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Snake Eyez defeats Prez Mafia

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Recap: Prez Mafia’s battle rap career has been filled with so much drama off the stage that coming up with dope personals on him shouldn’t be hard for any opponent. But in this 1-rounder from Kill Switch Battle League, Snake Eyez doesn’t just come at Prez’s neck with the personal stuff, but also a trip through Spanish Harlem that included some quality Spanglish, mocking schemes/punches and shout-out’s to past Harlem legends. That along with aggressive/bullish punchlines aimed at taking out Prez’s soul made for a pretty solid battle even with Prez rapping too short. Yet with all the haymakers Snake was dishing, it’s a clear win for Dot Mobb.

Verdict: Snake Eyez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Snake Eyez – “It’s all gimmicks, he not live, get in here rapping in the voice he don’t talk with outside!”

Goodz defeats Cassidy

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Recap: No debating the result here: Goodz got the 30. But let the record show that in the 1st round Cassidy was kind of nice (that is, except for jacking Danny Myers’ ‘Who in here believe in a parallel universe? (I do!)’ slogan), albeit utilizing a gritty but monotone flow throughout the battle, the ever-boastful Cass was still able to spit some (“I’m too popular, never lost a battle Smack, I made battle rap popular, you got popular off battle rap!”) hard punches here and there to make things competitive and even give you hope that this would turn out to be a dope match. But after the 1st round however, things went south…and fast as Cassidy–already so in love with himself that he’ll rap your head off if you let him–just could never get back in a groove, rarely lighting up the scoreboard with haymakers while spitting mediocre bar after mediocre bar after mediocre bar. Indeed, Cassidy’s 2nd and 3rd were really hard to watch. So hard in fact, that not only could you not wait for this hour long battle to be over with, but anyone choosing to re-watch this much-hyped bout would probably be wise to just skip Cass’ turns after the 1st round and appreciate Goodz’s ultra-smooth, versatile, (“How you The Hustla, but looking like the customer!”) personal-heavy, narrative-crazy and punchline-lit performance.

Verdict: Goodz (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Goodz – “These industry niggas, when they career die, they be looking for a buzz to get hot, now they coming over to battle rap, what the fuck we look like, Love & Hip Hop?!”

Snake Eyez defeats GL

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Recap: Snake Eyez uses gritty schemes, a host of salacious punchlines and sizzling gun bars to easily take out a loud, but low-grade GL in this 1-rounder from Gates of the Garden.

Verdict: Snake Eyez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Snake Eyez – “I’m not the one to test, like Grandma making cake in the kitchen, watch where you step!”

Franchise defeats Chef Trez

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Recap: In sports, just because you know what play the opposing coach is drawing up, doesn’t guarantee that you’ll win the game. And the same theory applies to Franchise, who despite almost always slinging 90% gun bars, still makes for a formidable opponent with his graphic punches, rich performance bars and at times witty verbiage. That said, the Canadian battler’s commitment to dispensing heat is what gets him the edge in this URL/Born Legacy 6 battle against Chef Trez. A consistently energetic, gun line-centric, punch-drunk and haymaker-drenched round 1 goes Franchise’s way before Trez (who despite losing the opening round, still had a pretty dope turn) went ham in the 2nd round with what might be a record ‘5 of those things’ (aka rebuttals) that along with some spicy name flips, fire gun lines and fierce personals/set-ups, nicely combined to tie things up heading into the 3rd round. The last round was a close one with Trez delivering his usual tasty combo of rich punches/personals and off-the-dome burners. But despite getting off to a bit of a slow start, Mr. No Lacking uses a series of gritty street darts, power punches and steely mayhem to edge the final round for the win.

Verdict: Franchise (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Franchise – “Dump the body, toss the heat, talk is cheap, creep up with the ladder like Dawson’s Creek!”

JC defeats Mike P

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Recap: Born Legacy 6 battle between JC and Mike P sees the latter give it his all, including some resounding punchlines, nifty video game bars, some witty personals and a pretty inspiring 3rd round that halfway through, spoke on more important matters in life. That said, yeah JC might dap his opponent’s too much during battles, but if that’s only thing you can criticize him for after he gives you straight rounds of sterling punches, spitfire wordplay, raucous bangers, graphic boasts and piercing name flips/set-ups as he did here, then you might be the problem and not him.

Verdict: JC (W) 3-0

Favorite line: JC – “It’s true, you never called me out, but you did say yes and that’s important ‘cuz accepting an ass-whooping is just as bad as asking for it!”

Jakkboy Maine defeats LT

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Recap: No doubt you will probably never see someone win a battle 3-0 with less effort than this one. With opponent LT choking away his first two rounds, instead of Jakkboy Maine going into his written’s for the kill, he mockingly freestyles a shortened 1st, before doing the same and tagging-in LB The Boss to finish his 2nd round. And in case you didn’t already know that it wasn’t LT’s night, upon finally producing a quality round, the St. Louis battler suddenly quits halfway in the 3rd allowing Jakk to drop the off-the-cuff lines and give the fans a measure of original lyrical showmanship along with fire punchlines/name flips for a win that will never come any easier.

Verdict: Jakkboy Maine (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Jakkboy Maine – “[Bwoh!] Basically, if Lil’ T wanna be Big T he gotta raise the bar!”

