{"id":89657,"date":"2026-10-02T16:27:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=89657"},"modified":"2026-10-02T16:27:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:27:58","slug":"justin-wong-and-ifc-yipes-literally-commentate-ryus-match-against-blanka-in-the-street-fighter-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=89657","title":{"rendered":"Justin Wong and IFC Yipes Literally Commentate Ryu&#8217;s Match Against Blanka in the Street Fighter Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">We already knew about Justin Wong and IFC Yipes\u2019 cameo in the upcoming Street Fighter movie, but it looks like they got to put their commentary skills to work for the part, too.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Director Kitao Sakurai made sure the fighting game community felt represented in his Street Fighter film, inviting Justin Wong, IFC Yipes, and Maximilian Dood to play criminals in an apparent Shadaloo prison while Blanka (Jason Momoa) and Ryu (Andrew Koji) duke it out for M. Bison\u2019s viewing pleasure.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">These three community pillars were shown in a short teaser for the movie back in July. Come October 1, Wong shared some behind-the-scenes footage of his time on set, which included a closer look at the scene he shared with Yipes.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Hasbro&#8217;s Street Fighter Figures: Image Gallery<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"Click through for an exclusive first look at Hasbro's upcoming line of Street Fighter figures based on the new movie.\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Previously, we only saw the two fighting game pros-turned-commentators going bananas for Blanka and Ryu\u2019s brawl; Wong\u2019s footage shows himself and Yipes literally commentating the match, betting on commissary rations like ramen noodles and toilet paper.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">It\u2019s fantastic stuff, and it isn\u2019t the only homage to the competitive scene that&#8217;s included in the movie. Working with the makeup artists, Wong also gave his character a tattoo of the number 37 \u2014 and you can probably guess why he chose that particular ink. (He joked that his character had gotten sent to prison for stabbing someone who kept parrying him, saying, \u2018You can\u2019t parry a knife.\u2019)<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Speaking of Moment 37, Wong even got recognized by Noah Centineo (Ken), who asked which of the group was responsible for parrying Ken in \u201cthat sick-ass fight.\u201d (Wong sheepishly admitted that he was the one who got parried, and later taught Centineo some moves in the game.)<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">All of the guest influencers got a tour of a few of the film\u2019s sets, which included a look at some of the movie\u2019s props. One of those props appeared to be Mike Haggar\u2019s pipe, which would be an insane reference to include but not totally unexpected, given that Final Fight and Street Fighter take place in the same universe.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Street Fighter hurricane kicks its way into theaters on October 16, 2026. In the meantime, you can check out our interview with David Dastmalchian (M. Bison), who told us all about how he studied real-life dictators to bring Shadaloo\u2019s leader to life.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Image Credits: YouTube\/Justin Wong<\/em><\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"author-sign-off\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><span class=\"stack jsx-59817748 jsx-1927875859\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-444076027 jsx-1730475047 profile-thumb jsx-2141281959 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-1-1\"><img alt=\"Virginia Glaze Avatar\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image profile-thumb-img jsx-249361588 jsx-2338608387 expand\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/avatars\/6a3973ecf71dd1001d20de39\/XD1zX2FT-1782150223173.jpg?crop=1%3A1&amp;width=56&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80 1x, https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/avatars\/6a3973ecf71dd1001d20de39\/XD1zX2FT-1782150223173.jpg?crop=1%3A1&amp;width=56&amp;dpr=2&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=80 2x\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-3630940851\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"interface jsx-1132626198 sign-off-text\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Virginia (she\/her) is IGN\u2019s News Editor. With ten years of experience reporting on games and entertainment, she\u2019s got a storied background in the fighting game community, influencer news, and viral online trends. Find her on Twitter at <\/em><em>@TheeMissGlaze<\/em><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/section>\n<p><\/output><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/justin-wong-and-ifc-yipes-literally-commentate-ryus-match-against-blanka-in-the-street-fighter-movie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We already knew about Justin Wong and IFC Yipes\u2019 cameo in the upcoming Street Fighter movie, but it looks like they got to put their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[27446,30976,3444,30974,17245,2495,4381,1543,30977,310,1209,30975],"class_list":["post-89657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-blanka","tag-commentate","tag-fighter","tag-ifc","tag-justin","tag-literally","tag-match","tag-movie","tag-ryus","tag-street","tag-wong","tag-yipes","wpcat-32-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/89658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}