[SSBU] Who is the Smash Ultimate World Champion?

Smash Ultimate may have a world rank #1, but without a global circuit it doesn't have a world champion... right? Come along with me as I discuss the dramatic and storied history of the unofficial smash ultimate world championship title, and cover the game in it's earliest months all the way through to the present day.
Skip to 7:40 to avoid discussion of a banned player
Unofficial Football World Championship website: www.ufwc.co.uk/
Unofficial Smash World Championship page by Gregorian: liquipedia.net/smash/User:Gre...
Corrections: Floyd isn't the first title holder to be from outside Kanto, Sidarezakura is from Chubu.

[@Melodic_Minor143]

Shoutout to world champion burntsocks, apparently

[@carlzabel8]

I thought this was a cool idea so I did this as well but started it with MKleo winning smash world tour 2021 to see if it changed anything. I figured I'd start there as it's the closest we gotten to an "official" world champ.
> will mean passes to and I'll put the new champ on the line below
Mkleo>
protobanham>
HERO>
shuton>
ouch!?>
aaron>
jakal>
bassmage>
skittles>
zomba>
kameme>
dark wizzy>
jakal>
Miya>
glutonny>
sonix>
light>
tweek>
acola>
sparg0>
mkleo>
light>
miya>
ron>
Carmelo
Carmelo the Steve player from Japan is the current (4/18/2024) unofficial world champ if you start the title from Mkleo winning smash world tour.

[@Malex2005]

cosmos being arguably the one to single-handedly subject the world champion title to the depths of japan is so on brand

[@NinJaguar]

The Nickname situation was absolutely beautiful, we could use more silly narratives like this in Smash

[@saltykosher3823]

If starting at either Brawl or Smash 4 with the elimination rules, ZeRo eventually takes over both, sending both on the same path that ends up with Sonic main koro taking out fellow Canadian and Lucas main FatherPlum at Battle of BC 6, if starting from Smash 4 with the original rules, as Gregorian hasn't done Brawl with the original rules yet, the champion is MasaRotom, an ICs main from Kanto who hasn't been to an event in 2.5 years

[@squirrelwithabanana]

Lukewarm is also going to Comicpalooza Fight Club next month, which, while not likely, does have a small chance to become a major

[@HoshiArt]

amazing job, its been fun to track this for the past few years since i got involved with the stats community
However- there is a 4th answer for world champion you forgot.
*John Numbers.*

[@Abbaschand]

And the 5th one! Thomas G. a.k.a. Ito!

[@parkourboio1062]

12:50 oh my god that's such a poetic choice of clip

[@pbz7572]

20:38 into the music @ 20:43 here killed me 💀

[@imESAM]

this is one of my favorite smash videos ever. i love smash stats LOL

[@energonkid]

the past few videos you've made have been fantastic. i'm much more of a melee fan, but these Jon Bois style videos on Ultimate make the game seem so interesting and vibrant. today's concept in particular was super inspired, and in general you're just doing amazing stuff here, can't wait to see more videos from you.

[@parkourboio1062]

I WASN'T PREPARED FOR HOW FUNNY THIS VIDEO STARTED BEING AT 18:34

[@gregorbius]

finally some content about what's really important

[@joelhagdahl5769]

With Rise 'n Grind 2024 being cancelled this end result just gets funnier and funnier

[@togeblisss]

Had no idea of this concept before clicking but was locked in almost immediately. Great watch

[@Bladavia]

I like the content but you gotta mix the sound better, the music is slightly too loud and sometimes covering your words, makes it difficult to understand.

[@the_jeff3005]

Can’t believe this doesn’t have more views!

[@diegotavares7905]

love the bobby brocoli editing

[@KilogramHours]

This is actually a beautiful video.

[@da_tall_one9460]

your videos are so freaking awesome

[@salvatore_slate]

Does PsychoMyko count as a cryptid?

[@graou]

Dude what the fuck