Th3 Saga and Fettuccine20 [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Don’t really speak on these things too much, but it’s kind of bugged watching this battle and seeing Th3 Saga on stage being rooted on by his old NWX bro K-Shine, who just happens to be standing side-to-side in the crowd with his old Dot Mobb bro T-Rex…just saying. But back to the battle, a pretty fire 1-rounder between Saga and the always competitive Fettuccine 20 with the former dishing a dope load of storied schemes/personals and variety of spicy (“So just behave or this right will drop you before you lifting your cannon…then it’s over 20, like $19.99 plus shipping and handling!”) punchlines that were sometimes mixed with religious flair that were only hurt when he struggled a bit with his flow and got a little too mean with the personals. As for Fetty, a hard and gritty round that were finessed by heated punches, searing (“The llama spit, or he get pistol-whipped, the butt came out of nowhere like Rihanna’s did!”; “I’ll turn his lights out in a small room…now it’s a BANNED! battle!”) wit, ill personals and potent gun bars which combined made for a debatable battle when taking in the few shortcomings Saga had as well as an almost equal amount of haymakers between the battlers.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Th3 Saga – “If this will make your head tilt like you ain’t really convince me, then this right hook make her not certain like the feeling was empty, the left hook, Westbrook, when I’m hitting ’em swiftly, I caught 20 3 times like I did it for Nipsey!”

Chilla Jones defeats Steams

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Recap: Not sure where the ‘soundalike’ stuff comes as not only are the cadence’s much different, while Steams can certainly dish some rich schemes here and there (but nowhere near Chilla’s level), the feeling here is that the Brooklyn spitter’s more noted for his unorthodox wordplay, gritty punches and 4-bar setups than anything else. That said, outside of a close 2nd round, Chilla Jones just toys with Steams here, using a gang of ridiculous punchlines, pointed personals, stinging metaphors, boastful shiners, fierce gun bars and of course, heavy-loaded schemes to easily take the 1st and 3rd rounds over his sometimes flow-challenged opponent, gain the win and end up settling for a debatable 2nd round thanks in part to the Kingpen rapping too long.

Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “A knife to his face, swipe through the Cakes, slice through his face, I’m Nelly in ‘Tip Drill’!”

Nu Jerzey Twork defeats Rum Nitty

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Recap: Having clearly prepped many of his bars (as well as his wardrobe) around his opponent’s well-noted gang membership, Nu Jerzey Twork’s strategy of going extra personal with Rum Nitty not only includes fire bars, but a literal slam dunk on Rum by Shotgun Suge (which Nitty returned with a dope rebuttal that’d make Spud Webb wink), Blood flag-waving and mentions of Rum’s family that in a rare moment, got Nitty to completely lose his cool and leave the stage. That sudden ‘intermission’ would come after a classic 2nd round from Rum, an extraordinary, performance-rich fete a fete that contained a host of sterling gun bars, sizzling (“Y’all said he was gonna beat me to death?, you’re right [makes like he’s firing a gun]…he died first!”; “Gun butt, it crack inside the hood…Reaganomics!”) punchlines, the aforementioned rebuttal and eccentric performance lines/wordplay. Still, Twork wasn’t just about personals here in what altogether was a spitfire battle even with all the tension in the air and the near fisticuffs. Withstanding a shitload of searing heat from his opponent in both the 1st and 3rd rounds (less so in the 3rd, as Rum’s turn while still pretty solid, was still his least potent) as well as the aforementioned 2nd, Twork’s pen game proved to not only be reliable, but multifaceted and stellar, whether it was via gritty wordplay, bodacious name flips, flexing (“K-clip, press down on a half-moon…’Do Not Disturb!'”) gun lines or fly (“I slide on an opportunity [tune Nitty], yeah Steams said that too and I shouldn’t be tossing his shit, I already left shells in one Cake, don’t get lost in the mix!”) angles/set-ups that were steered by a righteous flow/performance that stayed on-point and consistent throughout the battle. Or in other words…Jersey.

Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork – “Old sniper rifle, fresh out the repair shop…fuck Rum, this shit Vodka, I got a clear shot!”

Jade defeats P.A.N.I.C.

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Recap: Well, this one took an unexpected couple of turns. Harlem’s Jade versus Chicago emcee P.A.N.I.C. on QOTR starts off blazing with a punch-heavy, brazen and wordplay-lit 1st round that scored a draw while leaving you thinking that this battle could be a classic. But then everything went left what with P.A.N.I.C.suffering from a couple of slip-ups in the middle round, before giving up round 2 to a still consistently spicy Jade. And then, just when one was looking forward to P.A.N.I.C.getting back on her feet and mounting a comeback, come to find out like 5 bars in that the two battlers wrote their 3rd round together in order to take some personal shots at co-league owner Deebo. And while two battlers sharing a round was unique and perhaps a first in battle rap, with the amount of talent both Jade and P.A.N.I.C. have, would’ve much preferred that they continued competing against each other.

Verdict: Jade (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Jade – “I get extra greasy when I fight, Vaseline and cocoa butter, nothing of mine pinch, you must ain’t read me right like the fine print!”

Cortez and Bilzar [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: With a live band behind them, Cortez and Bilzar battle on a beat for 3 entertaining rounds, whiel riding each beat almost to a tee (esp. the speed-rapping Bilzar in the 1st round while adeptly free-styled over the “Big Pimping” beat in the 3rd). After a debatable round 1, a punch-heavier Bilzar took the 2nd before Cortez came back with a more steady flowing 3rd to take the round and earn a tie.

Verdict: Debatable

Favorite line: Bilzar – “I’m the best they could find, you just the best they could get!”

