Street Fighter pro Daigo Umehara took home $10,000 after winning the 2011 ReveLAtions game tournament undefeated last month.
It was a sweet victory for Team Mad Catz as Daigo’s team mate TOPANGA.Mago finished in second place with $3,000 winnings.
The pair fended off over 400 other competitive gamers taking part in the Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition tournament.
Daigo also went on to win first place in the Street Fighter II Turbo. Both players used Mad Catz Street Fighter IV Tournament Edition Fighting Sticks.
The team finished fourth at the recent Shadowloo Showdown 2011, with Poongko coming out on top.
The final standings from ReveLAtions 2011 are as follows:
- Daigo ‘THE BEAST’ Umehara | Tokyo, JPN – Yun
- TOPANGA.Mago the ‘2DGOD’ | Tokyo, JPN – Fei Long, Sagat
- Hsien Chang | Texas – Yun
- BROKENTIER.Latif | Arizona – C. Viper
- INFILTRATION | S. Korea – Akuma
- ClakeyD | California – Ibuki (joint fifth)
- WolfKrone | Michigan – C. Viper
- ROM | California – Yang (joint seventh)
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He has almost two decades of experience in journalism, and left Esports News UK in June 2025.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He also previously worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation.
