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Player Information
Name: 문성원
Romanized Name: Mun Seong Won
Birth: October 29, 1988 (1988-10-29) (age 24)
Country: South Korea South Korea
Race: Terran
Team: Team Acer
Alternate IDs: SlayerSCchapSeungEu, Jjob, M, Dream.t)1988, Na[Shield], Always
WCS Rank (Points): #43 (250 points)
Links
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Achievements
2011 MLG Pro Circuit/Columbus 2011 Global StarCraft II League October 2011 Blizzard Cup IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Kiev Iron Squid – Chapter I
History
2008-10 – 2009-10

2010-11-30 – 2012-11-03

2012-11-20 – Present

To read about MMA's StarCraft: Brood War career, see 1988.

Mun "MMA" Seong Won is a Terran player from South Korea, who is currently playing for Team Acer.

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[edit] Biography

MMA was born and raised in Incheon, South Korea. When he was in elementary school, he was introduced to the original StarCraft, which would become his passion and would later lead him to become a progamer. At first, he wanted to be a soldier, but due to a knee injury he had to be discharged from the army.[1] MMA played as a Terran on SK Telecom T1 from 2008 under the id "Dream.t)1988", although he did not play very many games.

[edit] Wings of Liberty

MMA was the first of the new recruits for BoxeR's SlayerS team, whom he knew through his old team SK Telecom T1.

He has found success in team leagues such as Zotac and GSTL, where he has been a pivotal force in SlayerS's lineup, and is often utilized as an Ace player. In the premiere GSTL February, MMA almost performed a reverse all-kill, taking down 3 opponents from ZeNEX when his team was down 0-3. In the GSTL March, MMA has been very successful, defeating players such as MC and July on SlayerS' path to the finals. He defeated Mvp in the championship match, earning his team the GSTL title and himself the Most Valuable Player Gold Card for his performance. The following GSTL in May, MMA was once again used as the primary Ace player of SlayerS. He helped stage a comeback against fOu in the semifinals and was chosen as the last player to face MvP in the finals where he took out DongRaeGu in the deciding game to earn SlayerS a repeat victory, as well as a repeat MVP Gold Card for himself.

MMA's greatest individual success in Korea has been his run through the GSL Super Tournament. He managed to draw only Terran opponents, including two of his teammates, GanZi and Ryung. With the exception of those two, his other series were fairly close, particularly a comeback from a two game deficit against MarineKing in the semifinals to advance 3-2. Although MMA was the heavy favorite going into the finals, he would subsequently be swept by Polt 4-0.

MMA's next notable finish in Korea would be in the Arena of Legends 1. He dominated his group, winning 2-0 against both NesTea and MC to advance to the round of 4. There, he lost 0-3 to MarineKing, therefore placing third.

MMA would be able to play in the Blizzard Cup due to the fact that Mvp qualified three times, so MMA got a spot by virtue of his 4th place position in the GSL Player Rankings. In the group stages, MMA would tie for first in his group with a score of 3-1, only dropping a game to Polt. He would later get his revenge though, beating Polt and Leenock in the tie breakers to secure first place in his group. In the bracket play, MMA would 3-0 Mvp to face DongRaeGu in the finals. MMA was up 3-0 against DongRaeGu before DongRaeGu started to make a comeback, evening the score 3-3. MMA however would not falter in the ace game and end up winning the tournament, 4-3.

MMA eventually became teamless in October 2012, as SlayerS disbanded.[2] On November 20th 2012, he joined Team Acer together with ex-SlayerS coach Cella.[3]

[edit] Code A

MMA's first Code A qualification, was for GSL March. He eliminated the foreigner Ret 2-0 to advance to the Round of 16. There he was defeated by Killer 1-2. In the subsequent Code A tournament, he quickly took out TopClass and Hyperdub making it to the Round of 8 before falling to Bomber. Entering the Round of 8 was enough to allow MMA to play in the up/down matches where he was defeated by MarineKing 1-2, and HuK 0-2, keeping him in Code A. The following season he was knocked out entirely by falling 0-2 in the first round to Puzzle.