Mr. Mills defeats B. Magic

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Recap: Solid 3-rounder from RBE sees both Mr. Mills and B-Magic struggle a bit with their flow’s, but still deliver on hard-hitting punchlines, righteous name flips and gritty street fare for the masses. Split going into the 3rd, while also taking advantage of his opponent’s nimble slip-ups, a more consistent with the heat as well as fiery scheme-dishing Mr. Mills takes the final round and gets the win.

Verdict: Mr. Mills (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Mr. Mills – “You ain’t never met a nigger like me, I’ll shoot up your whole set, I’m a mini Spike Lee!”

Drugz defeats Bill Collector

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Recap: Funny how at the beginning of Bill Collector’s 1st round Drugz seemed to be shaking his head at the thought of Bill not taking this battle seriously, when as unorthodox, off-the-cuff and entertaining as he can be, outside of Bill and perhaps the people in his camp, does anyone have a clue what Bill’s coming with before a battle? Good thing for Drugz and the crowd tho, Bill did take this Banned Legacy battle serious, even bringing his Super Duper Scope with him for verification. And with that, what proceeded was a pretty dope and competitive battle, Drugz (aka ‘The Gun Show’) bringing a wide load of fiery gun bars, stinging set-ups/name references, a couple of biting tag-in’s (from NJ Twork and C3) and piercing punches/personals in 3 mostly condensed rounds. While Bill, ever the showman, would come heavily armed with a gang of witty barbs, some scintillating punchlines/wordplay, mostly hitting name flips and a host of Gooonie disses. A close bout till the very end, it’s a more qualitative Drugz who edges rounds 1 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: Drugz (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Drugz – “What are you calling yourself nowadays?, Bill? the Devil, that just means there’s be hell to pay!”

Piranha defeats OT 7even

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Recap: In this gritty 1-rounder from Alpha League, a mayhem-friendly Piranha uses an aggressive stream of raucous punchlines, mocking personals and glistening gun bars to beat back a solid, but flow-challenged turn from OT 7even.

Verdict: Piranha (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Piranha –  “If I up the nina, it’s time for heaven, 6:51…put the .9 to 7!”

Quban defeats Ru Bando

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Recap: Losing a 1-round battle after you were ahead on points is a rare occurrence, but it happens here as after killing shit with hardbody punchlines after scintillating name flips for 2/3rds of the battle, Ru Bando succumbs to a handful of reaches, some subpar darts, one too may shots at random peers in the crowd and an overall elongated turn that ended up being edged by a condensed, gritty, name-flip spazzing, gun bar-lit, visceral scheme-friendly and punch-heavy round by Quban.

Verdict: Quban (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Quban – “Glock 17 or 19, either way it’s the same Ru-tine [routine] in ya face!”

Big T defeats Mr. Mills

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Recap: Long armed with a sizzling performance game that’s now a staple of his resume to go along with a boatload of feisty punchlines, stunted wordplay and fierce name flips/personals, in this entertaining 1-rounder from Streatz Entertainment, a consistently scoring Big T handily beats back the gritty, but flow-challenged raps from Mr. Mills.

Verdict: Big T (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Big T – “I’ll bring Mills to ya door super cheap…like Uber Eats!”

Don Marino defeats Young Herb

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Recap: Spicy personals, hitting punchlines/gun bars, fire set-ups and gritty name flips/schemes, in this 1-rounder from League of Championship Kulture, it’s all there for Don Marino, indeed enough steady heat to beat back a solid overall, but not as versatile or potent Young Herb.

Verdict: Don Marino (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Don Marino – “I raise the tool, it got a little kick to it like Cajun food!”

Th3 Saga defeats Voice The Poet

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Recap: Good to know that there’s a Christian battle league out there, but damn if hour-long battles doesn’t make one wary. That said, for all the elongated turns, Th3 Saga vs Voice The Poet is still a goodie with an apparent (via the dicey personals unleashed aplenty from both sides here) and intriguing history between the two battlers that for example had Voice the Point challenging his opponent’s religious cred throughout the battle. Good thing outside of getting edged by a scintillating, boastful barb-throwing, punch-heavy and condensed 2nd round from Voice, Th3 Saga came more than prepared, using a plethora of sizzling name flips, ego-busting personals, righteous spiritual speak, fierce punchlines/schemes/wordplay and witty barbs to take rounds 1 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: Th3 Saga (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Th3 Saga – “‘Cuz he ain’t grew up how I grew up, I’m talking metal grip, fake IDs and hood rental whips…me and my shooters in one Accord like Good fellowship!”

Zig Zag defeats Nunn Nunn

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Recap: Race angles against white battle rappers are usually par the course. But add some wit and spicy punchlines to the mix along with enough piercing personals/name flips/blazing gun bars and even against a punch-heavy, but slightly less versatile Nunn Nunn, in a 1-rounder you can squeak out a win like Zig Zag does here.

Verdict: Zig Zag (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Zig Zag – “You think I’m here to question your gangster or if you racist?, I got a question that’s way more valid…like why the fuck do white people put raisins in they potato salad!”

Th3 Saga defeats Impact

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Recap: Don’t Flop battle between Th3 Saga and Impact goes just about the way Saga predicted it, with his opponent using half of his bars on religious angles and Saga’s old porn addiction. Still, while Impact was able to use the previously mentioned themes to deliver on some witty punches and nifty personals in a more condensed 2nd round to edge that turn, his bent for filler and oft-pedestrian bars along with a more versatile Saga dishing a slew of mayhem-inducing lines, steely punchlines/name flips and some fiery schemes with mixed in with religious flair, proved to be enough to take the 1st and edge the 3rd for the vic.

