Toast literally said "I'm intimidated" and "He's gonna knock me out" in front of everyone, admitted to knowing jack shit about chess itself, got hit in the balls TWICE, got awful head shots and tanked through it all to win and got a checkmate. fucking beast. absolute beast mode

This was surreal to commentate. Unreal. Huge respect to both guys. (Edited my comment to avoid spoilers 😂)

my favorite part about this whole fight is the hug they go for at the end and you can kinda see pointcrow say something like "love you bro" absolutely love to see good sportsmanship after two guys just beat tf out of eachother

Can we just give a compliment to the chess lady. Seems super friendly and professional and makes the players feel very comfortable at any level of play. Good stuff

Those punches really must've done something to Pointcrow's ability to think, because the man went from completely dominating at chess to making every worst mistake possible.

The Toasticles are gonna be in recovery for a bit after those hits, good thing they had cups

This was one of my favorites from the whole night. It was really cool to have Pointcrow against the guy who inspired him. Toast winning felt so deserved and poetic and their hug was so wholesome. You can tell they both gave it their all. Awesome story, amazing effort. Perfect classic rivalry

I really really really wanted pointcrow to win. In his content, he often puts himself as the “loser”, but I was cheering for him this entire time. When he missed that checkmate, I was devastated, cuz I knew he would never recover from the blunders that followed. That said, Toast couldn’t have been a better match, and the fact that game was so even, going as far as going to the final chess round, made it all the more special. Toast did a fantastic job, and had such a strong resilience to PointCrow’s attacks, able to stay standing even after the brutal beating he got, he definitely deserved the win. It makes me disappointed that I didn't get to see Eric win, but I was satisfied. This was probably the best match of the night, especially after the Cherdleys vs. Myth match 💀

“Put all your training into one skill you can only win in one right? That’s why I trained Boxing” ~ toast. Then wins in chess. Insane ending to amazing event. I was proud of them all and proud of toast for playing through the ball shots and the blood. Pointcrow played hard.

I’m sorry but it’s so funny how Point Crow has this intense music when walking onstage and then Disguised Toast has Last Cup of Coffee playing. Maybe it’s the right song for the competition though, it looks innocent but it can really pack a punch

Ludwig, what a hero uploading it direct to youtube. I don't watch livestreams so it's great to see it on the feed

This is my first full one of these to watch and wow this should be the only video you’re allowed to watch of this if you haven’t before, it shows exactly why combining these works so well

Toast and Pointcrow showed exactly what Chess Boxing is all about it was surreal watching it. It was brutal, intense, exciting and the hug they shared was extremely wholesome. Thank you both

The way that it ended with a checkmate was immaculate. Mad respect to both Toast and Pointcrew for putting up a good fight.

The hugs were so beautiful. I was rooting for crow but the love and respect between them wow just such a beautiful match.

They both did an amazing job. Pointcrow got some great hits and Toast pulled through! They both had incredible sportsmanship hugging through it together

This was the unexpected win of the night for me. Did not think toast would make it past a 3rd round of boxing, dude mad tanked those shots. What a beast.

I love how the best match of the night was 2 people who were not good at either of the activities but they KILLED it out there. Good fight and great entertainment.

I love the 4 minute delay commentary

Idk if anyone else is having this problem but my audio and video are not lining up. The audio is like 5 minutes behind then ahead 3 minutes as compared to the video

This was such a good finisher. I thought it was going to be a bit underwhelming when PointCrow was winning both the chess and the boxing in the first rounds, but Toast somehow survived the attack and fought back admirably. And then PointCrow completely lost his head in the chess which really changed the dynamic of the match. And then leave it to Toast to pretty clinically finish it off with the only checkmate of the night! And seeing the emotions in his face in that final hug was pretty strong! He probably had the biggest emotional rollercoaster of the night from; the embarrassment of being worse in both the first rounds, to the elation of the queen blunder, and then the absolute relief of surviving the boxing and converting cleanly! GGs Toast! GGs PointCrow! Amazing end to an amazing night!

Watching this live and watching them repeatedly blunder in chess only to finally find the checkmate was so much more insanely hype than if they found the moves the first time. The effect boxing has on their mental plus the lower rating in general is such a riveting rollercoaster and I was screaming in my seat

This was so much more entertaining then I could've imagined. Well done Ludwig for setting up the event

This was handsdown the best event I have ever seen. I please hope there will be more!!!!

