| MikeHaze "mikeHAZE" | |
|---|---|
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| Character info | |
| Melee main | Fox |
| Brawl main | Marth |
| Other Brawl character | Meta Knight |
| Team info | |
| Sponsor(s) | Chaos EC |
| Former sponsor(s) | beastcoast, vVv Gaming, Amino, Obey Alliance |
| Former crews | WCSR |
| Rankings and results info | |
| Most recent ranking |  2019 MPGR: 33rd |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Michael Pulido |
| Birth date | |
| Location | Salt Lake City, Utah 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill | Top professional (retired)  Top professional (retired) |
MikeHaze is a professional Melee and former Brawl player who resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. His main character in Melee is Fox, while in Brawl he mained Marth and was the US's most prolific Marth player throughout its competitive life. He was the main event organizer of the Elite Four tournament series in southern California, and was a member of the Unity Ruleset Committee.
MikeHaze is currently ranked 10th on the SoCal Melee Power Rankings and 33rd on the 2019 MPGR. He was also formerly ranked 6th on the West Coast Brawl Power Rankings, while being once ranked as high as 2nd on the SoCal Brawl Power Rankings, and was formerly ranked 46th on the 2014 SSBBRank. In Melee, he has defeated many top players such as Mango, Lucky, The Moon, Fly Amanita, ChuDat, Colbol, and Chillin.
Outside of Smash, Mike is also known as a content creator on both Twitch and YouTube.
On February 10th, 2021, Mike announced his retirement from the game, citing a loss of interest in the series.[1]
Background
MikeHaze began playing Melee in 2006, after seeing HugS play at a tournament his school held. His first tournament was Champ Combo: Yayuhzzzz Edition.
Mike competed throughout many west coast events throughout this era, although never reached a ranked player status in his initial days of Melee. As of 2008, MikeHaze began playing Brawl for fun, while playing Melee competitively throughout Southern California. After a 3rd place finish at Nexus 08, MikeHaze retired from Melee.
MikeHaze then played Super Smash Bros. Brawl competitively, and was ranked 3rd on the Southern California Power Rankings prior to his retirement. He was considered the best Brawl Marth player in the United States throughout its active competitive life, as he beaten top players such as Ally before in tournament, and always significantly outperformed other Marths in the country. On the world stage, while MikeHaze's Marth was still among the best, Mikeneko and Mr. R outperformed MikeHaze's Marth at nationals.
In 2011, Mike started the "Elite 4 Series," a series of Brawl events that helped keep the SoCal Brawl scene thriving. Over 25 tournaments were held for the series, a few of which also featured Melee.
During the Summer of 2013, MikeHaze stopped organizing events to focus on his professional competitive career. With no active Brawl tournament series and the release of Project M Mike began competing in Melee once again, still playing his former main, Fox.
Tournament placings
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AxisGaming | August 30th, 2008 | 25th | — | — |
| WHOBO | April 10th-12th, 2009 | 17th | 13th | Furbs |
| UCLA Revival II | May 23rd, 2009 | 3rd | ? | ? |
| GENESIS | July 10th-12th, 2009 | 17th | 4th | Havok |
| EVO 2009 | July 17th-19th, 2009 | 3rd | 2nd | Fiction |
| Active Gamers | September 26th-27th, 2009 | 2nd | 2nd | Havok |
| R3 | December 19th-20th, 2009 | 5th | 2nd | Havok |
| MLG Orlando 2010 | April 16th-18th, 2010 | 10th | 13th | Havok |
| MLG Columbus 2010 | June 4th-6th, 2010 | 25th | 4th | Havok |
| MLG Raleigh 2010 | August 27th-29th, 2010 | 25th | 9th | Tearbear |
| MLG DC 2010 | October 15th-17th, 2010 | 6th | 17th | Havok |
| MLG Dallas 2010 | November 5th-7th, 2010 | 9th | 13th | Havok |
| 2GG Battle Frontier | December 11th, 2010 | 3rd | — | — |
| Winter Game Fest VI | February 22nd-23rd, 2011 | 9th | 5th | Havok |
| Elite Four Kanto: Lorelei | March 5th, 2011 | 3rd | — | — |