Verdict: Th3 Saga (W)

Favorite line: Th3 Saga – “You packing the 5th or you in the car trying to stretch for the slammy, boy I’ll black with the fist or leave packed in the whip like a Mexican family!”

Jerry Wess defeats Ish Mulah

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Recap: Nice effort here made by the always (“Against Teewhy, you showed an awful flaw, sugar or not, spit out tea in my house, you drink it off the floor!”) combative, name flip/scheme-heavy and gritty Ish Mulah. But at the end of the day Jerry Wess just proves to be way too much, firing on all cylinders with crazy (“I does this, you move fast, I’ll slow you down with a slug Ish [sluggish]!”) name flips, fiery punchlines, ill personals and fly gun bars that even with a venue change, continued to score at ease and earn a 30.

Verdict: Jerry Wess (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Jerry Wess – “To me, you know what’s more gangsta than killing a nigga? Making him work for you!”

Hitman Holla defeats Bill Collector

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Recap: Bill Collector finally gets a chance at revenge with this long coveted battle against Hitman Holla and receives an outcome many in the battle rap world probably didn’t expect: simply put, Holla out-barred him. Yeah, that’s right, the man who made ‘performance’ a category, chose to lean more heavily on his pen to win a battle, using a gang of fiery (“Man, if this nigger ain’t a bitch than please enlighten men, ‘cuz we had Bill running like Clinton in ’93!”) personals, some glistening wordplay, dope name flips, lucid gun bars and potent punchlines to take all 3 rounds and beat a witty (“You did what you did little kid, [points at forehead] but not today, [k]not joking, I am [k]not kidding, I am [k]not to play, [k]not never again, never [k]not, [k]not [k]not I say!” throughout, self-deprecating, sermonizing and performance-rich, but elongated, a bit filler prone and too often Show Out-addressing BC, in an altogether entertaining battle that brought ‘Closure’ to the two combatants longstanding feud.

Verdict: Hitman Holla (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Hitman Holla – “All that loudmouth shit, I’m Hitman, I don’t go for it, yeah you lost a fight, well swing now or get over it!”

Geechi Gotti defeats T.E.D.

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Recap: In this 1-rounder from League of Championship Kulture, Memphis rapper T.E.D. makes for a solid effort with some nice punchlines and flexing mayhem here and there. But with his name flips and attempt at free-styling not being his strong points, you’re left with a lopsided affair as a consistently dope Geechi Gotti’s rambunctious gunplay, mean punchlines, robust rebuttals/name flips and jaunty wordplay literally had you hooked on every bar.

Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “Fuck the police, I don’t mess with oink’s, the .40 kicking like an extra point!”

JC defeats King Ape

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Recap: As much as Young Ape impresses with an opportunistic load of gritty (“The rounds is lighting, shot up the car that I found him riding, did a number on the back of the whip…how’s my driving?!”) punchlines, a more versatile, potent with the gun (“Dome hit, left nothing but thoughts in the casket, now it’s a suggestion box!”) bars, fiery with the name flips/wordplay, angle-savvy and even a bit personal JC just came more equipped with the tools to take this dope 1-rounder.

Verdict: JC (W) 1-0

Favorite line: JC – “I won’t say that I saw you get killed on RBE, but you definitely choked and you didn’t win, it was pitiful, how you bottom shelf and still can’t reach your pinnacle?!”

Dre Dennis defeats C3

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Recap: Gates of the Garden 1-rounder between C3 and Dre Dennis sees the former spit a solid round littered with a few nice rebuttals, sanguine verbal gymnastics and gritty mayhem. But one too many pedestrian bars from C3 along with a more versatile and entertaining Dre Dennis, who seemed to score at every opportunity, especially when it came to fire/witty personals, heated punchlines, lofty gun lines and potent name flips/set-ups, puts another dub in the Loud Boys column.

Verdict: Dre Dennis (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Dre Dennis – “Ruger airing, shoot a parent, emergency pops last, put mama down firsr like Emergency contact!”

Snake Eyez and Jai 400 Block [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: Outside of Hitman Holla, Ave, Glueazy, Charron and Pat Stay, I can’t think of anyone who consistently brings stellar 1st rounds like Snake Eyez does. And here against Jai 400 Block, the Dot Mobb soldier does it again with an uber-gritty, street-gripping and (“Beasley, last time my money transfer wasn’t convenient so tonight I’m a make Jai pay [Jpay]!”) punchline-ringing opening round that would’ve beaten almost anybody…if not for being elongated, containing one too many Shotgun Suge references and a just-as-spitfire, punch-lit, name flip/personal-spazzing, mayhem-slinging, witty and condensed turn by Jai which forced a tie. The latter two rounds, however, were both pretty cut and clear with a versatile Jai dropping rugged haymakers with reckless abandon to easily beat back a mostly pedestrian turn by Snake before a strong start by Jai in the 3rd round is ruined thanks in part to a midway slip-up which led to a subpar latter half of the round. On the other hand, Snake would get back on his grind in the final round with a barrage of more piercing personals, when he wasn’t delivering more of that epic street shit along with daunting punchlines that earned him the round and made the battle a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Jai 400 Block – “If I ride out and you try to hide out that’s just gonna get ya mother touched, bullets will tattoo ya face, a closed casket will be the cover up!”

