ECHO Proud wins the first-ever Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Development League – Philippines (MDL-PH). Held fully online, the competition saw ECHO Proud dominating the best-of-five (Bo5) series against GameLab, taking home the most-coveted title and the lion’s share of USD 20,000 (around PHP 1,080,000).
ECHO Proud wins MDL-PH
ECHO Proud was crowned the first MDL Philippines winner with a score of 3:1. The Grand Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) has been named Jay Pee “Jaypee” Gonzalez of ECHO. BREN Euphoria and Blacklist Academy were content with third- and fourth-place finishes.
“Sobrang saya sa feeling namin. Gusto talaga namin makuha ang championship sa first season ng MDL Philippines kasi mahirap syang makalimutan. First MDL sa Pilipinas at kami ang nanalo,” said Jaypee during the MDL Philippines grand finals press conference.
The team is headed by its coach Limuelle “eLLE” Galera. The team paraded strong esports athletes namely Johnville “Outplayed” Villar, Jankurt “KurtTzy” Seralvo, Jay Pee “Jaypee” Gonzalez, James “Jeymz” Gloria, and Amistoso “Seichu” Lope.
In addition, MDL Philippines recorded a peak concurrent viewership of more than 32,000 views during the inaugural season.
For more information, visit MDL-PH’s Facebook page.
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