Street Man Fighter


Street Man Fighter, often abbreviated SMF, is the second season of the South Korean dance competition franchise Street Woman Fighter. It aired on Mnet from August 23 to November 8, 2022, every Tuesday at 22:20 time slot for 10 episodes. It revolved around eight male dance crews fighting for the position of Korea's best male dance crew to represent street dance in the country.
On November 8, 2022, on their last episode, JustJerk came in first place with 92,321 votes. The runner-up was We Dem Boyz, with 44,274 votes, followed by Mbitious and Bank Two Brother. The winning crew received million, electric sedans from BMW, a sponsorship deal with KB Kookmin Bank, and the Street Man Fighter Trophy.

Cast

The program is presented by Kang Daniel.
The dance judges of this season are:

Special Guests

"Class" mission (episode 2)

"Mega Crew" mission (episode 6–7)

  • Sehun
  • Harry June
  • Kinjaz
  • Mike Song

"Rain Choreography" mission (episode 7)

Finale (episode 10)

Street Man Fighter: Gala Talkshow (special episodes)

Contestants

Color key:
  • Leader
  • Sub-Leader

Missions

Mission 1: "Battle of the Underdog"

Each dancer beforehand pointed out a dancer from an opposing team that they can beat in a one-on-one dance battle. The chosen dancer is given a "No Respect" Sticker for each time they are chosen.
  • The named dancer points out a dancer they consider to be the weakest, and engages in a one-on-one dance battle for 40 seconds each.
  • The named dancer goes first while the pointed out dancer goes second.
  • At the end of the battle, the Fight Judges will determine the winner.
  • Fight Judges can request a rematch when no winner can be decided. A rematch will take place if two or more judges cannot decide a winner or in the case of a 1:1 tie and the third judge cannot choose a winner. In the rematch, both dancers dance at the same time for 40 seconds.
  • The winning dancer gives a NO RESPECT sticker of their respective crew color to the losing team, which is stuck on their crew fist.
  • The team with the most losses are labeled as the NO RESPECT Crew.
Round two consists of two-on-two battles. Round three consists of five-on-five crew battles. The rules for these rounds are the same as the one-on-one dance battles except if a rematch is called, it will only be a one-on-one battles with one member from each duo or crew.
RankCrewWinsLosses
1Prime Kingz91
2JustJerk74
3WeDemBoyz54
41Million65
5BankTwoBrothers35
5Eo-Ddae35
7YGX38
8Mbitious59

Mission 2: "Class"

