(4)Cloud Strife vs (3)Alucard (Legends Bracket) 2018

Ulti's Analysis
You can check my other writeups. I love Alucard, but he was overmatched here. This was very tight at the freeze and I hoped for a miracle, but Cloud put that to bed real quick and proved once again that FF7 just has these weird early votes that make no sense. Cloud turned a tied poll at the freeze into a 60% win, and some might look at a result like this and think Alucard doesn't belong in matches with the big boys.

Well guess again pal.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/989-north-division-semifinals-alucard-vs-cloud-strife

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/1358-south-division-semifinal-alucard-vs-sephiroth

Way back in the day, Alucard got embarrassed by the FF7 bros. Fast forward 16 years and he's getting 40% on their mascot. I wouldn't honestly be that shocked if he could get 45% on Sephiroth tomorrow. It was nice seeing this match be decent instead of some 71-29 murdering, but at the end of the day, Cloud was able to survive and advance. That's the name of the game in these things.