MenaRD (Luke) vs. Zhen (M. Bison) - Grand Final - Capcom Cup IX 

People don’t realize how big this is for us Dominicans, in a country where there’s one of the smallest gamer communities in the world. Where most people believe that if you play video games you are just wasting your time, here comes Mena RD making history in one of the biggest tournaments in gaming history. Congrats!

Insane run by Zhen and Mena's reactions/reads were otherworldly

Mark my words, this is the beginning of Zhen's villain arc. Dude placed 2nd. At his first Capcom Cup appearance on top of fighting out of LCQ. Unreal. I have a feeling he will reappear in SF6. He is a character specialist incredible reads and gameplay.

So much respect for Mena, not only for his amazing performance at Capcom Cup, but humbleness and intellect to encourage all the players out there to work hard and keep grinding. Amazing guy.

Can the haters now give it a rest? Yes, MenaRD has been not very consistent in his tournament victories but there is no denial he is very skilled and one of the best players this gen. He will go down in history among the big names of the SFV era.

This was such a hype set. Mena really showed how on top of the game he was and played super consistently, even in Grand Finals he was in his opponents head.

¡Lo hizo otra vez! ¡Bravo, MenaRD! Poniendo nuestra patria en alto. 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴 Aunque tengo bastante años que me retiré de jugar videojuegos, siempre sigo estas competencias. Buen torneo, buenos jugadores, lo mejor de mejor. 👌🏽👍🏽👏🏽✅

I'm a Menard fan since his main was Birdie. Finally a great title. Great guy, great player.

This was an incredible tournament overall. I'm looking forward to seeing Zhen and Endingwalker compete again. They both made a hell of a splash for their first big tourney.

Normally I love long sets that go to the last round.....but this one I love that ended in the way it did....with MenaRD that guy many says was a FLUKE when he won Capcom Cup 2016 DOMINATING someone as good as Zhen who in his way to the grand finals took down so many killers (just like Mena did in 2016)....Momochi, Gachikun, Idom, Problem X, Angry Bird, so many names and incredible talented killers this kid stop and sent out packing home, until he run into Mena, that in this tournament have this FINAL BOSS aura around him, now a VETERAN himself, no longer a rookie, shows his composure and experience and stop dead in his tracks the rampage of Zhen and Endling Walker, and become in the process the only person winning 2 times Capcom Cup, this kind of stories to me are what makes the FGC so fun, Mena speech was also very mature and moving, remind me of Tokido in EVO 2016, overall, you like to see this, great work Mena you make Republica Dominicana orgullosa, PLATANO POWER carajo.

That dude just scored 2 Capcom cup !!!!! THAT'S INSANE¡¡¡

Felicidades MenaRD👏, te felicita gran parte de la comunidad gamer de RD🇩🇴, ProGamerLatino!! 💪🎲💪

🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴 2 time capcom cup winner from the hood! good luck in sf6!

This will go down as a very memorable moment in SF history

Respect to Mena... congrats to him and DR from Mexico

Mena surprised EndingWalker with his Birdie, never thought he'd come back to his old main. Versus Zhen, everything just works for him.. the crouch fierce on Ex Stomps, V-shifts on command grab, and some counter raw CA. Their are so many time where he could lose to Zhen but Mena did it.

Muy bien MenaRD , haciendo algo histórico triunfando en tremendo torneo con los mejores del mundo... Y siendo latino, tienes un gran merito y un orgullo para tu pais y comunidad.

Es increíble que con tantas adversidades de nosotros los dominicanos brillamos a nivel internacional cuando se quiere se puede felicidades MenaRd eres grande

Waoooo que orgullo otra vez demostrando que si sé puede 💪❤️❤️❤️🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

Bautizo a MenaRD con su nuevo nombre de campeón por como ejecuta su jugadas siempre en el último instante, te apodo como el Dominican Fénix, resucitando de las cenizas 💪🏾🇩🇴🙏🏾

Yo no me canso de Ver estos Dos Ultimos Episodios del Grand MenaRD

Otro de nuestros orgullos Dominicano muchas felicidades

MenaRD is the best in the world, he is incredible in every detail. Brazil is rooting for you Mena, our eternal champion.

