It’s usually only in the top eight bracket of major events such as Evo that we see the likes of America’s FLY|Punk and Rohto|Tokido clash in Street Fighter, but Punk recently left home base for a trip to the East where he and the Japanese fighting game god (one of five) were able to run a long set.
Punk represents perhaps the absolute best America has to offer while the same can be argued for Tokido and Japan. What happens when Punk’s Cammy clashes with Tokido’s Ken in a long set? We finally found out.
Punk is a well rounded player, to be sure, but is especially known for his set apart abilities to confirm stray hits into big time damage. Tokido seems to be a beast in just about every category as he’s proven to be a top tier competitor in game after game.
These two actually met in the grand finals of Evo 2017 wherein Tokido picked Punk apart in a vicious 6-1 set (Tokido was able to reset the bracket from losers and only dropped a single match while doing so). That was Street Fighter 5, however, and this is the latest and greatest Street Fighter 6.
The respect is vividly clear from both sides in the very first round as the pair spends a lot of time chipping away at each others’ health bars with short but relatively safe attempts at offense.
This round goes for a full 59 seconds before one man gets the upper hand, indicating just how tense the full first to 10 will end up being.
The display of top tier Street Fighter is a treat for everyone from the most casual to the most competitive, as these two offer entertainment and education for all audiences through their play.
We don’t want to spoil much of the set, so we’ll let you see how things go down in Punk’s video below. Share which fighter you think will take it all (as well as the final set count) if you dare in the comments before you watch, and let us know what you thought of the whole bout afterwards.