Each crew leader chooses seven members including themselves to be split into five ranks. Each rank will work together to create a dance video. Each rank will only have one main dancer which will be chosen by the judges. The rest will be back-up dancers in the video. Each dancer in a rank will create a short choreography which will be voted on by the members of their rank. The chosen choreography will be the one used to determine the main dancer.
  • In charge of the center position, choreography, and directing the video for their rank.
  • Receive 100 points for their crew.
  • Can designate the two "worst dancers" in their rank to battle for the final "worst" dancer, who will get 50 points deducted from their crew.
The two worst dancers chosen by the main dancer will have a dance battle. At the end of the battle, all the dancers of the crews except for those of the battlers will vote for the worst dancer using a "Worst" token. The dancer with more "Worst" tokens is the worst dancer.
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ClassTeamContestantSong selection
Leader ClassBankTwoBrothersJ-Roc"New Thing" by Zico featuring Homies
Leader ClassEo-DdaeTed"New Thing" by Zico featuring Homies
Leader ClassMbitious5000"New Thing" by Zico featuring Homies
Leader ClassYGXDeukie"New Thing" by Zico featuring Homies
Leader Class1MillionBack Koo-young"New Thing" by Zico featuring Homies
Leader ClassWeDemBoyzVata"New Thing" by Zico featuring Homies
Leader ClassJustJerkYoung J"New Thing" by Zico featuring Homies
Leader ClassPrime KingzTrix"New Thing" by Zico featuring Homies
Sub-leader ClassBankTwoBrothersBusybe"Law" by Bibi, Yoon Mi-rae
Sub-leader ClassEo-DdaeKinky"Law" by Bibi, Yoon Mi-rae
Sub-leader ClassMbitiousWootae"Law" by Bibi, Yoon Mi-rae
Sub-leader ClassYGXDony"Law" by Bibi, Yoon Mi-rae
Sub-leader Class1MillionChoi Young-jun"Law" by Bibi, Yoon Mi-rae
Sub-leader ClassWeDemBoyzIngyoo"Law" by Bibi, Yoon Mi-rae
Sub-leader ClassJustJerkJ-Ho"Law" by Bibi, Yoon Mi-rae
Sub-leader ClassPrime KingzKnucks"Law" by Bibi, Yoon Mi-rae
Middle Class 1BankTwoBrothersFeeldog and Hyu"Sweaty" by Gray featuring Loco, Coogie
Middle Class 1Eo-DdaeDuck and HG"Sweaty" by Gray featuring Loco, Coogie
Middle Class 1MbitiousLee Ho-won and Kim Pyeong-ya"Sweaty" by Gray featuring Loco, Coogie
Middle Class 1YGXJunho and Hyunse"Sweaty" by Gray featuring Loco, Coogie
Middle Class 11MillionNino and Yumeki"Sweaty" by Gray featuring Loco, Coogie
Middle Class 1WeDemBoyzKyungnam and Youngbin"Sweaty" by Gray featuring Loco, Coogie
Middle Class 1JustJerkS.One and Howl"Sweaty" by Gray featuring Loco, Coogie
Middle Class 1Prime Kingz2face and Volly"Sweaty" by Gray featuring Loco, Coogie
Middle Class 2BankTwoBrothersDeegun and Giseok"100°C" by Giriboy featuring Yunhway
Middle Class 2Eo-DdaeQuanz and Black.Q"100°C" by Giriboy featuring Yunhway
Middle Class 2MbitiousJinwoo and Tarzan"100°C" by Giriboy featuring Yunhway
Middle Class 2YGXJunsun and Dow"100°C" by Giriboy featuring Yunhway
Middle Class 21MillionAlexx and Yechan"100°C" by Giriboy featuring Yunhway
Middle Class 2WeDemBoyzInseong and Haesung"100°C" by Giriboy featuring Yunhway
Middle Class 2JustJerkHulk and Yejun"100°C" by Giriboy featuring Yunhway
Middle Class 2Prime KingzCounter and Door"100°C" by Giriboy featuring Yunhway
Rookie ClassBankTwoBrothersGof"Whistle" by Groovyroom featuring Sik-K, Mirani
Rookie ClassEo-DdaeEjo"Whistle" by Groovyroom featuring Sik-K, Mirani
Rookie ClassMbitiousKim Jung-woo"Whistle" by Groovyroom featuring Sik-K, Mirani
Rookie ClassYGXMooddok"Whistle" by Groovyroom featuring Sik-K, Mirani
Rookie Class1MillionRoot"Whistle" by Groovyroom featuring Sik-K, Mirani
Rookie ClassWeDemBoyzKamel"Whistle" by Groovyroom featuring Sik-K, Mirani
Rookie ClassJustJerkMinseo"Whistle" by Groovyroom featuring Sik-K, Mirani
Rookie ClassPrime KingzKyoyung Jr."Whistle" by Groovyroom featuring Sik-K, Mirani

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Vata from WeDemBoyz was chosen as best director by the Fight Judges and paired up the crews for the next mission.

Mission 3: "Global K-Dance"

Two crews compete using the same song from boy groups that "impressed the world with their performances", BTS, BigBang, Exo, and Seventeen. Each crew must also complete the Choreography Copy Challenge. This round also included a bonus backup penalty part where the winner from the Choreography Copy Challenge could make the opposing crew into their backup dancers.
  • There are two copy challenge sections in each song
  • Of the two sections, each crew must take one section and create the choreography that the other team must "copy" and incorporate into their choreography
  • If both crews want the same sections, they must discuss it among themselves
  • Winning Crew chosen by the Fight Judges will also make a choreography where the opposing crew will be backup dancers.
The crew with the higher score for each battle wins and avoids elimination while the losing crew is nominated for elimination. Final scores are calculated as the sum of the Fight Judges' Score + Global Popular Vote Score + Main Dancer Score + Worst Dancer Score from the previous mission.
  • Fight Judges' score: Total of 600 points split between both crews
  • Global Popular Vote score: Voting period from July 8 to July 13, 2022, at 6:00 PM KST. Score calculated as Views + Likes X 100.
Color key:
  • Winner
As the losing crews – YGX, WeDemBoyz, Prime Kingz, and BankTwoBrothers were chosen as candidates for elimination. BankTwoBrothers was automatically placed in the elimination battle as a result of receiving the lowest score, and YGX was excluded from selection as a result of receiving the highest score out of the 4 losing crews. Later Prime Kingz was announced as the crew to battle BankTwoBrothers in the first elimination round. WeDemBoyz was saved from elimination.
  • Best of 5:
  • * Round 1 – Ace
  • * Round 2 – 2v2
  • * Round 3 – Leader
  • * Round 4 – Crew
  • * Round 5 – Rookie
  • At the end of each round, the fight judges determine the winner
  • The first crew to win three rounds is safe from elimination, while the losing crew is eliminated.

