The Evolution Championship Series annual fighting game tournament wraps up today, but all eyes were on the final round of the Dragon Ball FighterZ contest last night that pit defending 2018 champion Dominique "Sonic Fox" McLean against long-time rival Goichi Kishida in an intense final battle for the champion's belt. The fight was all top-level play, with both players taking advantage of the smallest of slip-ups by their opponent. Sonic Fox managed to fight his way back after what appeared to be an insurmountable deficit, but in the end it was Goichi who pulled out the win. Catching Sonic Fox out on an uncharacteristically ill-timed combo, Goichi managed to juggle and then drop Sonic Fox's last character, and went in for a relatively simple win. It was a five-second sequence, but once it started, the crowd knew Goichi had sealed a victory. And as soon as the game recognized that he'd won, Goichi dropped his stick and burst into tears, his hands trembling from the leftover nervous energy of the fight. He crouched over his stick and raised his hands to his watering eyes, overcome with emotion and leftover effort.
Syndicated from here: Goichi beats Sonic Fox for first place at EVO, creating the greatest moment in sportsmanship ever
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