EVO 2011 Update: Top 8s for Day 1

Action from Evo 2011 was intense on day 1 – over 5000 competitors between Mortal Kombat and Super Street Fighter 4 AE showed up. The top 8s are being determined for play on Sunday for the finals. Here are the results as they come in:

Mortal Kombat 9

Characters here largely varied on situation, so they are not listed.

Winners Bracket

Chris G
JOP
Perfect Legend
Denzell Terry

Losers Bracket

16-bit
OnlineTony213
ATL Redd
REO

Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition

Winners listed with their preferred character

Winners Bracket

Daigo Umehara (Yun)
Poongko (Seth)
Latif (C. Viper)
Fuudo (Fei Long)

Losers Bracket

Flash Metroid (Zangief, C. Viper)
Kindevu (Yun)
Wolfkrone (C. Viper)
Tokido (Akuma)

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