Such a great grand final to watch and Zhen played amazingly. Mena RD with the great speech at the end also... such a lovely sentiment. Well done to the champ and the Dominican Republic, I can only imagine the celebration they had that night and the one they had when he returned home. So happy for him.

Ggs to both. Zhen’s run was legendary but Mena came out on top. Happy to watch this live. Really really good sets

Arriba Menard! bien merecida esa victoria, saludos a los Dominicanos desde Mexico, bien representados han sido hermanos por este increible jugador!

Mena RD. 🇩🇴 Arriba República Dominicana. Maravilloso Mena! Maravilloso!

Well done Mena, you are greatness.

After seeing that very first round, not knowing about the previous loss that zhen had. Menard had him on the ropes frozen. I was like yeah this dude is gonna take it and he did. I honestly didn’t think he’d ever win a major again but boy was I wrong.

Muy duro Menard. 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

What I love to see in the FGC is the many different nationalities just like an actual fighting game. We got the most diversity since day 1.

Mena played out of his damn mind this whole tournament... Both he and Zhen was in a flow state

Felicidades Mena, y gracias por poner rd en alto!

Great to see the Fighting game community is still strong 💪

Wow bro u the best menaRD gracias por representar la patria 🇩🇴🇩🇴

That Reaction time tho 10:50 😮

De República Dominicana para el mundo🎉 🇩🇴

Mena totally figured out how to deal with Zhen's pressure tactic with ca cuz most of it are just +1 +2

Mena is beast and will always be remember for winning the last Street Fighter V Capcom cup.

Now that Mena has won 2 Capcom Cups Im going to wonder if people will still call it luck.

Congrats Mena on being the double Capcom Cup champion! Also the final big tournament for SFV!

I can't wait for SF6, this was hype, but god SF6 looks like it will actually be enjoyable to watch consistently! That prize pool for Capcom Cup for SF6 is insane!

Zhen's run was insanely impressive I was hoping idom would make it but zhen winning the LCQ and coming 2nd in the big tournament is crazy

I wanted Zhen to win, but you couldn't have asked for a more symbolic victory.

🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴 Muy duro Mena RD Que Orgullo!!!

The only thing that sucks about this GF is that Mena used Luke. That character is so out-of-place in SFV; would've been cooler to see Birdie or Sakura. But I think both of them prob have bad MUs against Bison so I understand the choice otherwise. At points it looked like Zhen figured things out vs. last time they fought, but Mena was quick to adapt and surprise Zhen more than a few times. Very well-played GF by the best Luke & best Bison, and congrats to Mena for the big W!

I’m just shocked that this is the grand finals for the final Capcom Cup for SFV

MenaRD fought hard to the end blood,sweat, and finally tears of joy...He Earned it!

I'll admit, I simply fell in love with Zhen and Endingwalker in this tournament and I just wanted one of them to win. I have to give props to MenaRD, and I don't know enough about SF5 to know if the luke pick was an absolutely necessary counterpick, but after the majority of that capcom cup's matches, the luke pick certainly just made it feel like a disappointing safely played end to an INSANE top 8. I just really wanted to see Zhen's absolutely insane Bison mastery overcome such a good player using the same big stinky meta character everyone else dominated with. Like you'd think he faced enough lukes to overcome that, but oh well, I think we will see a vengeful return for SF6. This tournament overall told me that MenaRD is PROBABLY the best at SF5, but DEFINITELY Luke is the best character.

Bison kept going for the same follow up moves even I read his arse, so Mena punished where he could. A mix of nerves and resorting to old habits, but at least he can say he got second plus some cash. Finally some amazing matches from SFV-its been a while for me

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😃 ¡Muchas Felicidades, Mena 🇩🇴!

Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 present

The Dominican Republic's success with SF mirrors Pakistan's success with Tekken. Weird how both communities have reacted differently to "unknown" nation's success. Both had bit of drama with Caba's antics at tournaments and Ash's on Twitter but I've found SF more welcoming than Tekken's.

Congratulations Mena! 🏆

felicidades a nuestro campeon mena RD 🇩🇴🇩🇴

Looks like Mena is gonna make another gaming cafe for his homies in the DR.

