Red Bull Kumite 2025: Street Fighter 6 Legends vs Underdogs

Eugene Bozhenko

Eugene Bozhenko

Real titans of SF6 esports participate in this event. They are divided into two teams, but the battle for victory and prize money is individual and knows no teammates.

Even the between-season period for Street Fighter 6 is filled with top-level competition. This time, the community can enjoy a special show: an invitational tournament in Paris, France.

SF6 Red Bull Kumite 2025 features two days of intense battles. The players here are true legends: winners of Capcom Cups, Evo, and other top-level tournaments.

The organizers have already invited 14 participants: for the teams of Legends and Underdogs. Well, this division is intriguing, but rest assured, the Underdog gang are no strangers to big victories. One spot is for the Play-In winner: finals of the global qualification series. One more player will join the fights after the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ), which happens within the event. 

Everything about Street Fighter 6 Red Bull Kumite 2025 is here: stream, details, and final results.

Where to watch SF6 Red Bull Kumite 2025?

The official Red Bull Gaming channel on YouTube and Red Bull on Twitch broadcast Street Fighter 6 Red Bull Kumite 2025 matches. You can watch the stream right here: it’s embedded below.

Schedule

The SF6 esports invitational event goes on for two days.

  • Saturday, April 5: The Play-In stage and Last Chance Qualifier.
  • Sunday, April 6: Final brackets.

The detailed schedule of the SF6 Red Bull Kumite 2025 is in the images below.

Day 2 schedule (image via Red Bull Gaming)
Day 1 schedule (image via Red Bull Gaming)

The Play-in stage is the final of a qualification series. It had tournaments across the globe. Eight players battle through the Play-in brackets to reach the top 1 and participate in the main event.

The Last Chance Qualifier at Red Bull Kumite is an open Street Fighter 6 tournament. Only the winner advances to the final brackets. Considering the number of registered contenders, 264, the battle is going to be intense.

Introducing participants

Each and every person at Red Bull Kumite is a powerhouse of Street Fighter esports. The logic of dividing these guys into teams Legends and Underdogs is pretty clear — but still, all of them are legends.

The table below gives a quick introduction of all the 14 invited players.

Team Legends
Team Underdogs
MenaRD: #1 at SF6 Evo Japan 2024NoahTheProdigy: #1 at SF6 Frosty Faustings XVII
Kakeru: Capcom Cup 2025 ChampionEndingWalker: #1 at SF6 VSFighting XII
Xiao Hai: #1 at SF6 Esports World Cup 2024Kusanagi: #1 at SF6 UFA 2024
Big Bird: #1 at SF6 DreamHack Summer 2024Nyanpi
gachikun: : #1 at DreamHack Dallas 2024Kilzyou
Problem X: 3rd at VSFighting XIIZangief bolado
Bonchan: 3rd at SF6 BAM 14Higuchi
Daigo Umehara: the Beast himself, no introduction neededAkainu

The results: Red Bull Kumite 2025

In this section, you’ll find information on matchups and final results at SF6 Red Bull Kumite 2025.

Play-In

Here are the brackets of the Street Fighter 6 Red Bull Kumite 2025 Play-In stage. All eight players start from the winners side.

After a wonderful run, Higuchi won this tournament part and qualified for the main event. The Japanese player was on Guile, and he defeated some pretty strong opponents, including iDom and Takamura.

Other notable competitors sure include Salvatore, who performed a reverse sweep in the match vs ZJZ. In general, the guy demonstrated miracles of adapting to opponents. Takamura was in the beast mode throughout Play-In at Red Bull Kumite 2025 — even in the matches he lost. Also, iDom treated the community to his mighty play, even on Manon.

