East vs West: When Americans Take on The Beast

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East vs West: When Americans Take on The Beast

Kobe Bryant, Peyton Manning, Tiger Woods, Alexander Ovechkin. Each of these athletes represent the pinnacle of their respective games. When it comes to video games--Street Fighter to be exact--there is none higher than Daigo Umehara. Hand him a controller, press "start" and he's untouchable. He's a the proverbial Godzilla of this ish. It's no surprise then that during his ascension, he picked up the nickname "The Beast". 'Cause, well, he is. Over the years a number of American Street Fighter players have lined up over the years to play him. Most of them leaving with their egos hurt and fingers sore from trying to combat dudes unbelievable combos. To celebrate the release of Street Fighter IV this week, we've compiled his greatest matches with our best homegrown talent. Peep game and respect his technique. Maybe you'll learn something.

Daigo (Ryu) vs. Alex Valle (Sagat)

Complex Says: One of the few videos where a US player takes down Daigo. Too bad one of the other infamous Daigo videos in this post completely owns this one in popularity. Kinda like how no one watches that video of Kimbo Slice losing, we just want to keep the magic going...is that too much to ask for?

Daigo (Ryu) vs. Afrolegends (Balrog/Dee Jay)

Complex Says: Proof that video games are fake. Mike Tyson wouldn

Daigo (Ryu) vs. Sanford Kelly (Akuma)

Complex Says: The real star here is Chris Hu

Daigo (Ryu) vs. Arturo Sanchez (Dhalsim)

Complex Says: Much like the Erin Andrews scandal, this went down at a private hotel room where they filmed behind-the-scenes footage. Unlike the Erin Andrews scandal it's a video of a bunch of dudes watching Arturo taking down Daigo during Evo 2009. Sure it's not a female, but we don't feel dirty for watching it...or do we?

Daigo (Ken) vs. Justin Wong (Chun Li)

Complex Says: The video that made Daigo famous. If you don

Daigo (Guile) vs. Justin Wong (Rufus)

Complex Says: Could this really have ended any better? Double KO?! That

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