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Sentinels vs MIBR sets viewership record in VCT Americas Upper Finals clash
Martin Arévalo-Östberg
3 May, 2025, 01:25
|Last updated: 3 May, 2025, 01:27
The heat is mounting at the VCT Americas Stage 1 2025, as the four remaining teams look to make their way towards the trophy. The spotlight, however, was entirely on Sentinels and MIBR during their Upper Finals bout to decide which team would secure their place in the Grand Finals.
With all the hype of zekken taking on aspas, nobody wanted to miss this stellar match. So much so that Sentinels vs MIBR became the most viewed match of this year's Stage 1 tournament in the Americas.
Sentinels vs MIBR - A spectacle in the Americas
The reasons to catch Sentinels take on MIBR in the Upper Bracket Finals were plenty. Two of the world's best duelists going head to head? Check. A high-octane clash between North America and Brazil? Yup.
With all of this in mind, it may come as no surprise that the contest would turn out to become the most viewed match of the VCT Americas Stage 1 2025 as over 370k viewers tuned in to catch the action live. Whether you were rooting for Sentinels or MIBR to make it to the Grand Finals, there could only be one winner in the end. This time around, it was Sentinels who managed to take down aspas and co. in 2-0 fashion after bloody second map of Split ended up tipping the way of the North American squad in the end.
After a stellar performance from zekken, who finished the match with a staggering scoreline of 49/27, Sentinels now find themselves just one win away from lifting the Stage 1 trophy to return to the top of the Americas scene once more.
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Featured image credit: Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games
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