At first I thought it'd be an underwhelming match after the first two rounds, but the way Toast was able to make a come back while PointCrow was effectively dominating in the boxing was incredible to see. Definitely wasn't disappointed, and immense respect to both fighters for giving it their all in an environment that's so out of what they usually do.

Toast improved a lot since he posted the sparring video with Michael Reeves. To do so well against an opponent with greater weight and reach here is admirable. Talk about an epic main event!

This shit is amazing, from the bottom of my heart i gave you my thanks for this. As a kid growing up being taught the physical and competitive aspects of things but at the end of the day interested in the more intellectual driven part of life/things/views, i've always wondered if people noticed that being into the mental aspects of stuff was as valuable as being a full-on athletic dude and this is kind of a really good example on why, regardless of how people perceive you, there's never an excuse to go into the sporty side of things or sideways, one breaths off the other and they can't exist alone. Amazing shit ! 🖤

Huge respect, insanely good sportsmanship from both sides.

Watched it live, started off as the goofiest card and ended up the most hype one where both the fight and chess were hype. Toast finishing strong even while he was bleeding was great.

This was honestly a really cool event! Thanks for putting on this Ludwig, and all the people who got hit.

Toast is a strategic genius. By letting his headgear cover half his face he gave his opponent a vastly reduced target!

The sound is super off

Toast deciding to put Last Cup of Coffee as his introduction is a very good song. Not only it sounds innocent, but if you listen closely to the lyrics it basically talks about bittersweet endings and a dose of death.

1:00 lol Toast enters using Lily's song. He kills me every time. Props to him for surviving the nonsense nut blow too

Surreal ... Jesus that was extremely touching to see. So much respect and mature humility between them

everyone’s talking about how much of a beast toast was, but can we appreciate the sportsmanship?? that was beautiful

This really deserved to be the main card. I was on the edge of my seat every Round.

AYOOOO. This match was soooo thrilling to watch. It literally kept us in our toes on BOTH THE BOXING AND CHESS ROUNDS. The Mate in 1 and Queen blunders?!?!?!? And when they both get good shots at each other????? The final seconds of the boxing round were nerve wracking my god it felt like one of them was going to give out. 😭😭😭

Legitimately an amazing match. Just insane how great both of them were.

Toast deserves all the props he’s getting here but I wanna also give a shout out to Crow. He fought with his heart out on the board and in the ring and there was good sportsmanship all around. Loved to see it!

I'm so proud of toast, been watching him for almost 5 years now and never in my life would I have thought that I would witness this. So proud of you toast, you've made my childhood complete.

Toast deserves so much credit for keeping his composure in the ring and board after being down early. What a comeback. Offline tv 2-0 in boxing. Don’t call them Disney channel if u too scared to get in the ring

it's actually unbelievable that this was one and only checkmate they had this entire night. Porbs to both of yall

I love the way toast took off pointcrow’s headphones before hugging him at the end

Toast and Point crow fights are my favourite, I literally tear up a bit because of those hugs of respect to each other, what a legend I adore them so f much

That blunder from Eric was devastating, but so was that nut shot 😂

Respect to both players and to lud to putting this spectacle

Is it just me or is the audio messed up? I’m not seeing anyone really talking about it in the comments.

watching this in person was surreal. the entire stadium was standing and screaming their heads off for toast during the third round

Very proud of Toast, he looked great. Woken up by his own blunder?

Love the audio desync

This was awesome everyone did so well I’m glad they set this up for people. Nice job toast great job point crow

Toast with that anime plot armor! Bruh that was so unexpected. People thinking it's easy but the pressure and everything going on, it's not easy. Props to both fighters and Ludwig for great entertainment.

I was at the edge of my seat yelling. Bruh Toast came through. Been boxing for over 10 years, and this is the first event where I was invested just watching. Shout out to Ludwig for making this event happen, and shout out to Toast for having such an amazing heart. Can I just add, Toast got abs.

bro i love how much these two compliment each other. such a cool event.

I love how their just laughing and hugging at the end of the whole match. Beautiful.

it's always incredible to see a last match being the best one, not only with a comeback, but finishing with a checkmate. fucking incredible

20:03 When Lud said "God, I love low level chess!" I felt that.

