I interviewed the Combo Breaker 2024 Champion! 

Yo this kid used to kick my ass in Timezone glorrietta, Manila during TTT2. When you try to give shake hands from your opponent back in the days of the arcades, ull be shocked it was a 12 year old kid on the other side of the arcade cabinet. Seeing him have come so far makes me so happy for him!

What a humble guy, couldn't have asked for a better winner

PhiDX once again creating something we don't see often or ever. Ngl dude, your videos for the past few months have raised the bar for FGC content.

Philippines mentioned. The Filipinos have been summoned 🇵🇭

Why has it taken this long for Tekken content creators to make this kind of content 😮 Thanks for the interview PhiDX, great stuff 🙏

The score esports: doesn't make a video about ak. Phidx: fine, ill do it myself

The Phi in PhiDX stands for Philippines

His pop off is one of my favorite moments in competitive tekken already. You just saw all the years of frustration and weight fall from his shoulders.

my man inspired many players that shaheen is maybe not that boring

Bro sounds like home, I'm so happy

This is a really cool switch up in content and I’m super here for it. Phi is actually really good as an interviewer and this insight into the mindsets of the highest level players is really cool. More of this please!

Dude AK has such a chill personality It was surprising to me cuz everytime I see him in tournaments he always looks like someone took a bite out of his sandwich without his permission

W CONTENT!!! was waiting for this thank you phidx and AK

This is so good!!! Thanks for doing this, Phi, and thanks for chatting, AK!

Really proud of this boy winning a big tournament after many years!

ARE THEY INTERVIEWING IN A WAFFLE HOUSE🧇!!!

Phi just seem like a dope guy overall to vibe and chat with , great conversation , love the ending outro , W vid

Phi wtf! Dude your content is on another lever now god dang!

Love this interview and the atmosphere! Great job PhiDX and congrats once again AK!

This quality content. Keep up the great work PHI! Your channel has been getting better and better!

Still remember Tasty Steve shouting “AK!!!” after he won CB

Looking forward to more top 8 appearances from him to finally cement himself as part of the top players in Tekken. He also doesn't deserve the hate he's getting for the JDCR match and for that to taint all the wins moving forward. Not now, when he's finally getting a huge opportunity to showcase his skills.

Still can't believe that moment with his game against JDCR was real

Great format, by the way. I think most of us would like to get to know these champions better. a few personal questions, reflections, background. I know it can be difficult due to the language barrier, but with the right preparation it can work out! Shotout to my man PhidX from Ukraine!

For the last question it would also be nice to know if there's a way for guys that are waiting at the final to remain warmed up? I mean, taking notes and maybe writing down/memorizing what the opponents are doing is great, but depending on how long the matches are, he could be sitting waiting to play for 30 minutes to 1 hour or so, then compete at the finals against someone that just finished a few games and is most likely warmed up 🤔 Either way awesome interview!

15:55 "if ano..." ahhh lezzgo pinoy pride. speech mannerism for english-speaking pinoys!!!!!

OH SHIT this was a surprise. Great Interview, Phi! On a personal note, I was in the venue during top 8 and when AK fought Arslan in the Grand Finals. Me and a few of my friends were so nervous knowing that Arslan does really well in long sets and this wasn't the first time he's done this against AK. When AK finally let out that scream of adulation when he won it over Arslan, we were pretty much screaming along with him! I was hugging my friends, a number of them being Filipinos themselves, and we were so happy that he finally broke the curse and won a huge major, beating former champions and arguably the best player in Tekken 7s competitive history along the way. I'll remember this moment for a really long time.

i like this type of chill interview, reminds me of that series in mythical kitchen where people eat their last meals, maybe you guys should've have been munching during this 😆

PHILIPPINES MENTIONED 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅 I was in the Philippines visiting family while Combo Breaker was going on and I had the opportunity to teach my uncles (who havent played since Tekken 3) about high level Tekken and fighting games in general was a great experience, and to have a filipino champion was the cherry on top. Incredibly great video to watch, I like this style of video a lot

As a long time Tekken casual player from the Philippines, I'm so proud of AK's achievement on esports. Thank you so much PhiDX for the interview, I trully loved it. Go Team Philippines! 🇵🇭

I would love more interviews like this with pro players! AK is just so damn humble and likable, very interesting to hear what his mindset is like before and during tournaments.

Awesome interview bro ❤

Double crushed it with Law recently in the Mixup so there you go💪

so awesome to see such a indepth interview! thank you Phi and AK! Phi hopefully you can interview some NA players soon too!! (Raccoon!!)

