{"id":20449,"date":"2025-08-04T07:10:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=20449"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:58:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:58:57","slug":"menard-wins-two-sf6-evo-tournaments-back-to-back-bags-his-third-trophy-at-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-04\/menard-wins-two-sf6-evo-tournaments-back-to-back-bags-his-third-trophy-at-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"MenaRD Wins Two SF6 Evo Tournaments Back-to-Back, Bags His Third Trophy at Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">MenaRD Wins Two SF6 Evo Tournaments Back-to-Back, Bags His Third Trophy at Las Vegas<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/menard-street-fighter-6-HelloItsLi.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1280x854 size-1280x854\" alt=\"MenaRD Wins Two SF6 Evo Tournaments Back-to-Back, Bags His Third Trophy at Las Vegas\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1600px) 565px, (min-width: 1280px) calc(25vw + 172px), (min-width: 900px) 800px, (min-width: 380px) 91.8vw, calc(40vw + 178px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=412,height=275,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/menard-street-fighter-6-HelloItsLi.jpg 412w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=768,height=512,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/menard-street-fighter-6-HelloItsLi.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=792,height=528,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/menard-street-fighter-6-HelloItsLi.jpg 792w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/menard-street-fighter-6-HelloItsLi.jpg 1280w\" \/><figcaption>MenaRD Wins Street Fighter 6 at EVO Japan 2025. 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Evo tournaments, putting his Evo trophy count at three.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>He faced Kakeru in the grand final and demolished him 3-0.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Capcom also showed a cinematic C. Viper trailer before the top eight.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\t\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper narrow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p>Saul Leonardo \u201cMenaRD\u201d Mena II has proven himself as one of the best <strong>Street Fighter 6<\/strong> players, becoming the first person to win two back-to-back Evo tournaments. This puts his Evo trophy count at three, after winning both Evo Japan 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MenaRD faced Kakeru in the grand final, a very familiar opponent who also faced him at Evo Japan 2025 earlier this year. Both of them entered the top eight of the tournament from the winner\u2019s side, which meant they had to fight each other should the stars align.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Evo2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#Evo2025<\/a> Street Fighter 6 Champion, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MenaRD__?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@_MenaRD__<\/a>!<br><br>The winning moment powered by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nacon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@Nacon<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a3xxHPuvys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/a3xxHPuvys<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Evo (@Evo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Evo\/status\/1952258348696703015?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 4, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It did, and their first encounter was in the winners\u2019 final, where MenaRD decidedly took the match 3-0. This sent Kakeru down to the losers\u2019 final, where he fought a relatively unknown player outside his region, a Cammy player by the name of Micky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was sent to the loser\u2019s side of the bracket very early into the tournament and had to defeat champions and high-profile players such as Luo \u201cVxbao\u201d Yanxin, Samuel \u201cEndingWalker\u201d Arm and Torimeshi just to be able to get to the top eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But his run ended in the losers\u2019 finals as Kakeru beat him 3-1 for a chance to face MenaRD once more in the grand final. Unfortunately, the story remained the same for their second time meeting in the bracket. Kakeru looked visibly lost as he fought against MenaRD, and he lost once more, 0-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Capcom, before the tournament, released a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StreetFighter\/status\/1952209497281212479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">trailer<\/a> for the next upcoming character after Sagat, C. Viper. 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