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For years the Evolution Championship Series hosted in Las Vegas has been the be-all and end-all for professional fighting game players. To win one of the events at EVO was the equivalent of winning the Super Bowl -- the culmination of a years work with a championship and a relatively large purse for a fighting game competition. That has all changed with Capcoms introduction of the Capcom Pro Tour, putting its newest game -- Street Fighter V -- at the forefront of fighting game esport titles. The winner of this weekends world championship will walk away with $120,000, the largest prize ever awarded to a fighting game tournament winner.Thirty-two prize fighters will descend on Southern California for the chance to become the lone champion and capture the $120,000 prize. After a year of regional tournaments across the world, the Pro Tour has reached its endpoint. By Saturdays end, one individual at the Anaheim Convention Center will not only have a fatter wallet, but the distinction of being known as the first world champion of SFV. Then on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2 will broadcast the final rounds in a 90-minute show.So what can we expect as we head into this years Capcom Cup?The South Korean AndroidDownload complete, Lee Infiltration Seon-woo stated at EVO 2016 when he won the tournament in dominant fashion. Infiltration enters the field as the top seed and the heavy favorite to outsiders who watched EVO, but the androids circuitry hasnt been up to snuff in his past couple of tournaments. Infiltration soared through the first half of the year, ending in his grand television debut on ESPN2 at Evolution, but has had a difficult second half. He hasnt won a competition since the summer came to a close and failed to win in his homeland of South Korea, finishing a disappointing (for him) seventh at the Capcom Pro Tour Asia Regional Finals.Was the Street Fighter legend simply biding his time until the World Finals, or is there cause for concern for a man who appeared superhuman at SFVs launch?Mr. ConsistentHajime Tokido Taniguchi is the face of consistency. Whereas Infiltration has fallen behind since temperatures dropped, Tokido has continued his pace of placing in the top four of almost every tournament he entered. Strangely enough, the only Pro Tour event he failed to finish in the top four was at Evolution, where he was expected to have a climactic clash with Infiltration in the final but flamed out before the top eight. Dont expect that to happen again come the World Finals; if there was one player you could count on to make a deep run in the bracket, it would be Murderface Tokido himself. With two titles to his name already in 2016, a world championship would be the perfect hat trick for Japans ace.The American DreamsEvil Geniuses and Team Liquid, rivals for almost a decade as esports clubs, bring the two Americans with the best chance of toppling the Asian contingent at the World Finals. Justin Wong is no stranger to championships and big events, and Mr. Evil Geniuses himself will be one of the main contenders to take home the world title in Anaheim this weekend. The NA Regional Finals was the best premier event of the year so far for Wong, as he came in fourth place and established himself as the third seed in the World Finals bracket.For Team Liquid, Du NuckleDu Dang might be the hottest player momentum-wise coming into the tournament, having won the same NA Regional Finals tournament in which Wong finished fourth by taking out Tokido in the finals. After starting the year as a Nash player, NuckleDu grew his fighter pool by adding Guile and R.Mika, which helped him win two premier events leading into the grand showdown.While the storyline of the first half of the year was the South Korean Android versus Japans Murderface, dont be too surprised if Liquids American Hope is the biggest story of the weekend.The BeastThe Beast. The Legend. The Messiah of Street Fighter. Daigo Umehara, 35, became the first world champion of the previous edition of Street Fighter, SFIV, back in 2009 when Evolution was the Super Bowl of the game. He has a chance to capture another Capcom title in its first full year at the World Finals this weekend. Can he do it, though? 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Miralem Pjanic Jersey .com) - Christian Ponder will get another chance to prove himself for the Minnesota Vikings, with head coach Leslie Frazier announcing Wednesday that the struggling quarterback will start this weekends game against the Green Bay Packers.HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. -- Rated R Superstar became a graded stakes winner for the first time while handing the odds-on favorite Awesome Banner his first sprint setback in five tries when he rallied from off the pace to a convincing 3-1/4-length triumph in Saturdays Grade 3, $150,000 Carry Back Stakes at Gulfstream Park.With Cornelio Velasquez aboard, Rated R Superstar was reserved at the rear of the pack in the run down the backstretch while the 2-5 Awesome Banner, as expected, controlled the pace through quick splits of 22.37 and 44.59 seconds for the opening half-mile. Rated R Superstar came wide with his bid rallying into the stretch and readily wore down the tiring leader despite drifting at the end.Awesome Banner, who had won his first four sprint starts by a combined margin of 22 lengths including the Grade 2 Swale and Grade 3 Hutcheson here earlier this year, appeared well in control turning into the stretch with a clear lead, only to shorten stride late and prove no match for the winner. He was easily second-best, finishing six lengths in front of third-place finisher Bullet Gone Astray.The victory was the third in 11 starts for Rated R Superstar, a son of Kodiak Kowboy who was Grade 1-placed around two turns as a 2-year-old. The win also provided some good medicine for trainer Ken McPeek, who was in town but unable to attend the race after becoming ill on the eve of the Carry Back.Rated R Superstar completed seven furlongs over a track upgraded from good to fast just prior to the race in 1:22.09. He paid $7.40.Im actually in town but Ive got a stomach virus, McPeek said by phone immediately after the race. I was up all night. I guess I got it on the airplane. Im extremely dehydrated.McPeek said he was hoping to get some help with the pace with Awesome Banner to set up Rated R Superstars late surge.It looked like they did [press the 1] a little bit and watching the race, I thought he could run him down, said McPeek. Cornelio knew the horse a little from thhe start at Turfway and he did a great job.ddddddddddddcPeek said Rated R Superstar would likely make his next start in the seven-furlong, Grade 1 Kings Bishop next month at Saratoga.Dearest delivers in AzaleaDearest left little doubt shes the queen of the local 3-year-old filly sprint division after cruising to a 1-1/2-length victory over the 28-1 Smartly Agree in the $100,000 Azalea. The pacesetting Ballet Diva finished third.The win was the fourth in five starts for Dearest, a daughter of Midshipman whose only setback came at the hands of Cathryn Sophia in the Grade 2 Davona Dale going a mile this past winter.Dearest covered seven furlongs over a good track in 1:22.81 and paid $2.40. She was ridden to victory by Emisael Jaramillo for Gelfenstein Farm and trainer Gilberto Zerpa.Three Rules dominates BirdonthewireThree Rules followed up his easy debut victory with an even more impressive performance in his stakes debut, rallying from just off the pace to a dominant five-length victory over the 73-1 outsider Sonido in the $75,000 Birdonthewire for 2-year-olds. The pacesetter Francesco Appeal finished third.Three Rules, a son of Gone Astray, is owned by his breeder, Shade Tree Thoroughbreds Inc. and was ridden to victory, as he was in his previous start, by Velasquez. He paid $2.40 after covering 5 1/2 furlongs over a good track in 1:22.81.Cajun Delta Dawn upsets Cassidy StakesCajun Delta Dawn rallied up the rail under jockey Juan Leyva to outfinish Lirica by a half-length to upset the $75,000 Cassidy Stakes. The winners stablemate, Perfect Key, finished third after controlling the pace while the 3-5 favorite Wide Gold checked home fourth in the field of eight 2-year-old fillies.Cajun Delta Dawn is trained by David Fawkes for owner-breeder Curtis Mikkelsen. He ran 5-1/2 furlongs over the good track in 1:05.21 and paid a generous $36.60. ' ' '