{"id":25135,"date":"2025-09-15T09:03:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=25135"},"modified":"2025-09-19T11:07:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:07:23","slug":"mkleo-wins-first-super-smash-bros-ultimate-major-after-almost-one-year","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-09-15\/mkleo-wins-first-super-smash-bros-ultimate-major-after-almost-one-year\/","title":{"rendered":"MkLeo Wins First Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Major After Almost One Year"},"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\">MkLeo Wins First Super Smash Bros. 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class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>MkLeo won his first Smash Ultimate major tournament after almost one year of drought.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>He showed glimpses of his past dominant self during the tournament and only lost to Sonix once.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Smash Ultimate\u2019s next major tournament is SmashMania 2025.<\/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 Sept. 13, 2025, Leonardo \u201cMkLeo\u201d L\u00f3pez P\u00e9rez won his first major <strong class=\"game\">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/strong> tournament after a year of drought. His last major win was at KingCon in France on Feb. 24, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MkLeo showed glimpses of his former dominant self during this tournament as he seemed untouchable until he faced Carlos \u201cSonix\u201d P\u00e9rez in the grand final, where he seemed lost against him, even trying out the ROB to throw Sonix off.<\/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\">SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK HE&#39;S WASHED, OLD NEWS, AS THE HORSEMEN RIDE INTO THE SUNSET WITH HIM SITTING IN THE DUST&#8230;<br><br>BUT NOW, A YEAR SINCE HIS LAST MAJOR TITLE, HE&#39;S BACK AT THE MOUNTAIN TOP!<br><br>\ud83c\udfc6 CONGRATULATIONS TO <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akimkleo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@akimkleo<\/a>  FOR WINNING ULTIMATE SINGLES AT EUGENEBOUND SUMMERS! \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ziJXhj9rdA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ziJXhj9rdA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; EugeneBound (@EugeneBoundSSB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EugeneBoundSSB\/status\/1967124584756637916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sonix swept MkLeo 3-0 to reset the bracket. MkLeo then stuck with his Aegis pick and won the first two games of the bracket reset, but Sonix didn\u2019t want that to go unanswered and won two straight games as well. The final game went down to the wire, where MkLeo was able to win it with a forward tilt from Pyra to punish Sonix\u2019s overshooting of the ledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While MkLeo celebrates his win, Sonix\u2019s loss extended his major tournament losing streak. The last major he won was The Coinbox IRL, but since then, he\u2019s finished second or lower. He has won national tournaments, but major titles have eluded him for two years now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"game\">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/strong>\u2019s next major tournament is SmashMania 2025. The event will happen in France on Sept. 27-28, 2025. 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