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Knee comes out on top of Evo Japan Tekken 8 tournament

Expect to see the Korean fighting talent appearing at the Esports World Cup in the summer.

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This past weekend saw some of the biggest fighting tournaments in Japan's history being held as part of Evo Japan. Yesterday, we told you all about the mega Street Fighter 6 event, and today we're instead focussing on Tekken 8, which also featured a big tournament, although granted not one that got close to the whopping 6,600+ sign-ups that the SF6 event boasted.

The Tekken 8 tournament saw just shy of 1,000 people signing up to compete and look to snag a portion of the approximate $19,000 prize pool. After a gruelling series that pushed many to their limits, the grand finale happened and saw DRX's Bae "Knee" Jae-Min facing off with Freecs' Han "Mulgold" Jae-gyun, with the former coming out on top after winning the match 3-2.

Knee's prowess with Bryan proved to be much for Mulgold's Claudio and Feng to handle, despite Mulgold starting the series with a 2-0 lead. Even if Knee was the ultimate victor, we can expect to see both players, and the third and fourth-placing Park "Mangja" Geon-ho and "PINYA", in action at the Tekken 8 Esports World Cup event that is happening this summer.

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