Sahara Wins SF6 Ultimate Fighting Arena 2025, Earns Capcom Cup 12 Invitation
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Key points
- Sahara took Ultimate Fighting Arena 2025 over Kingsvega and earned a Capcom Cup 12 invitation.
- Both Kingsvega and Sahara have never won a tier-1 Street Fighter 6 tournament.
- The next Street Fighter 6 premier tournament will be Evo France 2025.
Sahara won his first tier-1 Street Fighter 6 tournament, Ultimate Fighting Arena 2025, over fellow Japanese player Kingsvega on Sept. 14, 2025. Since this event is part of the Capcom Pro Tour 2025, the winner is automatically invited to Capcom Cup 12.
It’s worth mentioning that Ultimate Fighting Arena 2025 was attended by well-decorated Street Fighter players, such as Daigo Umehara and Victor “Punk” Woodley, yet the grand final of the tournament featured two players who had never won a tier 1.
Sahara’s path to the grand final made it seem like he was fighting unknown players, but that is simply not true. In his path were David “Jak” Edwards, Noah “NoahTheProdigy” Solis and Alan “Nephew” Sun, with the latter being the only one giving him problems.
Kingsvega, on the other hand, had to fight Kevin “Dual Kevin” Barrios, Joel “Juicyjoe” Sundell and Michael “Riddles” Kim, among many others. Just like Sahara, Kingsvega had very convincing games against his opponents, but it just wasn’t enough, as he lost against the former without even taking a game.
With Ultimate Fighting Arena 2025 over, the next Street Fighter 6 premier tournament is going to be the inaugural Evo France 2025 in October. This is the first Evo outside of the US and Japan, which also marks the second expansion of the tournament series.
