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15 years ago

MMA stands his ground against KiWiKaKi

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In a 2-0 win over KiWiKaKi, MMA survived early proxy-gate pressure, well-placed forcefields and even DT harass. KiWiKaKi played well, but well wasn't enough to take down the SlayerS Terran.

Their first game was played on Shakuras Plateau where KiWiKaKi opened up with a proxy Gateway at the bottom of MMA's natural. MMA might have sensed something was wrong when KiWiKaKi's Probe arrived early to scout. This caused MMA to send out a scouting SCV that quickly revealed the proxy Gateway. MMA quickly prepared himself for the early aggression and he fought off the push eventually. KiWiKaKi would even transition into a 4 Warpgate push, but MMA was able to defend, break out and take his expansions. From there on it was just a matter of time before MMA slowly took over in economy. Several times KiWiKaKi tried to break MMA's defence at his natural, but time and time again KiWiKaKi was fought back. MMA would take game 1 after defending quite well and dropping mercilessly.

The second game was played on Xel'Naga Caverns and it looked like KiWiKaKi was going to do early DT harass, but instead put down an early Nexus despite putting up two Assimilators in his main. The game transitioned into mid-game with very little action, but MMA would not stay inactive for long. Attempted drops would come all over the map and from every direction for MMA. KiWiKaKi had to be on his feet to push back each one. KiWiKaKi responded with DT harass and in the end it was MMA who would just trample through KiWiKaKi's army with his own.