Winners round 1
Winners semis
Winners final
Grand final
Takamura 3:2 MarkTheShark
Ken vs Ken
Takamura 2:3 iDom
Ken vs Manon
iDom 0:3 Higuchi
Manon vs Guile
Higuchi 3:1 Takamura
Guile vs Ken
iDom 3:0 Senor Power
Manon vs Mai
Higuchi 3:1 Salvatore
Guile vs Cammy
Higuchi 3:0 KUSANAGI
Guile vs Akuma, Terry
Salvatore 3:2 ZJZ
Cammy vs Mai
Losers round 1
Losers quarterfinals
Losers semi
Losers final
MarkTheShark 2:3 Senor Power
Ken vs Cammy
Salvatore 1:3 Senor Power
Cammy vs Ryu
Senor Power 1:3 Takamura
Cammy vs Ken
Takamura 3:2 iDom
Ken vs Manon
KUSANAGI 1:3 ZJZ
Akuma vs Mai
Takamura 3:2 ZJZ
Ken vs Mai

* KUSANAGI in these brackets is a Mexican player with the same name as the French player Kusanagi, who is already in the main brackets.

The Play-In and LCQ stream is here:

Last Chance Qualifier

264 Street Fighter 6 players registered for the battles of the Red Bull Kumite 2025 LCQ. Below, you’ll find the top 8 brackets.

Winners semis
Winners final
Grand final
Garnet 2:3 Akainu
Dhalsim vs Guile
Akainu 3:2 Didimokof
Guile vs A.K.I., Dhalsim
Akainu 3:1 s4ltyKiD
Guile vs Kimberly
Mister Crimson 2:3 Didimokof
Dhalsim vs A.K.I.
Losers round 1
Losers quarterfinals
Losers semi
Losers final
Blaz 0:3 s4ltyKiD
Ryu vs Kimberly
Mister Crimson 2:3 s4ltyKiD
Dhalsim, Zangief vs Kimberly
s4ltyKiD 3:1 Garnet
Kimberly vs Dhalsim
s4ltyKiD 3:2 Didimokof
Kimberly vs A.K.I.
Luffy 3:0 ShadyImpostor
Manon vs DeJay
Garnet 3:0 Luffy
Dhalsim vs Manon

Main event

The final brackets of the SF6 Red Bull Kumite 2025 are for the 16 players. The format is single-elimination, first-to-five.

It turned out that the tournament is a real battle between Street Fighter 6 Legends and Underdogs. Players from two teams reached the grand final: Big Bird and EndingWalker.

For all the Legends defeated by the Underdogs, BigBird on his Rashid won over EndingWalker — the match was close and spectacular.

With this victory, BigBird is the only two-time Red Bull Kumite Champion!

Winners round 1
Winners round 2
Winners semis
Grand final
MenaRD 5:2 Nyanpi
Blanka vs A.K.I.
MenaRD 5:3 NoahTheProdigy
M. Bison vs Luke
MenaRD 4:5 BigBird
M. Bison vs Rashid
BigBird 5:3 EndingWalker
Rashid vs Ryu
Daigo Umehara 2:5 NoahTheProdigy
Akuma vs Luke
Kilzyou 3:5 BigBird
Mai vs Rashid
EndingWalker 5:3 Bonchan
Ryu vs Akuma
Xiao Hai 3:5 Kilzyou
Mai vs Mai
Kakeru 3:5 EndingWalker
JP vs Ryu
BigBird 5:2 Kusanagi
Rashid vs Ryu
gachikun 2:5 Bonchan
Rashid vs Akuma
Kakeru 5:3 Zangief bolado
JP vs Zangief
Problem X 2:5 EndingWalker
M. Bison vs Ryu
gachikun 5:2 Higuchi
Rashid vs Guile
Bonchan 5:3 Akainu
Akuma vs Guile

The next official SF6 esports season is right around the corner! The first event of the Capcom Pro Tour 2025 is part of Evo Japan 2025. Also, the newest character, Elena, should join the Street Fighter 6 roster this spring. We expect to get detailed reveals at Evo Japan as well.

For all Street Fighter 6 news and updates, stick around on esports.gg.