Demasiado duro coño RESPETEN DR🇩🇴

Hasta en videojuegos somos la para🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🖐️

The most methodical Bison play I have ever seen and Mena was still not to be denied. I think criticism of him playing Luke is silly. We watched every other Luke fall, including people who Mained Luke longer than Mena. Mena plays every character with enough skill to be in top 8 in any given tourney. His skill won this and not the character. Any other Luke would have been washed by Zhen''s play.

ZHEN凄かったよ LCQからの勝ち上がりでGFまで上り詰めたのは、SF5ラストに相応しいサプライズだった

Orgullo 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

Mena is too good. He exploited the best character in the game unlike anyone else, and got into the opponent's head every single time. I saw people calling out him for mashing but this isn't some gold lobby; he knew EXACTLY when to reversal based on zhen's desperation to be on the offensive. His CA after bison's axe, which was a shallow hit that both players knew couldn't combo in, was such a great call and THE most decisive moment since Zhen would have gone 2-1 Kudos to the guy. I loved that he said he grew to love and care for the FGC. Zhen too is a beast of a player

Enhorabuena Mena! 🇩🇴❤️

120K ooo, buddy. THERE WE GO!

Ver esto de una isla tan pequeña como republica dominicana haciendo historia en el mundo gamer es de admirar

Congrats to the winner and glad Luke fighter V is finally over and we can move on to 6.

Vamos alla arriba RD🇩🇴🇩🇴 felicidades great player

All of you Luke haters, just go play the game and get good. You'll realize he isn't overpowered, and you might find something actually interesting to say, rather than parroting the dumb shit you see others say. Mena is a fucking beast and he would be a contender for first no matter who he played. There was a great spread of different characters used in the entire cup, the balance is some of the best any FG has ever had, especially with this size of a roster.

I see quite some new things in Mena's Luke, congrats! And Zhen seems a little bit not sure what to do in this match. I think it's first Luke is new char and it's higher tier than Dict.

Mena must be using a hit box 📦 his execution is on another level right now

I'm not surprised at all to see Luke win and even less with those unimpressive plays by Mena, he played like someone who needed to KO to go up from Platinum gold level cups.

I stopped playing SFV around the time right before Luke came out. Didn’t know Luke was this good in the game. His pressure is insane.

12:45 épico 🇩🇴🔥

Hours of training and pizza with soda finally paid off. He also acquired super saiyan chubby 5 too, congrats!

Zhen is a phenomenal player! We need players like him.

ufff mena . orgullo de nuestra república dominicana uff ❤❤❤❤

What a game of Menard It was great and really enjoyed the game of Menard Keep it up dear 😉👌

Zhen got rhe 1st place, once playing against Luke we don't have a fair fight. Luke players are not having fun but play for the prize. It's a shame!!!

He is great player, Still remember this guy beat my idol Tokido years ago…

Una vistoria bien merecida. Le ha ganado a dos grandes. La primera vez le ganó a TOKIDO, un rival duro pero que al final tambien sucumbió ante la determinación de menaRD. Genial!

Menard is the street fighter 5 main character, he has come so far

That Union Train Station theme is insanely good

orgullo Dominicano

I appreciate Zhen more. Not hating on MenaRD. I'm just being honest. Luke is a cheap character. In my opinion Luke should be banned. Zhen took a character people rarely pick and is considered not a top tier character and made him dangerous. It's the skills you put into it and knowing what you are doing. That for me was more inspiring. Can't wait to see Zhen in Street Fighter 6 and hopefully SF 6 is more balanced.

Arriba RD papá, bien ganado.

I think it is necessary to main more than one character in SF5. Menard did well because he mainining several characters and counterpick opponent.

Congrats to BLG/ZHEN for making it to the finals with one of my favorite SFV characters to play with and watch.

este men me representa mucho bendiciones

Are they playing on ps5?

MenaRD is officially the SFV goat. . Two Capcom Cup titles under his belt? Non Japanese? Like bruh

El patio representando 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

Hay papá 😤💪🇩🇴🇩🇴

Somos duros en todo 💪🏾🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

Huge respect to everyone in FGC.

First time with Birdie and now with Luke congratulations mister MENARD 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼👌👌👌👌👌

Thank you Luke

Why is the video quality so poor?

The cheat box gave up on him at the end🤣🤣🤣

felicitaciones ,la presentadora muy bella

Menard for me he is a true people Hero, and public Hero de la República Dominicana