Didn't expect to get this captivated by the event, but I was literally at the egde of my seat while watching. Good stuff. Honestly proud of both players for lasting through it and all while doing their best without letting emotions get to them. Must have been stressing as hell, yet they didn't hesitate to share a hug and joke around post game, no bad blood

I swear when I first watched this video it had no audio problem. But then ludwig/his editor edited the video (and the thumbnail) and suddenly the audio is way worse? What happened lol?

After toasts worries about being bigger a few years ago I can imagine it being stressful to be told to put on a weight, but I hope he sees how fit he looks, that the hard work has paid off! Man their hug at the end make me tear up watching the playback as much as it did live!

I like them both and couldn't choose only one to root for. This was beautiful. Toast was the underdog and he got the comeback that was earned through blood, sweat and tears. They both put up a good show. Pointcrow, true to himself, could have won if only he saw those mates. If only he was a little bit luckier with the punches. But Toast proved himself in the ring and on the board. Simply beautiful.

The sportsmanship is so cool, and man what an oddly fascinating event.

I don't know why a lot of people are acting like it was completely one sided on the boxing side, maybe in the first round but for every other round it was pretty even for both of them and like Lud said I think it was the second boxing round? where Toast was the one who dominated. I don't know anything about boxing but even I can tell that 14:31 hurt Pointcrow. (edit: the video got cut on some parts for some reason so both the timestamps in this comment are wrong if anyone's wondering) Insane performance for both of them, mad respect. In my top 3 fights of the night, from the nutshots, bloody lip, the blunders, both of them tanking those hits, 23:04, and finally the comeback to checkmate. it felt like an anime fight.

Watching this live was amazing!!

Yo, the audio isn’t sync’d

Much respect to both men in this physical and mental matchup. They gave it their all and demonstrated great sportsmanship.

I tuned in live just in time to see this and I have no regrets. Not only two legendary creators but crazy plot twists the whole way thru

Dat cute lily song walkout tho :D

It was amazing having Levy commentate this event

Is the audio messed up

I was honestly so stressed out watching this for some reason, but it was amazing to see how it ended - both did an amazing job and should be proud of how they did!

So glad to see Toast not get toasted. I can definitely tell he took more time into putting confidence in his spacing and better timing in his shots, especially compared to when we seen him spar Michael Reeves. Congratulations to all competitors, and a special congrats to that boy Toast

So entertaining and mad respect for everyone involved!

Absolutely amazing match. Both players played out of their minds. Truly a game to remember!

I'm so proud of Toast. He was absolutely amazing. Who are we, OTV!

Pointcrow, punchin nuts and kickin puppies.

Is the audio off for anyone else?

This needs to become a series

10:40 "He's winning in both fronts right now" oh man did Toast beat that beginning. hes insane

I thought this was an insane ending finale and couldnt be closer and then ludwig v cdawg was just as crazy, what a great penultimate matchup

Anybody notice how the audio is almost exactly a round behind?

Never thought I’d see boxing and chess together but it’s awesome

As a pointcrow fan I was a bit sad, but man it was phenomenal it was electrifying

Both of them really delivered for the main event, amazing performance and commitment by both. Congrats to Toast for winning!

The fact they went all the rounds and ended on a checkmate made for a perfect main event

PLEASE DO ANOTHER ONE OF THESE NEXT YEAR! PLEASE! lol

Only trained boxing, wins by checkmate. Brain capacity too overwhelming. What a f*cking legend . 💪👍🎉

I really did not expect eather of them to be the ones to just start waling on each other. I think this is the match with both people receiving the most amount of damage.

That was actually ridiculously hilarious. S tier content

Chess ref and boxing ref :” god I never thought we’d ref a game together ever. “ 😂

eric trained like crazy while doing his biggest projects yet at the same time!! i remember him being so tired on stream cus he was training so much. i’m so proud of him he did great 🥺 idk toast but obvi he did great too

Incredibly proud of Toast! He did something completely out of his comfort zone, was inspired by Michael Reeves creators fight and said he wanted to try boxing too, and he did 😄 Congratulations to the both of them 🍞 👑 🪶 👑

The audio is very bothersome

The main event did not disappoint, what a match

Love that he won through checkmate 👌🏼

why did audio desync ?(small portion on this vid but some other one def had more i think it was the aman one ) other than that great job lud

Is the audio off?

23:05 Toast hitting his fist together and nodding is so badass

This looks so sick! I’m so surprised and happy Toast competed, if I were in his shoes I might not have the courage haha