| Elite Four Kanto: Bruno | March 19th, 2011 | 2nd | — | — |
| Elite Four Kanto: Agatha | April 2nd, 2011 | 4th | 1st | Tyrant |
| GENESIS 2 | July 15th-17th, 2011 | 25th | 9th | Tyrant |
| Elite Four Sinnoh: Champion | December 10th, 2011 | 4th | 3rd | Tyrant |
| Apex 2012 | January 6th-8th, 2012 | 17th | 9th | Tyrant |
| Winter Game Fest VII | January 15th, 2012 | 2nd | 2nd | Rich Brown |
| SKTAR | July 14th-15th, 2012 | 17th | — | — |
| Apex 2013 | January 11th-13th, 2013 | 33rd | 13th | Havok |
| SKTAR 2 | August 3rd-4th, 2013 | 17th | 5th | Tyrant |
| Golden Coast | August 17th, 2013 | 5th | 3rd | Tearbear |
| Super Smash Sundays 9/15/13 | September 15th, 2013 | 3rd | — | — |
| Forest Temple | January 11th, 2014 | 5th | 9th | Vato_break |
| Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 49th | — | — |
| Super Smash Con 2016 | August 11th-14th, 2016 | — | 5th | ANTi |
Super Smash Bros. Melee
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA Monthlies IV | December 1st, 2007 | 25th | — | — |
| SoCal Best of 2007 | December 29th, 2007 | 17th | 7th | Kherpi |
| UCSD Winter Smash II | January 12th-13th, 2008 | 17th | 5th | Death |
| Pound 3 | February 2nd-3rd, 2008 | 129th | 33rd | Azn Lep |
| UCLA V | March 1st, 2008 | 17th | 7th | Tofu |
| Triweekly XIX | June 1st, 2008 | 3rd | 2nd | Bone |
| Kings of Cali 3 | December 14th-15th, 2013 | 33rd | — | — |
| Pat's House 2 | May 24th-25th, 2014 | 13th | — | — |
| SSS Lock-In | June 14th-15th, 2014 | 17th | 4th | Remen |
| Kings of Cali 4 | July 5th-6th, 2014 | 9th | 7th | Jace |
| Do You Fox Wit It? | November 15th-16th, 2014 | 33rd | — | — |
| Super Smash Sundays 29 | December 7th, 2014 | 5th | — | — |
| Super Smash Sundays 30 | December 21st, 2014 | 17th | 4th | Medz |
| SWEET Prologue | January 3rd-4th, 2015 | 7th | 5th | HugS |
| Paragon Orlando 2015 | January 17th-18th, 2015 | 17th | — | — |
| Apex 2015 | January 30th-February 1st, 2015 | — | 25th | Sung |
| I'm Not Yelling! | April 11th-12th, 2015 | 13th | — | — |
| EVO 2015 | July 17th-19th, 2015 | 49th | — | — |
| Super Smash Con 2015 | August 6th-9th, 2015 | 9th | — | — |
| PAX Prime 2015 | August 28th-30th, 2015 | 13th | 5th | Iceman |
| HTC Throwdown | September 19th, 2015 | 17th | — | — |
| The Big House 5 | October 2nd-4th, 2015 | 25th | — | — |
| Smash the Record 2015 | October 23rd-25th, 2015 | 3rd | — | — |
| GENESIS 3 | January 15th-17th, 2016 | 25th | — | — |
| Pound 2016 | April 2nd-3rd, 2016 | 17th | — | — |
| Super Smash Sundays 43 | April 17th, 2016 | 3rd | 5th | Reno |
| S@X 148 | May 4th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| NEW FISH | May 7th, 2016 | 3rd | 2nd | ZoSo |
| Battle of BC | May 14th, 2016 | 4th | 2nd | Bladewise |
| Get On My Level 2016 | May 20th-22nd, 2016 | 17th | — | — |
| CEO 2016 | June 24th-26th, 2016 | 17th | — | — |
| EVO 2016 | July 15-17th, 2016 | 25th | — | — |
| Super Smash Sundays 49 | July 31st, 2016 | 2nd | — | — |
| Clutch City Clash | August 6th-7th, 2016 | 9th | — | — |
| Super Smash Con 2016 | August 11th-14th, 2016 | 25th | — | — |
| Super Smash Sundays 52 | September 11th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Jace |
| The Big House 6 | October 7th-9th, 2016 | 33rd | — | — |
| Olympus | October 28th-30th, 2016 | 5th | 4th | Professor Pro |
| Smash the Record 2016 | November 11th-14th, 2016 | 17th | 7th | zerothetheif |
| UGC Smash Open | December 2nd-4th, 2016 | 9th | — | — |
| Don't Park on the Grass | December 17th-18th, 2016 | 25th | 13th | Tai |
| SSBM @ Quickly 13 | January 7th, 2017 | 5th | — | — |
| Friday Night Turnip 35 | January 13th, 2017 | 2nd | — | — |
| The Road to GENESIS | January 14th, 2017 | 1st | — | — |
| GENESIS 4 | January 20th-22nd, 2017 | 25th | — | — |
| SoCal Colosseum 7 | January 28th, 2017 | 33rd (DQ) | 2nd | n0ne |
| Smash Valley V | February 18th, 2017 | 2nd | — | — |
| No Fun Allowed | March 4th, 2017 | 1st | 4th | Fatefiend |
| DreamHack Austin 2017 | April 28th-30th, 2017 | 9th | 7th | n0ne |
| Royal Flush | May 12th-14th, 2017 | 9th | 13th | Nintendude |
| Battle of BC 2 | June 3rd-4th, 2017 | 5th | — | — |
