EndingWalker and Mo.Sin make the UK proud at Evo 2024

Photo by Robert Paul for Evo 2024

Fighting game players made the UK proud on the weekend, as they performed well at the major fighting game community (FGC) tournament Evo 2024.

First up, Mouz’ 17-year-old Street Fighter player EndingWalker (pictured, second from left) took third place in the Street Fighter 6 tournament.

This is especially significant given the number of entries into this tournament: 5,279 competitors signed up for the game this year.

And in Under Night In-Birth II (UNI2), UK player Mo.Sin finished runner-up. He narrowly missed out on becoming the champion in that title, after losing 3-2 to Japanese player Senaru in the final.

Mo.Sin took home $6,000 for finishing in second place, with Senaru taking home $12,000.

In Tekken, another UK player, K-Wiss. placed 13th. While not in the top eight, Tekken 8 had the second highest bracket entrants with 4,651 entrants, making K-Wiss’ placing significant.

K-Wiss said: “My best placing at an Evo so I can’t be too upset about it. I knew I could have done better in my last game but it was not my day. Thank you to everyone that stayed up to watch my games and supported me and sent messages etc. I appreciate all of it, I’m sorry I couldn’t have done more.

“And a big thank you to NiP for supporting me to get me here. The big win is coming for us for sure.”

Looking back at Street Fighter again, and EndingWalker fought his way to the finals bracket, before falling 3-1 to UAE player and eventual runner-up Big Bird.

In the lower bracket, EndingWalker beat Chinese player Zhen and Japanese player Momochi 3-1 and 3-2 respectively, before being knocked out by Big Bird again, 3-1.

In the grand final, US player Punk beat Big Bird to become champion of Evo 2024, taking home $12,000.

EndingWalker’s fellow UK partner, and Mouz teammate, ProblemX, finished in 25th place.

After the top three finish, EndingWalker (who received $4,500) said he was ‘happy but a little disappointed’ in himself. He shared a picture of a ‘positive potato’ his mum made him as a Christmas present.

There was plenty of praise for the British teenager on social media. For not only was he representing the UK in the top eight, but he was the only European in the top eight too.

We’ve rounded up a few posts on his top three finish below:

Elsewhere, organisers of Evo 2024 also announced that Evo France will be taking place next year, from October 10th to 12th 2025, in Nice.

The news is another reminder of UK talent in fighting games, with the UK producing a range of skilled players and broadcast talent over the years.

Last year, a trio of UK players secured top eight finishes at Evo 2023, with Spartan Throne doing well in Marvel vs Capcom in particular.

Dom Sacco

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.

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 worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.