MMA wouldn't return to Code A until 2012 GSL Season 2, falling third in his group and landing in the Ro32 where he would face Line and defeat him 2-0 to advance into the Ro24, meeting KeeN but losing to him 1-2, falling just close to a granted Code S spot, he played in the Up and Down matches, but couldn't win a game and lost 0-3, staying in Code A for the next season.

In the third 2012 GSL MMA would start in Code A vs HongUn, making this HongUn's last match from Code A before retiring [4], MMA would advance 2-0 and face HerO, few days before the match MMA would enter a controversial fight with SlayerS and would be demoted to the B-Team [5] just a few days before his match, nonetheless MMA would take a smooth 2-0 win over the Protoss player and continue his Code A run, advancing to the Ro24 where he will play vs viOLet.

[edit] Code S

During MMA's first Code S season in GSL August after being seeded through MLG, he 2-0'd his group, ending NesTea's undefeated GSL streak. He faced off against Polt in the Round of 16 in a rematch of the Super Tournament final, but lost to the Prime Terran once again, although this time in a close series which ended 1-2 in Polt's favor.

The next season, MMA chose NesTea for his group, not having many choices left. This time, NesTea defeated MMA, but MMA was still able to make it out of his group 2-1, by beating NaDa and KeeN. He defeated asd in Ro16 and followed it up with a 3-2 win over Clide in a hard fought series in the Ro8. In the Semifinals he went up against the IM Terran Happy defeating him 3-1. The finals were held at the BlizzCon, where he would face off against Mvp, the reigning champion, and defeat him 4-1 to win his first GSL title.

During the Group Selection for GSL November, MMA made some controversy when he picked his teammate YugiOh and criticized him. In addition to YugiOh, his group contained another teammate, Ryung, and one of the five Protoss players in Code S, MC. MMA would advance with ease, beating YugiOh and MC to place first in the group. In the Round of 16, he was in Group A with NesTea, HuK, and Leenock. There he convincingly defeated NesTea then Leenock to advance onto the Round of 8.

MMA would fall to Oz 2-3 in a close series in the RO8, ending MMA's run for November. His loss to Oz meant that MC would be able to participate in the Blizzard Cup.

In the first season of 2012 Round of 32, MMA would sweep his group with 2-0's against GuMiho and Zenio. The Round of 16 group stage went a lot closer than the previous round. With two close wins against Oz and a loss against teammate Puzzle, MMA was still be able to advance to the next round. MMA would go on to meet aLive in the RO8, where he lost 1-3. Because he made it to the RO8, he would be qualified for next season's Code S.

[edit] IGN ProLeague

[edit] IPL Season 3

From September 10th to September 11th, 2011, MMA participated in the IPL Season 3 Qualifier 3. MMA started off from the Round of 64. MMA defeated Volta, Artist, Heart, Min, and July , in order to advance in to the finals to face Stephano. He wasn't able to defeat Stephano and ended up taking second place after losing by a score of 1-2.

From October 6th to October 9th, 2011, MMA participated in the IGN ProLeague Season 3. IPL 3 started off with a Pools play. MMA started off in Pool D with White-Ra, TheStC, and IdrA. MMA advanced out of his pool with a score of 1-2 in to the championship bracket. In the championship bracket, MMA took down Sheth, Sleep, and PuMa, in order to advance in to the semifinals to face Lucky. He wasn't able to defeat Lucky and lost to him by a score of 0-3.

[edit] Outside Korea

MMA was announced in May 2011, to be one of the first four South Korean invites chosen to participate in the GSL-MLG Exchange Program. He participated in MLG Columbus 2011 going undefeated in his group and defeated notables such as July, SjoW and IdrA. MMA would face off LosirA in the winners final, beating him 2-1 in a best of 3 series. He would meet LosirA once again in the grand final after LosirA climbed up beating MC in the lower winners final. MMA defeated him 2-0 in a best of 3 series, claiming the first place.