Chef Trez defeats Danny Myers

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Recap: In what was a pretty solid battle overall, Chef Trez’s spitfire guns bars and stinging punchlines/wordplay over the course of 3 rounds, coupled with some fly rebuttals and feisty schemes are enough to earn the Cave Gang member a clear win in the 1st and 3rd rounds here over a Danny Myers, who outside of a crazy and versatile 2nd round (which only did enough to force a debatable turn, in light of the sizzling round the Chef had too) and a boatload of personals, just couldn’t bring enough consistent heat to avoid the loss.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “I keep one .9, one .40, this shit a safe code, then I’ll put a pound to one [2,1] this shit a gate code!”

Danny Myers defeats Young NASA

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Recap: Look-alike’s, Danny Myers and Young NASA, go at it for 3 rounds and despite sharing common skin tones as well as loud, aggressive heaters throughout their turns, it’s mostly a one-sided affair with the Bar-God’s vociferous raps, stinging name flips and bodacious punchlines/gun bars easily out-pointing his opponent in both intricacy and potency.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers – “Bitch, you rap just like me, it ain’t a secret fucker, I’m in his face, what else is NASA keeping from us?”

Chef Trez defeats YBS

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Recap: As proven once again here, it takes more than just a solid effort to beat the likes of a top tier dude like Chef Trez. And certainly a confident YBS tried, delivering rapid punches throughout his elongated turn in this 1-rounder from Locked In LetsTalkAboutIt. But even with a few quality haymakers landed here and there, too many pedestrian bars and a lack of intricacy with many of his punches would hurt the We Go Hard stalwart, before a gritty Chef Trez, loaded with opening round rebuttals, spitfire name flips, toxic gun bars, fiery punchlines and even a few spicy personals, got the kill.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “I said I’m loaded with a chopper bitch, rock ya shit, drop him quick, cock the grip..shoot BS down like I’m focused on the positive!”

DNA defeats Quill

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Recap: Not that he seemed too heartbroken about it at the end there, but in this judged battle from Don’t Flop, DNA got robbed here as opponent Quill’s filler-prone, rambunctious, speed-rapping, oft-dated personals really don’t add up to much on the scoreboard, much less beat a freestyle/rebuttal-dishing, name flip shining, gun bar spazzing and punchline heavier DNA.

Verdict: DNA (W) 3-0

Favorite line: DNA – “I take a head shot and lift his thoughts, I’m innovating!”

Cortez defeats Saint Mic

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Recap: Cortez’s underrated wordplay versus Saint Mic’s boatload of stinging punchlines makes for a solid matchup on RBE. Competitive throughout, but for a huge disarray of angles and less potent punches by Mic in the 1st round, it’s not only Cort’s ability to construct his bars better in the opening and middle rounds (before a debatable 3rd, that was due in part to an elongated turn by Cort as well as Saint Mic displaying some ardent wit) that gets him the win here, but also a versatile palette of fiery name flips, sizzling set-ups to his punches, jocular shiners, fervent pontifications and flexing gun bars.

Verdict: Cortez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Cortez – “I’ll beat Saint Christ-like, I’m the face of sin, a Hellraiser, they all scared to face the pen!”

Ish Mulah defeats Rich Porter

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Recap: Ok, that one surprised me. Already flexing hard through the first couple of rounds of this GHOGH/JCBL 3-rounder against Rich Porter (who after a 1st round choke, got better with his gritty punches with each proceeding turn) with a boatload of bruising punchlines, rich set-ups/boasts and dope name flips, in the 3rd round Ish Mulah goes completely left and gets his B. Dot on to serve up a filler-proof, righteous, socially-conscious and impactful series of lines that added plenty of substance to an already sublime performance/victory.

Verdict: Ish Mulah (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Ish Mulah – “Rich Porter?, you got killed by a rat, you bitch, let’s re-enact the shit, I woulda ran up like ‘That’s 14 keys?’ and snatched the shit!”

Jakkboy Maine defeats K. Walker

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Recap: Steely name flips, flexing gun bars, fiery wordplay and potent performance lines, it’s all there as a way more condensed Jakkboy Maine easily does enough to beat back a witty at times, but elongated and too oft-pedestrian with the mayhem K. Walker.

Verdict: Jakkboy Maine (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Jakkboy Maine – “How he died?, well they’ll never get to ask K Y Jelly!”

DNA defeats Vicci

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Recap: Vicci may not be a household name in battle rap, but having gone way back to the days of Grind Time (and he had an early PG), the experience is certainly there. However, here in this 1-rounder against DNA, even a solid (although a bit inconsistent) effort by the Staten Island vet, doesn’t stand a chance when faced with a boatload of stinging name flips, fire schemes and well finessed punchlines by the infamous PG Killer.

Verdict: DNA (W) 1-0

Favorite line: DNA – “That fight, when you was ready with K-Holla, you had your nigga’s waiting, would you scrap with a nigga from Jersey, sure [Jersey Shore], till Vinnie’s in a Situation!”

Ty Law defeats Fis da Beast

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Recap: Solid 1-rounder between Ty Law and Fis Da Beast features a load of spiffy punchlines and fiery name flips on both sides. But a slightly more versatile, scheme-friendly, more personal and condensed Law does just enough to edge this one.

Verdict: Ty Law (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ty Law – “Shot lift him, hey it’s a cig, pick up everything in the room like you got pussy on the way to the crib!”

