Photo By Gary Baum
Photo By Gary Baum
The stage was set for a pro final matchup
of the powerhouse Moscow Red Legion
versus the surprising Los Angeles Ironmen.
Unfortunately for the Ironmen, this would be
the end of the road as Red Legion played a
level above them (and everyone else), taking
the match and the first place victory 5-2. This
was great showing from the Red Legion but
it was nice to see Baltimore Revo and the
Ironmen join Impact and Houston Heat in
the top four.
Coming into this event San Diego Aftermath
held the top spot on the season long
Semiprofessional leaderboard, with two
first place wins and a fifth place showing in
Atlantic City. On their heels was Indianapolis
Mutiny with a win in Atlantic City and two
other final-round appearances. And not far
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behind the top two Semipro leaders was ac:
Diesel with three top five finishes in 2018.
In Chicago the script played out much like you
may have predicted, with Mutiny, Aftermath,
ac: Diesel and NRG Elite (fourth on the
season’s leaderboard) all breezing through
the preliminary rounds going undefeated.
Baltimore Nasty lost only one preliminary
round game and turned up their game on
Sunday with quarterfinal and semifinal round
wins, which got them to the finals and in a
showdown for first place with San Diego
Aftermath. In the end Aftermath was too
much for Nasty to handle and the boys from
San Diego notched their third event win in
four tries this season. Indianapolis Mutiny
finished in third place and the Royal City Sea
Dogs placed fourth.