{"id":29498,"date":"2025-10-27T02:51:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T02:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29498"},"modified":"2025-10-27T14:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:40:14","slug":"usama-abbasi-edges-out-farzeen-wins-tekken-8-tournament-takedown-2025","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-10-27\/usama-abbasi-edges-out-farzeen-wins-tekken-8-tournament-takedown-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Usama Abbasi edges out Farzeen, wins Tekken 8 Tournament Takedown 2025"},"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\">Usama Abbasi edges out Farzeen, wins Tekken 8 Tournament Takedown 2025<\/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\/10\/Takedown-2025-Grands.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1280x854 size-1280x854\" alt=\"Usama Abbasi edges out Farzeen, wins Tekken 8 Tournament Takedown 2025\" 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\/10\/Takedown-2025-Grands.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\/10\/Takedown-2025-Grands.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\/10\/Takedown-2025-Grands.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\/10\/Takedown-2025-Grands.jpg 1280w\" \/><figcaption>Usama Abbasi (left) and Farzeen (right). 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class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Usama Abbasi won Takedown 2025, beating Farzeen in the grand final.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Arslan Ash also participated in the tournament but was eliminated before the top eight.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Most of the players in the top eight were unknowns on the international stage.<\/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>Usama Abbasi has defeated Muhammad \u201cFarzeen\u201d Farzeen at <strong class=\"game\">Tekken 8<\/strong>\u2019s Takedown 2025 tournament in Lahore, Pakistan. Abbasi looked unstoppable until the grand final, where Farzeen quickly defeated him in the first set and reset the bracket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Abbasi quickly found an answer and was able to fight back against Farzeen\u2019s Lydia, ending the tournament 3-1 and bringing home the Takedown 2025 trophy.<\/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\">A new legend is born! Usama Abbasi is your TEKKEN CHAMPION at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Takedown2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#Takedown2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DzqijbYU3u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/DzqijbYU3u<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BAAZ (@BAAZ_GG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BAAZ_GG\/status\/1982515604851757523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of strong Pakistani players were in attendance, including Evo France 2025 champion Arslan \u201cArslan Ash\u201d Siddique; however, in a stunning upset, he was sent to the loser\u2019s bracket by a Reina player called Abid Rajpoot and then finally eliminated by a Zafina player called Shehram Tariq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nopparut \u201cBook\u201d Hempamorn, another Evo champion, was also eliminated before the top eight, exiting the tournament in 17th place. 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