IPL Fight Club: Heavyweight Championship

The IPL is pleased to announce its return to South by Southwest!

Featuring two of the world's top StarCraft II players competing for a $8,000 prize pool, the IPL Fight Club Heavyweight Championship will take place Friday, March 8th, 3pm, at the Screenburn Arcade at South by Southwest. 

South by Southwest is an annual conference & festival that takes place in Austin, Texas, featuring the best in film, music and entertainment. Screenburn is the weekend of SXSW that features interactive media, including video games. People should stop by Screenburn to check out the world's best StarCraft II players as they showcase Wings of Liberty for the final time before Blizzard's new launch of Heart of the Swarm! Heart of the Swarm launches March 12th digitally and in retailers across the globe. For information on Blizzard Heart of the Swarm launch events, visit their official site. You can also view all our content including the SXSW Showdown online at www.ign.com/ipl.

Without further ado, here are the players for IPL Fight Club: Heavyweight Championship!

Polt

Polt is known as a Terran player with among the best micromanagement in the world. He largely prefers a bio composition in his army, and he has become famous for this style, even at times at his own peril. He is one of the more well respected and quiet professional players and is also known for having near perfect English, following his studies at Seoul University. He is a GSL Champion and a multiple international event winner skilled in both Wings of Liberty and Heart of the Swarm.

HyuN

HyuN is often known as the King of IPL Fight Club where he won for 14 consecutive weeks, earning a combined $7,300. He is an incredibly strong Zerg player, who ascended from obscurity during his Fight Club reign, where he defeated several GSL champions and top international champions. At IPL5 in Las Vegas, he earned 2nd place at GSL, barely falling to MVP's Sniper. While people are still wondering exactly how good HyuN is, he has demonstrated his absolute strength in online play and has continued to improve over several months.

This will be the ultimate showdown between the man known as the King of Fight Club and the current champion and one of strongest performing players in the world! The two will showdown in 11 rounds of StarCraft II for the $8000 prize pool and the IPL Fight Club championship!

Source : ign[dot]com