At last night's Kemonomichi 2, two of Street Fighter's best-known players played an exhibition set. It was a clash of the giants that ended in emotion, laughter, and tears. It was one of the best fighting game sets I've seen in some time.

Saul "MenaRD" Mena ran through Street Fighter studs such as Xian, Kazunoko, Daigo Umehara and Itabashi Zangief to make it to this weekend's Capcom Cup finals. But to win it all, he'd have to beat the man who beat him earlier - Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi, who also is the 2017 Evo champion.

Competing at the highest level isn't just about talent, but consistency. Hajime Taniguchi, or "Tokido," exemplified this virtue by busting out a tape measure to ensure he was sitting the proper distance from the monitor at this morning's TWFighter Major in Taiwan.

Victor "Punk" Woodley has had a tough week. After months of first-place finishes on the Street Fighter 5 competitive circuit, most notably the $US150,000 ($188,533) top prize in the Eleague SF5 invitational, Punk experienced serious heartbreak in the Evo 2017 finals this past Sunday.