Wesley “Wesley” Gittens, the second-leading cash earner in Madden Championship Sequence (MCS) historical past, opened the 2025 Madden playoffs with a straightforward victory on Tuesday.
Wesley, an Austin, Texas, resident seeded No. 8, routed No. 9 seed Jalen “Astro” Morrow-Reynolds of Waldorf, Md., 41-16, because the $1 million playoffs started.
The consequence sends Wesley to a Wednesday quarterfinal match towards top-seeded Jacob “Fancy” Worthington of Frisco, Texas. Wesley, who reached the Final Madden Bowl last final yr, has one profession MCS title belt and $618,675 in profession earnings. Fancy owns two championship belts and $459,642 in prize cash.
The highest two seeds, Fancy and Jonathan “JonBeast” Marquez, acquired first-round byes.
In different first-round motion on Tuesday, No. 10 David Tampellini of Lengthy Island, N.Y., defeated No. 7 Peyton “Dez” Tuma of Danville, Calif., 37-30; No. 3 Abram “Abram” Joseph of Houston beat No. 14 Anthony “sYoDrip” Fahy of Coral Springs, Fla., 31-28; and No. 11 Seamus “Kiv” Kivlen of Seattle, edged No. 6 John “MrFootball88” Britt of San Diego 27-24.
Kiv is showing in his file twentieth MCS stay occasion. sYoDrip, who received the Final Probability Qualifier final week, was the one participant within the playoff area making his stay MCS debut.
The Wednesday schedule:
–Spherical 1: No. 5 Dwayne “Cleff” Wooden of Oak Hill, Fla., vs. No. 12 Tyjhir “TJ” Joyner of Dover, Del.
–Spherical 1: No. 4 Christian “No Mercy Lambo” Webb of Hagerstown, Md., vs. No. 13 Taylor “BigTay” Hodge of Atlanta
–Quarterfinal: No. 1 Fancy vs. No. 8 Wesley
–Quarterfinal: No. 2 JonBeast vs. No. 10 David
The final two quarterfinals — Abram vs. Kiv in addition to Cleff or TJ vs. No Mercy Lambo or BigTay — shall be contested on Jan. 29.
The gamers are vying for spots on the Madden Bowl, which shall be performed on Feb. 7 in New Orleans, the identical metropolis the place the Tremendous Bowl shall be held two days later. Nation singer/songwriter Chris Stapleton, rapper/singer Jelly Roll and nation/hip-hop artist Shaboozey are all set to carry out on the Madden Bowl.
Madden Championship Sequence prize pool (complete $1 million)
1. $250,000
2. $150,000
3-4. $100,000
5-8. $55,000
9-14. $30,000 — Astro, Dez, YoDrip, MrFootball88, two extra gamers TBD
–Area Degree Media