« SSFIVAE2012: TOPANGA League Round Four Results & Standings »

Round five for the TOPANGA League is about to begin but here are the results from round four.

Kazunoko didn't participate in the round but still was able to retain his #1 spot with Sako coming close with five wins only two losses. Recent LG Japanese qualifier champion Fuudo has been placed eight place after being beaten by Sako and current third place competitor Haitani. RF has played a lot in the round but had the unfortunate matter of losing all of his matches putting the Sagat player in last place.

Make sure to check out the full statistics and match info thanks to Tokido fan blog Tokido77 after the break. If you are interested in watching, follow Fubarduck's article on how to pay through Nico Nico Douga and go to this link to help get started. Round five will be airing soon!

Standings after Round 4:
1. Kazunoko - 5W - 1L
2. Sako - 5W - 2L
3. Haitani - 5W - 2L
4. Daigo - 5W - 3L
5. Mago - 5W - 3L
6. Momochi - 4W - 4L
7. Kindevu - 3W - 3L
8. Fuudo - 3W - 4L
9. Uryo - 3W - 4L
10. Tokido - 3W - 7L
11. Bonchan - 2W - 6L
12. RF - 1W - 5L


Kindevu (Cammy) 3 - 1 RF (Sagat)
At the beginning, Kindevu's Cammy was just keep moving forward launching high density attacks. RF has analysed Kindevu's tactic, start from 2nd match his defense is lot more better, but the match is still tough. RF gamble his game with many uppercuts, this helped on certain cases, but later on Kindevu has overcome it well.

Momochi (Cody) 3 - 1 Fuudo (Fei Long)
Fuudo tried Shienkyaku FADC into Ultra 1 during the match test. This is more about yomi game, Momochi's yomi is lot more better. Fuudo miss block a lot at the beginning, seems like the line is a bit lag of Fuudo's side.

Mago (Fei Long) 3 - 0 RF (Sagat)
Mago control the match well, and he knows Sagat well. His moves have done in the right range forcing RF to the corner most of the time. But Mago's mistakes let RF fight back in certain situations, he then play more careful and took down RF four rounds straight in the last 2 matches. Mago once again did Shienkyaku FADC into Ultra 1 in the 2nd match.

Sako (Ibuki) 3 - 1 Bonchan (Sagat)
Both players are steady and good at space control. 1st match Sako's play style was slow, didn't seem like how he played in the previous rounds. After Bonchan won the 1st match, Sako speed up his rhythm giving Bonchan a hard time. Without choices, Bonchan tried yomi game with random uppercuts and sneaky Tiger Knees, but it didn't help much, Sako got the game easily, once again delivered an excellent game play.

Haitani (Makoto) 3 - 0 Kindevu (Cammy)
Hyper aggressive fight! Kindevu made several mistake giving chances to Haitani launch his insane mix up. Kindevu couldn't handle these crazy attacks from Haitani even taking risk to counter. Haitani has simply took the game with dominating style.

Momochi (Cody) 3 - 2 Bonchan (Sagat)
This match has lot of throw game. Bonchan unable to beat Momochi on the throw game, he made adjustment on his strategy which keep more spacing with Cody, but Momochi still keep going with throw game and random mix up. Down to last match last round, Momochi great yomi skill managed to break Bonchan's high defensive strategy.

Fuudo (Fei Long) 1 - 3 Sako (Ibuki)
Sako performed a lot different with his play style. Fuudo mostly initiates attack and Sako was just wait and break in from Fuudo's flaws, his reaction is surprisingly fast in this match. Fuudo unable to overcome Sako's tactic, let Sako achieved victory in 3 matches straight after the 1st match.

Daigo Umehara (Ryu) 3 - 1 RF (Sagat)
RF took the 1st match from many wrong judgement by Daigo. Later on, Daigo's steadiness launch many unexpected attack and making RF falling into his setup. Daigo win 3 matches straight after losing the 1st match. Some rounds got interesting come back by both players.

Momochi (Cody) 2 - 3 Uryo (Sakura)
Uryo's reaction made Momochi played defensively instead of attack, but Uryo's force giving Momochi a hard time even to block or escape. Momochi managed to win some rounds by yomi and some mistakes from Uryo. Last match was close, but Momochi's unchanged tactic eventually get beaten.

Haitani (Makoto) 3 - 1 Fuudo (Fei Long)
Haitani read Fuudo well, his random Karakusa trick worked great and accurately. Fuudo then decided take more risk to counter Haitani's plan, it help a bit but it's far from overcome Haitani's attacks.

Daigo Umehara (Ryu) 2 - 3 Momochi (Cody)
Daigo strong performance and Momochi dropped some combos giving Daigo got the 1st match easily. Momochi switched to be even more defensive style which Daigo wasn't too rush down, the match has become yomi game again, you never know what move is next. Momochi suddenly switch to aggressive in the final match, Daigo unable to handle it and gave the game away.