(3)Alucard vs (4)Bowser (Losers Bracket) 2018

Ulti's Analysis
I know that Bowser ended up winning this match relatively easily given how close the final percentages were, and I know Alucard went 0-2 in the legends dealie after winning his division, but I give zero fucks. For Alucard to go out there and give Bowser a real match when the latter was beefed up for this contest was awesome to watch. This wasn't some fluke. Alucard was in this thing for a good two hours before finally getting put away, and even after the match was clearly over he went out in a highly respectable way.

Bowser came out slow and only built up a lead of 100 over the first 30 minutes. Alucard then started actually fighting back, but a 50 vote update by Bowser pretty much sealed it. They stalled for a little while after that, but once Bowser got this past 200 he kind of took off. Alucard made one final push once Bowser got it past 400, but it was not to be. Bowser would end up winning by 625, in a sprite round match when both characters had their most iconic images. Bowser may have won this match, but no one was really talking about him. This was all about Alucard's Plan™, and how good The Plan™ looked for this entire contest.

Remember my mid-contest analysis where I lamented the main bracket not getting finished? We ended up getting two guaranteed main bracket matches had it kept going. One was this match, and the other was Tifa vs Sephiroth later on. There were a lot of MANLY DUELS in this contest, but few were better than Alucard and Bowser in a match with high stakes. Not that Geralt and Simon Belmont can actually be topped on the True Manliness Scale, but hey!

How good was this match even though it wasn't really close? It actually pops up in the top 25 on this list: https://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Closest_wire_to_wire_matches