Recap: In this competitive 1-rounder from Gates of the Garden, despite an earnest, righteous at times and gritty effort from rising North Carolina battler IIVV, Chess pulls off a more efficiemt round by utilizing a variety of fire name flips, hard-hitting punchlines, fierce wordplay and fiery gun bars to gain the win.
Verdict: Chess (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Chess – “This nigga scaring me here, ‘cuz he look like he finna tell, thought his name was Ivy till I noticed how the shit was spelled, his name was I I V V, that’s 1 1 5 5…in other words this nigga 12!”