He was invited to return to MLG Anaheim 2011 along with his mentor BoxeR to defend his MLG title. MMA placed second in his group, losing only to Rain, and then made his way through the Loser's Bracket in the Championship Bracket going through SLush, NaNiwa and DongRaeGu before ultimately team killing GanZi and BoxeR to make it to the finals to face Mvp. In the finals, he ended up losing 2-1 in the first best of 3, therefore coming in second. Because Mvp already had Code S status, MMA would be offered and receive it instead through the MLG - GSL exchange program.

Due to his high placing in two MLG, MMA got enough points to be one of the top four seeded players at MLG Providence 2011. However, he lost to his rival DongRaeGu 0-2 in the Championship Bracket winners' bracket and was eliminated from the tournament by Leenock losing 1-2, finishing 9th overall.

He was one of the invited players from Korea for IEM Season VI Kiev and got seeded in Group C. He took the group's first place by beating HasuObs 2-1, Pomi 2-0 and TargA 2-1. He beat Feast 3-1 in the quarterfinals and Zenio 3-0 in the semifinals. His opponent in the finals was DIMAGA, who he defeated 3-1.

Because of his first place finish at Kiev, he was invited to play in the World Championship. Placed in group A, he would go 5-0 in his group, defeating viOLet, JYP, Socke, KiLLeR, and Strelok all 2-0. Because of his strong finish in group stage, he would be seeded into the quarterfinals, where he defeated Zenio 3-0. However, in the semifinals he would lose to PuMa 1-3. He would then defeat Feast in the 3rd place match, earning him 3rd place in the tournament.

He was one of the invited players in Iron Squid – Chapter I, where he took the first place in his group with a score of 3-1, defeating Life 2-1, jjakji 2-0, losing to MaNa 1-2 and getting a win over Stephano who forfeited his match[6]. In the bracket play, he defeated PuMa 3-1 in the quarterfinals, then aLive 3-2 in the semifinals, earning a place in the finals, where he defeated Symbol 4-2.

[edit] Trivia

  • Accidentally destroyed one of his own Command Centers during a game against IdrA at 2011 MLG Colombus. He then proceeded with a bit of desperation attack and won due to IdrA rage-quitting - much to MMA's surprise.
  • Was dubbed the "Legend Killer" by Tastosis when he first arrived on the scene after his victories over Mvp and other notable players in clutch team league matches.
  • MMA does not like his South Korean nickname, Military Terran.[7] (MMA stands for Military Manpower Administration in Korean).
  • Faced only Terran players throughout the GSL Super Tournament.
  • Was featured in Gom's "Behind the Booth" mini-documentary series.[8]
  • Ended both Mvp's 15-0 GSL/GSTL TvT win-streak in the GSTL 2 Finals and NesTea's 20-0 GSL Code S win-streak in GSL August 2011.
  • Has played Mvp four times in championship series, with each player winning two and MMA leading 10-8 in sets.
  • He was the first player to make it to two consecutive MLG finals.
  • Ranked 2nd on the Liquipedia list of Accomplishments in Premier Tournaments behind Mvp.
  • According to Unofficial World Champion concept, MMA was World Champion for 83 days, total - more than anybody else.
  • MMA is the first person to achieve the Triple Crown.

