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Published 12:58 IST, July 29th 2019

16-Year-Old “Bugha” Ousts Veteran Gamers To Win $3 Million Prize Money in Fortnite World Cup Solo Finals 

Bugha has now seemingly become a social media sensation, including that at the Fortnite World Cup.

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16-Year-Old “Bugha” Ousts Veteran Gamers To Win $3 Million Prize Money in Fortnite World Cup Solo Finals 
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A 16-year-old gamer Kyle Giersdorf going by the gaming moniker Bugha has outwitted veteran gamers to win $3 Million prize money in the recently concluded Fortnite World Cup Solo Finals. Bugha even notched 59 points in the finals to emerge numero-uno. 

The Fortnite World Cup Solo competition finals also saw gamers viz Psalm and EpikWhale finishing second and third respectively with price money of $1.8 Million and $1.2Million respectively. Here, an interesting aspect is the fact that all three positions in the World Cup Solo finals are from the United States of America (USA); even the fourth position – bagged by Kreo also belongs to the US. Kreo notched up 30 points in the tables.  

Bugha notched as many as 9 eliminations, during the finals; this particularly got Twitterati interested; check out prominent tweets in this regard: 

In related updates, the PUBG Mobile Club Open 2019 (PMCO 2019) finals saw India’s Team SOUL put up inspired performances in the event that was eventually won by China’s Team ESports (TES). Team SOUL finished twelfth eventually but won hearts of gaming enthusiasts across the globe.  

Also Read: Team SOUL’s Heartening Performance At PUBG Mobile Club Open 2019 Potentially Boosts Indian ESports, Twitterati Totally In Favour Of The Team From India

Also Read: Indian Tigers Win Hearts On Day 2 Of PUBG Mobile Club Open 2019 Preliminaries, But Fall Short, Team SOUL Still Carrying Indian Expectations In 26 July Finals

Updated 13:09 IST, July 29th 2019