Recap: A little on the long side time-wise, but still a mostly fiery and definitely entertaining battle between Serius Jones and Jimz on the RBE stage comes down to who ends up running out of gas at the finish line. In this case, it’s Jones, who after a braggadocios and a little preachy, but still pretty solid 1st round that rocked with a few (“‘Cuz fans be blowing, so even when you hot, they can’t feel it ‘cuz they ears conditioned!”) haymakers, managing to beat a solid and sometimes witty, but at times reaching and not always directed at his opponent turn by Jimz, simply couldn’t match his opening round theatrics, while Jimz would up his verbal ante. That would start in the 2nd round, where Mr. Stop Being Dirty would continuously flex with gritty (“Just ‘cuz he got a razor it don’t mean he out scarring on the block, we ain’t never seen you cut nobody, you the new barber in the shop!”) punchlines, some fire wordplay and heated personals/schemes. On the other hand, while the effort was there, Jones’ lack of consistency, intricacy with his punches, over-the-top sermonizing and usage of too many dated bars/filler would hurt him in both the 2nd and 3rd rounds. All the while with Jimz keeping his foot on his opponent’s neck via a boatload of mocking personals, solid schemes and hitting punches, even if his angles weren’t always on point, altogether it was still enough to edge the battle.
Verdict: Jimz (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Jimz – “Jimz is dispenseful and right now I’m sitting on something special…thanks Oprah!”