[edit] Achievements

In Premier Tournaments
Date Place Event Result Winnings
2012-05-05 Iron Squid A11st Iron Squid – Chapter I 4 : 2 Zicon small.png Symbol $12,500
2012-04-08 IGN ProLeague A44th IGN ProLeague Season 4 0 : 2 Picon small.png Squirtle $5,000
2012-03-10 Intel Extreme Masters A33rd IEM Season VI - World Championship 3 : 0 Picon small.png Feast $9,000
2012-01-22 Intel Extreme Masters A11st IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Kiev 3 : 1 Zicon small.png DIMAGA $6,500
2011-12-17 GomTV Blizzard Cup A11st 2011 Blizzard Cup 4 : 3 Zicon small.png DongRaeGu $33,650
2011-10-22 GOMTV Global StarCraft II League A11st 2011 GSL October - Code S 4 : 1 Ticon small.png Mvp $46,000
2011-10-09 IGN ProLeague A33rd IGN ProLeague Season 3 0 : 3 Zicon small.png Lucky $7,000
2011-07-31 MLG A22nd MLG Anaheim 2011 1 : 2 Ticon small.png Mvp $3,000
2011-06-18 GOMTV Global StarCraft II League A22nd 2011 GSL Super Tournament 0 : 4 Ticon small.png Polt $28,000
2011-06-05 MLG A11st MLG Columbus 2011 4 : 1 Zicon small.png LosirA $5,000
In Major Tournaments
Date Place Event Result Winnings
2013-03-29 A44th 2013 Ritmix Russian StarCraft II League Season 4 1 : 3 Zicon small.png LoWeLy $500
2012-07-07 A33rd IPL Fight Club at Hot Import Nights 2 : 3 Zicon small.png DongRaeGu $1,500
2011-10-22 A22nd 2011 MLG Korean Invitational 2 : 4 Ticon small.png Mvp $1,000
2011-10-01 A33rd Arena of Legends 1 0 : 3 Ticon small.png MarineKing $450
2011-09-29 A11st GeForce Pro/Am 3 : 1 Ticon small.png Mvp $4,725

MMA also achieved the MVPAward.png Most Valuable Player Gold Card in the 2011 GSTL March and 2011 GSTL May.

To see MMA's full GSL standings, see MMA GSL Results

[edit] Championships

MLG MLG Pro Circuit Champion
MLG 2011 Dallas
Preceeded By:
Sweden Picon small.png NaNiwa 		MLG 2011 Columbus
5 June 2011 – 1 August 2011
South Korea Ticon small.png MMA 		MLG 2011 Anaheim
Succeeded By:
South Korea Ticon small.png Mvp
GOMTV Global StarCraft II League Global Starcraft II League Champion
GSL August 2011
Preceeded By:
South Korea Ticon small.png Mvp 		GSL October 2011
21 October 2011 – 3 December 2011
South Korea Ticon small.png MMA 		GSL November 2011
Succeeded By:
South Korea Ticon small.png jjakji
GomTV Blizzard Cup Blizzard Cup Champion

Preceeded By:
None 		2011 GSL Blizzard Cup
17 December 2011 – 22 December 2012
South Korea Ticon small.png MMA 		2012 GSL Blizzard Cup
Succeeded By:
South Korea Zicon small.png Life
Intel Extreme Masters Intel Extreme Masters
Season VI - New York
Preceeded By:
South Korea Zicon small.png DongRaeGu 		Season VI - Kiev
23 January 2012 – 11 February 2012
South Korea Ticon small.png MMA 		Season VI - Sao Paulo
Succeeded By:
South Korea Zicon small.png viOLet
Iron Squid Iron Squid

Preceeded By:
None 		Iron Squid - Chapter I
5 May 2012 – 26 January 2013
South Korea Ticon small.png MMA 		Iron Squid - Chapter II
Succeeded By:
South Korea Zicon small.png Life

[edit] Gallery

  • MMA MLG Ana2011.jpg
  • MMAFishuu.jpg
  • MMA IPL4.jpg

[edit] Interviews

[edit] 2013

[edit] 2012

[edit] 2011

[edit] References

  1. ↑ Razer MMA Feature
  2. ↑ Slayers disbands.
  3. ↑ MMA and Cella Join Acer. AcereSport.com, 20 November 2012.
  4. ↑ vs HongUn, HongUn's last GSL Game
  5. ↑ MMA demoted
  6. ↑ "Iron Squid Pool C : Stephano forfeits vs MMA". IronSquid.tv, 3 April 2012.
  7. ↑ GomTV interview held before the 2011 GSL Super Tournament Finals.
  8. ↑ Behind the Booth - MMA


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