with Black Adam vs Tekken Master's annoying Atrocitus. In a match where both players were prepared and focused, it was an incredibly close match. Towards the end of the match, both players were one combo away from death. Tekken Master took the risk and got punished by Sonic Fox's quick reactions. Sonic Fox goes up 1-0



In the second match Sonic Fox started off ridiculously strong making quick work of Tekken Master's first health bar. This momentum would propel Fox's Adam to victory in dominating fashion. Sonic Fox increases his lead 2-0



In the 3rd match, it was almost a 1 to 1 repeat of the second match. Fox/s Bladam was hitting hard and not relenting on Tekken Master's Atrocitus. In the end, Sonic Fox's Black Adam proved entirely too much for Tekken Master to handle, and Sonic Fox makes a clean sweep beating Tekken Master 3-0.





The next match in top 8 winners was Noble's Dragon vs Yomi's Slayer



In the first match, we saw Dragon go with his playful Poison Ivy vs a slightly surprising pick from Slayer in his bulldozing Black Adam. The match started off with Dragon connecting his Ivy BnB into full screen zoning. Both players were comfortable zoning each other out, but then Slayer got in on Dragon and took his first health bar. Dragon stayed composed and evened the match up. Then it was back to full screen zoning. In a true war of attrition, they kept going back and forth and Slayer came out with a clutch divekick to take out Dragon's Ivy. Slayer goes up 1-0.



In the second match, Dragon decided to run it back with his Ivy. Dragon seemed to adapt to the explosiveness of Slayer's Bladam, leveling up in the matchup on the fly in impressive fashon. As Slayer couldn't even take out Dragon's first health bar, Dragon evened up the set 1-1.



In the third match, Slayer thought about switching but stuck with Black Adam. Dragon started the match with Ivy's impressive zoning, doing chip while building loads of meter. Slayer wouldn't be detered and fought back and took out Dragon's health bar. But Dragon too wasn't affected by Slayer's pressure, and quickly evened the match up. Neither player was giving up anything, the match was as close as ever between these two gods of NRS. Both players were again on life support, and Dragon closed it out with Ivy's strong zoning, increasing his lead 2-1.



In the fourth match, again we saw Slayer's Bladam vs Dragon's Poison Ivy. Despite some execution errors, it mattered little for Slayer as he decimated Ivy's health bar. Dragon fought back valiantly, and never forfeited the round despite the large health defecit. But in the end, Slayer clutched it out and tied the set 2-2.



In the final match, Dragon stuck to his guns and after a slight deliberation, went back to Poison Ivy. A costly mishap as Slayer had no mercy for Dragon's Ivy, and obliterated Dragon and took the set 3-2.







To start off top 8 Losers, we had cR Biohazard vs PG Hayatei



In the first match, Biohazard went with his harrowing Harley vs Hayatei's relentless Robin. The match started fairly evenly as both players were feeling each other out. Biohazard took the lead with Harley's flashy damaging combos and her surprisingly good zoning. This pressure from Biohazard never let up and Bio went up in the set 1-0.



In the second match, a quick rematch was in effect. And again, Biohazard was off to a quick lead. But Hayatei fought back and evened the match up. However, Bio's Harley remained consistent and made Hayatei's Robin look helpless. Biohazard increased his lead to 2-0



In the third match, Hayatei switch to Batman. The switch didn't seem to help Hayatei all that much as Biohazard looked comfortable as ever in the matchup. In seemingly effortless fashion, Biohazard eliminated Hayatei 3-0







The next match in top 8 losers was Circa Forever King vs EMP.KN KDZ



In the first match, Forever King went with Black Adam and KDZ chose between his Aquaman and Superman in a hat toss up. He finally decided to go with, as Ketchup and Mustard would say, "ACKWA MAN". The match started off slow as both players were feeling each other out. KDZ took an early lead, but King evened it up. The entire match was neck and neck with neither player giving up any momentum. After a stage transition, KDZ seemed to steal the momentum. But as a tournament veteran, King didn't falter and ended up closing out the first match. King takes the lead 1-0.



In the second match, we saw KDZ stick with Aquaman. He again jumped out to a quick lead but King AGAIN evened it up and took the lead back from KDZ. King's semi comeback seemed to overwhelm KDZ at first, but he kept his composure and nearly evened it up. In the end, Forever King took out KDZ's Aquaman once again, increasing his lead to 2-0.



In the third match, KDZ decided to go with his tried and true Superman. The match was more of the same, close and momentum shifting throughout. But King's Black Adam remained consistent and he managed to eliminate KDZ 3-0.





To continue the bracket in losers, we had cR's Biohazard vs NASR's Tekken Master.



In the first match, we had Biohazard going with Harley, and Tekken Master sticking with his Atrocitus. Tekken Master took a commanding lead, nearly perfecting Bio's Harley on the first life bar. Bio started fighting back but the life lead at this point was tremendous for Tekken Master. However, Biohazard managed to finally take out Atrocitus's first health bar, and nearly tied the match up. But Tekken Master finished the match and took the lead over Biohazard 1-0.



In the second match, Biohazard switched to his old buddy Bane. Biohazard got a quick life lead with the crowd behind him as hype as ever wither each hit Bane landed. Tekken Master, however, wasn't effected by this momentum and evened the match up. Biohazard doubled down, and as his Bane was on the ropes, Tekken Master made a costly mistake in dropping combo, and Biohazard made an incredibly hype comeback to take out Tekken Master. The set is now 1-1.



In the third match, Biohzard got out to a quick lead but Tekken Master just as quickly evened it up. Bane was struggling against Atrocitus's trait, but was fighting his way through. After a super by Tekken Master, Biohazard fought his way back and it came down to a pixel fight in which Tekken Master won. Increasing his lead 2-1.



In the fourth match, Tekken Master wasn't messing around and took out Banes health bar in a matter of seconds. But the momentum God Bane, evened it up and we had a real match on our hands. However, Atrocitus's unrelenting pressure proved too much for Biohazard's Bane to overcome, and Tekken Master eliminated Biohazard 3-2.







The next match was an NRS classic, since MKX at least, with Noble's Dragon vs Circa's Forever King.



In the first match, Dragon went with Aquaman vs King's Black Adam. The match started off evenly and rather slow, but King took the life lead only for Dragon to quickly even it up. The match continued to be a little slower than normal, as both players refused to make any mistakes or take many risks. With the life lead, King managed to chip out Dragon's Aquaman and took the lead in the set, 1-0.



In the second match, Dragon chose to stay with ACKWAMAN. Again the match was even and neither player were giving up much to one another. The full screen battle was ever so prominent as both characters can comfortably fight from all ranges. Eventhough Dragon was playing solid, King again took down his Aquaman increasing his lead 2-0.



In the third match, it was another rematch. This time, King got out to an early life lead but Dragon wasn't giving up and evened it up, but match point was in King's favor. After a dropped combo from Dragon, it seemed to cost him the match as King's Black Adam took down the legend and won the set 3-0.