The Jon takes Tekken 8 Paradise Game Battle 2025 over Gosain in a nail-biter grand final set
On Oct. 19, 2025, Adeel “The Jon” Sheikh took Tekken 8’s Paradise Game Battle 2025 over UK fighting game player Hussain “Gosain” Shah in a nail-biter set that had the former fight for his tournament life and win in a dramatic reverse-sweep.
Both Gosain and The Jon started on the winner’s side of the top 8 at Paradise Game Battle 2025. The two met in the winner’s finals, where The Jon quickly sent Gosain down to the loser’s final by ending the set with a 3-0.
However, when they met in the grand final, Gosain seemingly had figured out The Jon. The games were back and forth, but Gosain was able to reset the bracket by taking the final two games, which resulted in a 3-2 victory for them.
But The Jon wasn’t done yet. Down 0-2 in the grand final reset, he somehow managed to turn things around and finish the tournament with a 3-2 record.
Paradise Game Battle 2025 is a fighting game tournament held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The tournament happened from Oct. 18-19, 2025. Paradise Game Battle 2025 is a Master tier event in the Tekken World Tour 2025 circuit. It’s one of the highest tiers, second only to Master+ events like Evo.