Jakkboy Maine defeats AP

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Recap: With barely 3 or so minutes of material in a 1-round battle he seemed to give 2 shits about, the only hope for an ultra-condensed, but performance and bar-heavy Jakkboy Maine winning here seemed to be his opponent, AP, either choking or slipping-up numerous times while kicking a load of pedestrian bars and weak personals during an elongated turn that one couldn’t wait to end…well, at least AP didn’t choke.

Verdict: Jakkboy Maine (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Jakkboy Maine – “See, now he standing there with the face like what the fuck, but usually shit that’s under sea level don’t dawn on a duck!”

Math Hoffa defeats Heavy Half

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Recap: Dropping a versatile cluster of witty jokes, stirring storytelling bars, gritty schemes, fire name flips and fiery punchlines/gun bars, a well-prepared and confident Math Hoffa wildly impresses in the first two rounds to beat back RBE standout Heavy Half, who was hindered by a slow start in the 1st round, before his loud, aggressive and unorthodox stylings allowed things to get more competitive in the 2nd and 3rd rounds, the latter of which he edged via a more potent use of gritty punches/wordplay to make the final score respectable.

Verdict: Math Hoffa (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Math Hoffa – “Apologies to the fans for the lows I had, my life, like his career, you don’t know the Half!”

Mackk Myron defeats Danny Myers

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Recap: Punching back-to-back with reckless abandon for 3 whole rounds, Mackk Myron scores an impressive victory over self-claimed G.O.A.T. Danny Myers. To be sure, the Cali vet made things competitive throughout, what with a host of fire name flips, stifling punches/wordplay, some nice performance bars/rebuttals and stinging (“Blow his chest open, now I see what they see in you!”) gun lines. But besides bringing just enough heat to make for a debatable 2nd round, in the other rounds there was nothing even a turned-up and confident, but sometimes prone to filler Danny could do to beat back what was an epic display of sublime punches and haymakers in the other rounds, with the “I got the .9, I’m gonna shoot this bitch in the neck [Ill Will: ‘and I got the .12‘], put that away [‘Why?‘], he might give it to Rex!” line in the final round being the coup de grâce.

Verdict: Mackk Myron (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Mackk Myron – “Listen Danny, I would hate to get the kids involved, I’m sick, but this Tech-9, it’s hitting kids and all!”

Holmzie Da God defeats Zay Smoove

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Recap: Holmzie Da God’s more potent personals, righteous gun bars, fiery schemes and stifling mayhem in enough to edge a Soldi overall, but not as consistent Zay Smoove in this 1-rounder from GOTG.

Verdict: Holmzie Da God (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Holmzie Da God – “This big bitch worthless with the Heat..he Greg Oden!”

Arsonal defeats Soul

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Recap: Overall, not the best Arsonal you’ll see. But when your elongated opponent is spitting mostly basic bars and dated personals that you’ve heard hundreds of times before, even if you are on your B-game, hit UK rapper Soul with enough wit, disrespectful shiners, fiery braggadocio lines and quality schemes/personals and in this case it’s enough to take the first two rounds and get out of there with a win.

Verdict: Arsonal (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Arsonal – “Nigga you look like they ordered you off Amazon!”

Couture defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: Dope, competitive battle between 40 B.A.R.R.S. and Couture on the QOTR stage sees 40 gets busy throughout the match with a gang of shrewd lyrical stunting, rigid name flips and hard-hitting personals. While Couture flexed her versatility with a boatload of witty/scathing personals, clever schemes, piercing punchlines and a spitfire performance (esp. in round 3, which saw the Rhode Island emcee use both a human prop and a beverage prop to unleash a variety of impressions of your favorite male battlers with startling effect). In front of a crowd egged on by every hot bar, a slightly more clean with the flow, condensed and punch-heavier Couture takes round 1, before 40 gets downright mean with it (even going after her opponent’s kid) and with the help of a couple of more haymakers, takes the 2nd round to even things up. The ever calm, cool and collected Couture, however, would take the final round, what with the aforementioned electric performance to go with a continuously aggressive and stinging punch game that overall would beat back a pretty solid, but not as consistently spicy turn by 40.

Verdict: Couture (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Couture – “Oh I got you big mad Lisa, let me stop and show some true love, congratulations on the crib, bitch I can’t wait to drown you in your new tub, sometimes I’m too blunt and when I roll up it’s nothing less than two snubs, so who wants smoke with me, I’m about to split 40 into two dubs!”

Ill Will defeats Scotty

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Recap: In a battle that came together out of nowhere, Ill Will validates there being different levels to this shit with a consistently hardbody, verbal luminary, personal-savvy and performance-heavy showing versus Scotty. Somewhat competitive at times with the Houston battler showcasing the ability to display wit and even drop some shiny haymakers now and again, unfortunately for Scotty his pen game would be prove to be unreliable in light of so many subpar punches and very basic schemes. For Will, who added in a handful of nice rebuttals in the match and clearly did his research on his opponent, ruthlessly mocking Scotty’s rap persona as well as his Proving Grounds loss to Loso throughout the battle, this 30 was well-earned.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Ill Will – “I did this for the money my nigga, I just saved the day, this ain’t even a real meal, this a little cookout, that’s why it’s just a paper plate!”

