Tournament 78: Grand Prix Warm-Up - Round 4:

Dreams were shattered in the Fourth Round of Tournament 78: Grand Prix Warm-Up! The fates were cruel to some, but kind to others, as the finals started to take shape at the expense of many of the tournament favourites!

#1 seed Genku suffered another indignity as he met Hall of Fame immortal Oozaru in the first match of the round! Oozaru showed troubling signs of vulnerability during Round 2, but put it all together to take a big lump out of Genku's Undisputed Championship hopes! Genku was customarily irritable upon defeat, once again blaming officials -- in particular Mick -- for their "failure of a tournament"!

Bad karma must've been in the air as "Chosen One" Damo suffered a massive upset elimination at the hands of GohanSon! He sent EasterBunny to the injured list in the last round, but completely capitulated against his unassuming opponent! GohanSon will be a man amongst giants in the Quarter Final, but has arguably the safest opponent in fellow upstart MKMaster! MKM had a tough battle with Jerrod, but it seemed J's elimination of CaTigeReptile in the last round took all he had.

No such trouble for "The Hitman" DECEPTION, who impressed with a devastating +16 impact against veteran competitor NovaStarr. The win edged DECEPTION toward the front of the favourite as chief rival "American Nightmare" LordSkarlet said goodnight in a shock loss to investigator AlbertBeefcake! The result sets up a compelling rematch between the 2016 Finalists!

Mimik made a compelling case for his consideration, as well, with a comprehensive win over lurking predator TonyTheTiger! This means the Quarter Final will play host to a battle of United fighters, with Mimik advancing to a clash against the hardest hitter of the entire tournament: Mime!

Tournament 78: Grand Prix Warm-Up - Round 4:
1. Oozaru d. Genku [#1] [+3]
2. Scott-Howell d. Chromatose [+1]
3. "The Hitman" DECEPTION d. NovaStarr [+16]
4. AlbertBeefcake d. "American Nightmare" LordSkarlet [+8]
5. United: Mimik d. "The Predator" TonyTheTiger [+5]
6. United: Mime d. Jammer2Omega [+3]
7. GohanSon d. "The Chosen One" Damo [+2]
8. MKMaster d. Jerrod [+1]

Tournament 77 Impact Players:
- Mime +MAX (R1, R3), Damo +24 (R3), LordSkarlet +22 (R2), MKMaster +18 (R2), DECEPTION +16 (R4), CaTigeReptile +11 (R2), Poasty +9 (R2), AlbertBeefcake +8 (R4), Genku +7 (R1), Loopster +7 (R2), DaemonX +7 (R2), Shinnokxz +5 (R1), Mimik +5 (R4), Oozaru +4 (R1), DeathScepter +4 (R2), Chromatose +4 (R3), TonyTheTiger +4 (R3)

Tournament 77 Shock Eliminations:
- avenger45 (R1), Nephrite (R1), Murdoink (R1), SubScorpTile (R1), Shen_DuHBK (R1), Baraka_MK (R1), Poasty (R3), CaTigeReptile (R3), Genku (R4), LordSkarlet (R4), Damo (R4)

Tournament 77 Casualties:
- KittyKat (R1), UlcaTron (R2), EasterBunny (R3)