ESL has confirmed that Anders "⁠Anders⁠" Blume will step in for Matthew "⁠Sadokist⁠" Trivett on the commentators' post for the remainder of the Major.

Sadokist has been removed from the official IEM Rio Major broadcast following his involvement in what ESL has described as an "incident" that took place on Friday evening local time. Anders will take his place alongside Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole for the remainder of the tournament.

According to a Dust2.us report, the Canadian commentator's removal came after he, allegedly under the influence, got involved in an altercation that resulted in "emergency services" being called.

Sadokist has been replaced by Anders on the commentators' post

After commentating on the action throughout the Challengers Stage from Monday to Thursday, Sadokist did not appear on the broadcast in any of the matches on day one of the Legends Stage on Saturday. Instead, his usual duo partner, moses, was casting alongside Anders.

ESL provided the following comment to Dust2.us:

"We can confirm that an incident took place last night involving Sadokist. As a result of this, Anders has stepped in to commentate for the remainder of the tournament. We have no further comments and would like the focus to remain on the competition."

Jason 'moses' O'Toole Age: 35 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 18 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.71 Matthew 'Sadokist' Trivett Age: 33 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.64 Maps played: 1 KPR: 0.50 DPR: 0.88 Anders 'Anders' Blume Age: 36 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.53 Maps played: 1 KPR: 0.19 DPR: 0.58