M80 Stun NAVI at the Start of BLAST Open Porto

M80 began their BLAST Open Porto 2026 campaign with a surprising victory over Natus Vincere. The North American team won the series 2:1 despite a poor start to the match.

On the first map, Anubis, NAVI fully controlled the game and delivered a confident T side. However, after that, M80 managed to turn the series around and took Mirage and Inferno.

One of the main heroes of the match was Fritz “slaxz-” Dietrich. The German AWPer helped M80 secure eight CT-side rounds on Mirage, then delivered an important quad kill near the end of the first half on Inferno.

Josh “JBa” Barutt also made a major contribution. On Inferno, he won a 1v3 clutch, which helped M80 continue their perfect round streak on the T side and close out the match.

This result was especially important for M80 after a poor start to the second half of the season. The team had previously made early exits from BLAST Bounty and Esports World Cup 2026 and dropped out of the world ranking’s top 30. The win over NAVI became M80’s first victory against a top-10 team since March 31, when they defeated Aurora at Digital Crusade DraculaN Season 6.

For NAVI, the loss continued a run of inconsistent results. At the Esports World Cup, the team finished 9th-16th after a heavy defeat to Legacy.

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Now NAVI have dropped to the lower bracket of Group A and must win three matches in a row to keep their chances of reaching the BLAST Open Porto 2026 playoffs alive.