(5)Ike vs (14)Proto Man vs (23)Dr. Robotnik 2013

Ulti's Analysis
This match was basically the Whiskey Nick/Black Turtle special. Those guys have been slamming Proto Man fandom for years in contests, and they came sooooo close to a massive upset. But even in a loss, you have to hand it to Proto Man here. Because until this match, the only thing he had ever done was lose to Solid Snake, and barely lose out to Ridley in a vote-in poll for the rights to be annihilated in round 1 a few years back.

So basically, we've never really had a read on the guy. When this match began, Ike built a lead slowly, Proto Man made one big cut, and then Ike slowly (very slowly) built up a lead to 450 or so. Then Proto Man stalled for hours before making a comeback attempt, but there was just too much stalling all over the place for any character to make any true headway. Proto Man would ultimately end up only losing by 170, but this match was never really in doubt once we realized how slowly everything was happening.

But even still, this was one hell of a good match for Proto Man, and a very bad match for Isaac. Also, am I crazy for thinking Mega Man and Sonic have some overlap in the fanbases, and that Proto Man might have won this 1 on 1? I feel like if you remove Robotnik from this poll, and he did damn well in his own right, that Proto Man actually pulls this off. I also feel like Robotnik being in there and doing so well is why the headline for first place was happening so slowly. We had two guys fighting for first place while the guy in last was getting 29% of the votes. That's a lot of Robotnik love, so the question of who wins if he's out has to be asked.

I'll get more into how overrated Ike is in round 2, because that's where we really finally saw what a fraud he is.