Xcel defeats Prep

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Recap: As seen here, Prep’s ability to aptly freestyle can keep him close in any battle. But in this solid 3-rounder from Jack City Battle League, after a punch-for-punch, debatable 1st round, Xcel’s more versatile punchlines, fiery wordplay, wily personals and in-depth schemes were a bit too much for a less consistent with the punches ‘Dirty Prep’ to keep up with in the latter two rounds.

Verdict: Xcel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Xcel – “Word-wise and bar-for-bar, I’m one of the best family, ‘cuz my whole appeal is kill son, understand that’s what the Plan B [plan b]!”

Tia. S defeats 40 B.A.R.R.S.

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Recap: Brazen, 1-round punch-fest from We Go Hard here as both 40 B.A.R.R.S. and Tia.S bring an equal amount of gritty punchlines, earnest mayhem, dope name flips/gun bars and stifling wordplay. And while 40 added a dope TLC scheme to her arsenal, a slightly more cleaner and steadily hard-hitting Tia gets the edge here.

Verdict: Tia. S (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Tia. S – “I let the heat bust, keep the cloth through the ratchet, like one of my bitches aint trying to fuck her weave up!”

Drugz defeats Uno Lavoz

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Recap: Short notice, 1-round battle between the prolific Drugz and the ever-entertaining Uno Lavoz contains its share of fun, rich performance bars and antics, but a more condensed and consistently punch-heavy Drugz ends up pulling it out at the end.

Verdict: Drugz (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Drugz – “Ain’t you a comedian?, I’ll knock this nigger out and tell him ‘Stand up!'”

E-Hart defeats Drugz

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Recap: After a debatable 1st round that saw them both toe the line on potency, E-Hart’s stinging wordplay, gritty name flips and searing punchlines (that even included a rare rebuttal) are more than enough to beat back the boisterous and oft-witty, but hit-n-miss and a bit flow-challenged stylings of Drugz in the latter rounds of this 3-rounder from Bring Ya Barz Battle League.

Verdict: E-Hart (W) 2-1

Favorite line: E-Hart – “Drugz, if I’m offended by anything you said today, weapons spray, your last good day will be yesterday!”

Dre Dennis defeats Cashis Clay

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Recap: Solid 1-rounder from We Go Hard features some witty personals and other noteworthy schemes from Cashis Clay. But setting the stage from jump with some fiery name flips, Dre Dennis’ continuous barrage of rigged gun bars, potent personals and more verbal heat directed at his opponent’s moniker prove to be more than enough to get the win.

Verdict: Dre Dennis (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Dre Dennis – “This fanboy bitching, I’m a bash boy wigging, take the battery out you like my Android tripping!”

Geechi Gotti defeats Rum Nitty

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Recap: What virtually comes down to a sparring session between two West-coast elites, Rum Nitty and Geechi Gotti, still makes for a fire battle. Nitty, boasting a shitload of heavy gun bars, nifty wordplay and rapidly fierce (“Ya soul leavin’, we ain’t make London, but you’ll still be an RIP tat’ in Old English!”) punchlines, certainly came to compete. But if…every…fucking…bar is the standard here, then hands down the winner in this one is Gotti, who when not mocking his opponent’s street credentials, brought the house down with a gang of spitfire schemes, flexing performance bars, stifling (“You do the math, yo’ life ain’t scary as mine, the only thing I learned in school was how to carry a .9!”) punches and of course, that noted real-life street drama that only a few can actually live, survive and talk about. All said, Gotti, with lines more consistently potent handily takes rounds 1 and 2, before a more condensed Nitty delivers just enough heat to keep up with his fellow Crip’s sterling turn while earning a 3rd round tie.

Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “We can shoot it out or we can go wit’ the hands, y’all will see Rum get mixed up somethin’ sweet, now he a Pina Colada!”

B. Magic defeats Big Kannon

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Recap: In this 3-rounder from Bar Fight Battle League, Big Kannon mostly comes unprepared, depending on quasi-pedestrian freestyles and a couple of nimble rebuttals to get by the first two rounds, thus leaving a way more composed with the punches, all the while dishing straight heat B. Magic with an easy vic before Kannon gets it together in a way more compact, pronounced and prepared 3rd to salvage a tie in the final round.

Verdict: B. Magic (W) 2-1

Favorite line: B. Magic – “I’ll slide up in ya hood with the Lethal Weapon, you’ll get an arm raised up like an easy question!”

GE defeats QP

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Recap: With old personals rankling a few feathers here and there, GE versus QP (Quantum Physics) quickly turns from a battle of contrasting styles to a tension-filled bout that clearly got under QP’s skin after his opponent brought up some notorious sexual allegations during his 2nd round. Not that a QP tag-in and struggle with his bars the final round would matter anyway as a more consistently fire GE’s crime-riddled trap talk, witty barbs and expressive wordplay combined to beat back QP’s even more exotic punches/performance bars in the earlier rounds, before a non-competitive 3rd solidified the 30.

Verdict: GE (W) 3-0

Favorite line: GE – “Ain’t gonna say no names, when I come ain’t no games, see piping ahit, he turn Damon Wayans, start talking about his wife and kids, sitcom, they all on the couch, barely suffered major pain [Major Payne], if I don’t get every little ounce, they all dead, Get it?, That shit go together!, Damon Wayans, Major Payne…everybody on the couch got a bald head!?

Craig Lamar defeats Gary Alston

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Recap: Rare Government name (?) versus Government name (?) battle is still nonetheless a dope one as both Gary Alston and Craig Lamar get busy for one round with plenty of idealistic wordplay, piercing multi’s, variable flow patterns, fierce 4-bar set-ups and rapid mayhem. A lyrical pit fight with plenty of haymakers from both battlers, the slightly more versatile and witty Lamar gets ends up getting the edge here.

