{"id":21796,"date":"2025-08-18T02:56:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T02:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=21796"},"modified":"2025-08-18T10:45:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T10:45:39","slug":"ulsan-retains-tekken-8-throne-at-ewc-2025-defeats-lowhigh-to-become-first-back-to-back-champion","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-18\/ulsan-retains-tekken-8-throne-at-ewc-2025-defeats-lowhigh-to-become-first-back-to-back-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Ulsan Retains Tekken 8 Throne at EWC 2025, Defeats LowHigh to Become First Back-to-Back Champion"},"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\">Ulsan Retains Tekken 8 Throne at EWC 2025, Defeats LowHigh to Become First Back-to-Back Champion<\/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\/08\/Ulsan-Wins-Tekken-8-EWC-2025.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1280x854 size-1280x854\" alt=\"Ulsan Retains Tekken 8 Throne at EWC 2025, Defeats LowHigh to Become First Back-to-Back Champion\" 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\/08\/Ulsan-Wins-Tekken-8-EWC-2025.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\/08\/Ulsan-Wins-Tekken-8-EWC-2025.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\/08\/Ulsan-Wins-Tekken-8-EWC-2025.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\/08\/Ulsan-Wins-Tekken-8-EWC-2025.jpg 1280w\" \/><figcaption>Ulsan Wins Tekken 8 EWC 2025. 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EWC 2025, becoming the first player to do it back-to-back.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>He defeated LowHigh in the grand final with a 5-2 game count.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>With the win, Ulsan secured 1,200 club points for his esports organization, DN Freecs.<\/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>On Aug. 16, 2025, Lim \u201cUlsan\u201d Soo-hoon was crowned as the first-ever back-to-back EWC champion for <strong class=\"game\">Tekken 8<\/strong>. He defeated Yoon \u201cLowHigh\u201d Sun-woong in the grand final to cement himself as one of the best players <strong class=\"game\">Tekken 8<\/strong> has ever seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ulsan had a dominant performance throughout the tournament, losing only in the second phase to Kim \u201cKkokkoma\u201d Mu-jong, which sent him to an elimination match against the <strong class=\"game\">Tekken 8<\/strong> Evo 2025 champion, Arslan \u201cArslan Ash\u201d Siddique. He then proceeded to eliminate both of the aforementioned players to qualify for the third phase.<\/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\">It&#39;s Ulsan&#39;s world and we&#39;re just living in it \u2728 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kyud2uAJ1o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/kyud2uAJ1o<\/a><\/p>&mdash; EWC Extra (@EWC_Extra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EWC_Extra\/status\/1956860918198894672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 16, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this phase, Ulsan showed just how dominant he is in <strong class=\"game\">Tekken 8<\/strong>, defeating all of his third-phase opponents with ease. His game count in the grand final against LowHigh was 5-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esportsworldcup.com\/en\/news\/lim-ulsan-soo-hoon-fights-off-the-competition-to-reign-as-tekken8-champion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">interview<\/a> with EWC, Ulsan said that he had a rough start this year and that he \u201ccannot imagine I would win again.\u201d He also mentioned that his main, Dragunov, was nerfed, which gave him a lot of difficulty. Ulsan ended the interview by saying, \u201cI\u2019m still hungry. I just want to make myself a legend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ulsan\u2019s <strong class=\"game\">Tekken 8<\/strong> win secured DN Freecs 1,200 club points, propelling the esports organization to 11th place in the Club Championship standings. 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