Mission 4: "Mega Crew"

Crews will compete in a Mega Crew mission where each crew will create their own choreography and perform it with a minimum of 30 performers including themselves. Crews must personally recruit their mega crew performers. Each crew must choose a costume to determine their concept to perform and will have 3 directors.
Final scores are calculated as the sum of the Fight Judges' Score + Global Popular Vote Score.
  • Fight Judges' Score: Each judge awards up to 100 points to each three directors of each crew totaling up to 1200 points.
  • Global Popular Vote Score: Voting period from September 20, 2022, at 12:30 AM KST to September 25, 2022, at 6:00 PM KST. Score calculated as Views + Likes X 100. Crews are ranked from this score and awarded points starting at 1200 points for the highest score.
  • Best of 5:
  • * Round 1 – 3 on 3 Battle
  • * Round 2 – Leader
  • * Round 3 – Hidden Battle
  • * Round 4 – Aces Battle
  • * Round 5 – Crew Battle
  • At the end of each round, the fight judges determine the winner
  • The first crew to win three rounds is safe from elimination, while the losing crew is eliminated.

Mission 5: "Rain's New Dance Song Choreography"

Each crew will create new choreography for Rain's new single "Domestic". The crew whose choreography is chosen by Rain have the benefit to direct the music video and the crew whose choreography video receives the most likes will receive 100 extra points each.

Mission 6: "Muse of Street Man Fighter"

Each crew will be joined by female dancers and must create and perform original choreography.
Final scores are calculated as the sum of the Fight Judges' Score + Global Popular Vote Score + Experts' Jury Score + Rain's New Dance Song Choreography Score.
  • Fight Judges' Score: Each judge awards up to 100 points to each crew totaling up to 300 points.
  • Global Popular Vote Score: Voting period from October 19, 2022, at 12:00 AM KST to 15:53 PM KST. Score calculated as Views + Likes X 100. Crews are ranked from this score and awarded points starting at 1000 points for the highest score.
  • Expert Juries' Score: Calculated as the average score of real-time on-site voting scores of 100 expert juries for each genre.
As the lowest scoring crew, Eo-Ddae was automatically eliminated. BankTwoBrothers and 1Million will have an elimination battle for the last spot in the finals as the 4th and 5th place crews.
  • Best of 5:
  • * Round 1 – Hidden Battle
  • * Round 2 – 1v1
  • * Round 3 – 1v1
  • * Round 4 – Crew Battle
  • * Round 5 – Leader
  • At the end of each round, the fight judges determine the winner
  • The first crew to win three rounds is safe from elimination, while the losing crew is eliminated.

Mission 7: "Cheers"

Each crew will create a performance that highlights their happy moments.
  • Live Broadcast Vote Score : via SMS voting
  • The team with the most total cumulative score from both Cheers and Last dance missions will be declare the show's winner.
CrewSong selection
BankTwoBrothers"Good Morning Seoul" by Nucksal & Cadejo
MBitiousIntro + "Bubblin" by Anderson.Paak
WeDemBoyz"Love You Different" by Justin Bieber featuring Beam
JustJerk"How It's Done" by Candy Dulfer

Mission 8: "Last Dance"

Each crew will create a performance that shows the color and identity representing them.
  • Live Broadcast Vote Score : via SMS voting
  • The team with the most total cumulative score from both Cheers and Last dance missions will be declare the show's winner.
CrewSong selection
BankTwoBrothers"It Won't Kill Ya" by The Chainsmokers
MBitious"Vossi Bop" by Stormzy
WeDemBoyz"Heaven and Hell" by Kanye West
JustJerk"Cornfield Chase" + "Invasion"

Final ranking