Verdict: Craig Lamar (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Craig Lamar – “The scope will find him and I’m good with the blade like ultraviolet!”

Chef Trez defeats Goddie Lumenati

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Recap: Salacious, hardbody guns bars rain down aplenty in this solid, 1-round battle between Chef Trez and Goddie Lumenati. But a more consistently potent Trez, mixing in some fiery schemes, stinging name flips and righteous braggadocio/struggle bars throughout his gun-centric turn, ends up taking this one.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez – “Nigga said, don’t step in my lane, you’ll hear a loud blast, I’ll let a round skip through your lane…that’s a bounce pass!”

J. Murda and Bad Newz [DEBATABLE]

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Recap: A damn near carbon copy of each other battle-wise with their sheer intensity on stage, braggadocios personas, aggressive raps and ability to light it up with wicked gun bars, it’s only right that this RBE battle between Bad Newz and J. Murda ends up tied. A competitive, touchy-feely and sometimes witty battle for the most part, an amped up, slick with the punches, (“So go ahead, joke, play, lie about how I got shot and that’s a foul, but that shoudl already tell y’all…I already looked Murder in the eyes!”) fiery and way more consistent Newz took the 1st round, before a more condensed Murda steps up his punch game and edges the 2nd. Both battlers got off to a slow start in the deciding 3rd round, but eventually each came through with enough mean punches, stinging name flips/gun speak and greasy mayhem to make this one a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: J. Murda – “Against Loso it was ‘Fuck God’, who the first one you was looking for when you was dying nigga!?!”

Brizz Rawsteen defeats Loso

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Recap: An animated, aggressive and boisterous style that’s just as suited for preaching at a Baptist church as it is battle rapping, Brizz Rawsteen puts it all in emotively to deliver stifling one-liners, witty barbs, obnoxious anti-religious heat as well as potent personals to beat back a minus-a-couple-of-slip-ups, pretty solid with the punches (tho not as nice with the personals) Loso in this exciting 1-rounder from Bullpen Battle League.

Verdict: Brizz Rawsteen (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Brizz Rawsteen – “The Bible’s a classic, but it’s no Illmatic!”

T Top defeats Reecso Wells

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Recap: A solid effort with the punches from the loud, aggressive and sometimes witty Reesco Wells, but T Top’s gritty street talk, fiery gun bars, well-crafted angles and smoking wordplay/punchlines consistently outshine his opponent in this 1-rounder from Street Status.

Verdict: T Top (W) 1-0

Favorite line: T Top – “I’ll knock you the fuck out, your man’s included, y’all all getting the same beats like Spanish music!”

Charron defeats Big Kannon

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Recap: My guess is that Charron was just being kind, agreeing with those ‘1-1’ chants from the crowd after the 2nd round here versus Big Kannon. After all, with a dated and inconsistent BK clearly losing the first to a more versatile, preachy and potent-punching Charron, even with a racially-inclined Kannon stepping up his game and shining with more hitting ammo in the latter rounds, the amount of haymakers that came from Charron’s continuously rapid, personal, jokefest-dishing and punchline-spazzing arsenal would just be too much.

Verdict: Charron (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Charron – “You have the replay value of a used pamper!”

Ill Will defeats O-Red

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Recap: With a boatload of vigor, fire name flips, sterling (IW: “They wondering how much that belt cost, I’m wondering of it’s bulletproof!”) punchlines, dope (Red: “I got options, I could turn this to an O.J. scene or just hang Will [wheel] from a tree, like a homemade swing!”) wordplay, stinging personals and visceral heaters, through 1-and-a-half rounds Ill Will versus O-Red displays the potential to be a classic. But then the inexplicable happens and Red literally loses his voice mid-battle and eventually has to forfeit the middle round (a round he probably would’ve lost anyway when considering Will’s haymaker-drenched turn) after multiple attempts to get his vocals back. That would cost Red the battle after one or two more haymakers by Will in the 1st gave the Michigan battle that round. And while to his credit Red would get enough of his voice box back to dish a versatile, sizzling (and winning) 3rd round (with verses from his 2nd), by then it was too late.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ill Will – “Give his head a shot, you ain’t gotta ask if he dead or not, mama viewing the body as if she colorblind, don’t know if it’s Red or not!”

B. Magic defeats Dex

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Recap: Brought to you from the good folks at Street Status, Dex and B. Magic both hit with some solid punches throughout this fiery 1-rounder. But along with dishing some dope schemes, it’s a slightly more consistent, condensed and original with the pen overall B. Magic who edges this one.

Verdict: B. Magic (W) 1-0

Favorite line: B. Magic – “Beef is nothing you wanna find, the scope like a fairy tale, I had it Once Upon A Time!”

Young Kannon defeats Gutta

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Recap: The intricate, wordplay-feening Gutta, who goes back a ways with URL/Smack, makes a solid effort here in this 3-rounder versus Young Kannon. But mixing it up well with more fiery punchlines, some witty barbs/schemes, well-researched personals and raucous name flips/gun bars, YK, for the first two rounds anyway, does more than enough to earn the win before a slightly more potent and consistent Gutta salvages the 3rd.

Verdict: Young Kannon (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Young Kannon – “You the yellow Starburst, you the worst out the pack!”