Ali rajpoot: first top-8 finish in TEKKEN 8

At the event

🥊 KTL — Karachi Tekken League | TEKKEN 8 / Qualifier 2 (KTL Karachi Tekken League | TEKKEN 8 | Qualifier 02) took place on 2026-11-07 in Karachi, PK, with 26 entrants.

Ali rajpoot entered as seed 4 and finished 1st. Seed 4 projects to a 4th-place finish, so the result was 3 placement tiers better than seeding. Ali rajpoot won the event.

Sets on record

1. Bracket, Winners Quarter-Final: won 2-0 against Rexman (seed 13).
2. Bracket, Winners Semi-Final: won 2-0 against OsamaBaig (seed 12).
3. Top 8, Winners Semi-Final: won 3-0 against Khudkash (seed 24).
4. Top 8, Winners Final: won 3-2 against Abdullah (seed 11).
5. Top 8, Grand Final: lost 2-3 against Zulfi (seed 3).
6. Top 8, Grand Final Reset: won 3-2 against Zulfi (seed 3), an upset factor of 1.

Record in these sets: 5 wins and 1 loss. The highest-seeded opponent beaten was Zulfi (seed 3).

Why this matters

This is the first top-8 finish on record for Ali rajpoot in TEKKEN 8 at an event with at least 16 entrants. It came after 3 earlier TEKKEN 8 events on record, where the best finish at an event of any size was 25th. In total we hold 4 TEKKEN 8 events for Ali rajpoot.