Damn, Ahsan Ali said he learnt something from AK in Combo Breaker, and AK is saying the same for him! Holy shit 😂

Amazing content m8! If you get the chance to do more interviews with tekken pros please do!!! Your interview style and questions are so good! I was a big fan of AK before but now hearing him talk about tekken his demeanour and all I'm an even bigger fan now! Thanks!

Nice interview PhiDX! It’s great that you guys pointed out Jet Lag. Alot of people don’t realize the toll it can take on you. You are automatically at a disadvantage compared to those who are natives to that area.

This is so cool man I wanna see more of these

Finally a fun character wins a tournament

I have 2 favorite Tekken players. PhiDX and AK. Can't believe they're in one video.

Awesome video, would love to see more FGC interviews from people in the scene. Doesn't necessarily have to be winners either.

It was early Tekken 6 arcade days when I won over AK. I was screaming and shouting words while winning. Little did I know this kid was on the other side of the Arcade Cabinet. And just a week after that I cant win a single match. :) Go for the Champ AK!

ak seems so chill nice interview

Great interview overall. Good questions and happy that you broached that mishap and AK was willing to answer. Just my 2 cents for improvement - the background noise and the person crossing in front of the camera were a bit distracting, so maybe consider a podcast like setup in a small room? Other than that, awesome video as always 👍🏽

That’s awesome insight great information thanks Phi🙏

I'm starting to think maybe aggressively risky is a Filipino Tekken thing... I do that too with Dragunov wr2 and unblockable

MAMÂ NA YUNG BATA NATIN, BOYS. Congrats, AK!

Gotta say this interview was done incredibly well.

Our humble Tekken Champion. #ilabasangpogi 😎

Can't spell PhiDX without PHI-lippines

AK and PhiDX! 🔥🔥🔥

early gang. looking forward to this. thanks for the content. :)

Congrats, both of you beat arslan on stage

What mic are you using? Your audio's superb!

Phi is actually pioneering tekken content with this. I may be biased because I'm a fan of AK, but I'd love this to be the norm. Bringing the people aspect to the game.

love the content you continue to give us

As someone that has also being playing Tekken 8 since Tag 2 this was a cool interview ..... Please do more interviews ❤ I personally don't really like King Jae even though I am English Too (Subjective Opinion) ..... so to have someone I like doing these High Profile Interviews is Great. You are a great interviewer imo

VERY COOL

14:11 The first time and only times he checks his phone breaks eye contact,shows signs of nervousness, rubbing his leg, etc the whole interview. 🤔

AK THE JETLAG SLEEPY CHAMP

Does AK change shirts? kidding aside, congrats again AK!

This is awesome 🔥🔥🔥

Man that’s why AK look sleepy 😂

Finally the edited ending is back ive missed it😊

Wow 8 seconds, first time coming this early.

Cool interview. AK and Doujin are the strongest representative in Philippines. Now we need a Talim DLC from Soul Calibur or bring Josie back.

This is Goat lvl content phi 👌🤙

Philippines mentioned 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

shoutout to ahsan ali i still think hes top 3 in pakistan

OY!!!!! PILIPINES

Hope this interview makes the new people in the community but it wont reach the KC fans.

New subscriber here.. Because of AK 👍🇵🇭

AK is just the goat

phidx does ak uses sanwa liver?

PhilippinesDX

I love filipinos English.

anyone know what stick AK uses?

now this is some good tekken content!

NO FUCKING WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY

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*AK* is probably the best SHAHEEN player right now. He uses Shaheen like a monster truck ramming opponents until their health bars are just a single hit away from a knock out.

Great interview!

Great content!

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HE'S IN A WAFFLE HOUSE BRO!

AK love from 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

Didn't JDCR eliminate this guy?

Lazy ass work for thumbnail

First shasheen wins tournament?

Wafflehouse interview

First

This man robbed JDCR

You forgot to mention his other title, “The Dreamhack Cheater” ☺️

Cant see any champ, all I see a low skill level player who couldnt win a single tournament in tekken 7 because that game actually took skill to be good at it and a thief who robbed JDCR, the legend of the game and got undeserved win and top 8, Shame on both AK and TOs

Full cap, ain't no champ there. You got the runner up.

clean shoes @PhiDX 😂

You gonna react to the Korean tournament? The final match was crazy

JDCR was robbed

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So he's winning combo breaker half asleep 😂😂😂. What a beast.