| Smash @ Power 9 #39 | July 6th, 2017 | 3rd | — | — |
| EVO 2017 | July 14th-15th, 2017 | 25th | — | — |
| Get On My Level 2017 | July 28th-30th, 2017 | 13th | 9th | Prince Abu |
| Super Smash Con 2017 | August 10th-13th, 2017 | 25th | 4th | Swedish Delight |
| Shine 2017 | August 25th-27th, 2017 | 17th | — | — |
| Super Smash Sundays 62 | September 10th, 2017 | 5th | — | — |
| Smash the Record 2017 | September 14th-17th, 2017 | — | 2nd | Swedish Delight |
| GameTyrant Expo 2017 | September 29th-October 1st, 2017 | 25th | 9th | Swedish Delight |
| The Big House 7 | October 6th-8th, 2017 | 65th | 33rd | Swedish Delight |
| DreamHack Denver 2017 | October 20th-22nd, 2017 | 9th | — | — |
| Too Hot to Handle | October 28th-29th, 2017 | 5th | 7th | Swedish Delight |
| Smash Summit 5 | November 2nd-5th, 2017 | 9th | 7th | Blea Gelo |
| Pat's House 3 | December 2nd-3rd, 2017 | 17th | — | — |
| SSS: Blood For Blood 2 | December 9th, 2017 | 7th | — | — |
| GENESIS 5 | January 19th-21st, 2018 | 33rd | 9th | Swedish Delight |
| Noods Noods Noods: Melee Edition | January 27th, 2018 | 5th | — | — |
| Smash Valley: Lucky 7 | February 17th, 2018 | 17th | — | — |
| No Fun Allowed 2 | February 24th, 2018 | 3rd | 2nd | Gahtzu |
| fuck it, one more balc | March 2nd-3rd, 2018 | 1st | 2nd | RagingCherry |
| EGLX 2018 | March 9th-11th, 2018 | 13th | — | — |
| The Mango | March 18th, 2018 | 17th | — | — |
| Full Bloom 4 | March 24th-25th, 2018 | 33rd | — | — |
| Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition | April 7th, 2018 | 7th | — | — |
| Super Smash Sundays 64 - The Return | April 29th, 2018 | 7th | 3rd | AbsentPage |
| DreamHack Austin 2018 | June 1st-3rd, 2018 | 5th | 1st | Plup |
| Esports Arizona: Talking Stick Resort 4 | June 23rd, 2018 | 7th | — | — |
| The Even Bigger Balc | July 6th-8th, 2018 | — | 2nd | La Luna |
| EVO 2018 | August 3rd-5th, 2018 | 17th | — | — |
| Super Smash Con 2018 | August 9th-12th, 2018 | 17th | — | — |
| Super Smash Fight Club 3 | August 18th, 2018 | 1st | 1st | Bunk |
| Shine 2018 | August 24th-26th, 2018 | 65th | — | — |
| The Big House 8 | October 5th-7th, 2018 | 49th | — | — |
| GameTyrant Expo 2018 | November 2nd-4th, 2018 | 13th | 3rd | Ginger |
| The Mang0: Homecoming | November 10th-11th, 2018 | 25th | — | — |
| Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series | December 29th-30th, 2018 | 9th | — | — |
| GENESIS 6 | February 1st-3rd, 2019 | 49th | — | — |
| Full Bloom 5 | March 23rd-24th, 2019 | 13th | — | — |
| Saving Mr. Lombardi | April 13th, 2019 | 9th | 2nd | Fiction |
| Melee @ Verdugo West #59 | April 10th, 2019 | 2nd | — | — |
| Pound 2019 | April 19th-21st, 2019 | 17th | — | — |
| Zotcade '19 | May 19th, 2019 | 3rd | 1st | Santi |
| Fight for SoCal V | May 25th, 2019 | 2nd | — | — |
| Smash 'N' Splash 5 | May 31st-June 2nd, 2019 | 17th | — | — |
| The Kid, the Goat, and the Mang0 | June 8th-9th, 2019 | 13th | — | — |
| Low Tier City 7 | July 12th-14th, 2019 | 25th | 1st | SFAT |
| Super Smash Con 2019 | August 8th-11th, 2019 | 17th | — | — |
| Shine 2019 | August 23rd-25th, 2019 | 17th | 5th | Albert |
| Mainstage | September 20th-22nd, 2019 | 33rd | 13th | La Luna |
| Fight For SoCal 7 | September 28th, 2019 | 5th | 1st | SFAT |
| The Big House 9 | October 4th-6th, 2019 | 33rd | — | — |
| SteelCraft GG | November 30th, 2019 | 5th | — | — |
| GENESIS 7 | January 24th-26th, 2020 | 25th | — | — |
| Saving Mr. Lombardi 2 | February 1st, 2020 | 9th | — | — |
| DreamHack Anaheim 2020 | February 21st-23rd, 2020 | 17th | — | — |
| Smash is RAD | May 9th, 2020 | 4th | — | — |
Project M
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Coast | August 17th, 2013 | 2nd | — | — |
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood Action Tuesdays 48 | January 8th, 2019 | 25th | — | — |
Combo video
MikeHaze is the creator of the combo video Rise and SHINE.
Trivia
- He lends his name to the "MikeHaze rule," a tournament rule that prohibits players from yelling and making abrupt and loud noise to disrupt their opponents, after he yelled loudly numerous times during a money match vs. Hylian.