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August 16, 2025 | Alexander Saraff

Cologne and Major grudges to be aired out in Bounty semis

The draft was determined by donk's choice of MOUZ as Spirit's opponent.

The draft was determined by donk’s choice of MOUZ as Spirit’s opponent.

Team Spirit vs MOUZ is on the docket for the BLAST Bounty semi-finals.

Dorian ‘xertioN’ Berman expressed excitement at Daniil ‘donk’ Kryshkovets’s choice. He said that donk’s peeks from the IEM Cologne final “filled his nightmares” and was glad to have a chance at revenge.

The grudge match will be played tomorrow, before the second semi-final.

That will be a rematch of the recent Austin Major Final between Team Vitality and TheMongolZ.

Despite playing many series across 2025, the Mongolians have never managed to defeat Vitality. Sodbayar ‘Techno’ Munkhbold ackowledged this during the draft, saying he preferred to let the game do the talking instead of him this time around.

Vitality look to bounce back from their 0-2 loss to MOUZ at Cologne, their first series loss this year since February.

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I'm an aspiring journalist in the world of esports. I first got into MOBAs watching SMITE in 2015, and got hooked on CS from the MLG Columbus Major.

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