The Dominican Republic's Saul Leonardo "MenaRD" Mena II is now known as one of the most fearsome Street Fighter players anyone could go up against. MenaRD is now known as a champion after coming out on top at the Red Bull Kumite and Street Fighter League, winning EVO three times – including the most recent EVO 2025 in Las Vegas – and being the only player to ever win the Street Fighter publisher's Capcom Cup twice. MenaRD is on top of the world right now, but it wasn't always that way.
MenaRD's early competitive life took place in DR's capital, Santo Domingo. At just 15-years-old MenaRD managed to secure a joint-5th place finish at Fighting Fest 2015, and only came second because of Punk – another of Street Fighter's strongest players – at Northeast Championship 17 in Pennsylvania. Finall