Stuey Newton defeats Reverse Live

Recap: From KOTD's Season 1 tournament, Reverse Live gives a strong effort with a bunch of wily personals and brazen punches on his opponent Stuey Newton. But seemingly coming off a couple of battle losses, a determined Stuey, in his bag throughout the bout with a bunch of fierce name flips, more intricate punches, some stellar wordplay and stinging gun bars/personals, takes both of the opening rounds for the win before a debatable 3rd.

Verdict: Stuey Newton (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Stuey Newton - "Fuck the fan vote, I got the pole in the building!"

Lu Castro defeats Bells

Recap: Nice, gritty effort from Bells in this 1-rounder from GOTG. But a consistent barrage of fiery gun bars/name flips, fierce bully lines and witty/standout punches from Lu Castro gives the 'Big Dawg' the win.

Verdict: Lu Castro (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Lu Castro -

Real Deal defeats Kang

Recap: Dope 3-rounder from IbattleTV sees Kang give Real Deal all he can handle with a gang of fiery, unorthodox punches and abstract raps that made you stop and pay attention throughout the match. But the slightly more condensed, versatile, punch-heavier, 4-bar set-up-lit and hard-hitting/witty with the personals Mr. Deal does just enough in the opening rounds to gain the win before Kang took the 3rd.

Verdict: Real Deal (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Real Deal - "You look like a garage band drummer who creatively fights with his band mates!"

Chef Trez defeats Suni Talynt

Recap: From IBattleTV, solid showing from Suni Talynt, who with some versatility to his punches and a little wit and off-the-dome heat, managed to score a debatable 3rd. Other than that, another day at the office for Chef Trez who reconciled his gov't name getting made fun of with a gang of spicy 4-bar punches, some fierce name flips, boastful barbs, a handful of piercing rebuttals and the usual assortment of gritty punchlines/wordplay to handily take both of the opening rounds for the win.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Chef Trez - "You my 3rd Hispanic opponent, but your stock low so [Loso] why BS around me!"

Emerson Kennedy and First Lady Flamez [DEBATABLE]

Recap: With both battlers spouting a gang of fiery schemes, hard-hitting personals and stinging wordplay/punchlines throughout their 3 rounds, Emerson Kennedy vs. First Ladii Flamez on URL's Civil War card is not only a competitive goodie, but a spirited barfest that brought the heat when it came to nuance. Still, EK in his bag too when it came to ("You see Moses burning bush if you clearly hedging flames!") sterling name flips, would edge round 1 despite an aggressive and gritty turn (that was interrupted towards the end by her throwing up) by Flamez. Round 2 would feature a spitfire opening freestyle by EK that with more piercing punches/personals allowed the Salt Lake City rapper to score a draw against a wordplay-heavy, boastful and scheme-lit run by the First Lady. The final round would serve as the only clear round of the battle with EK delivering his lightest turn of the night (tho it was solid what with its artful use of righteous punchlines), a 3rd offering that would get handily beat back by a versatile and sublime-punching Flamez to make this one a debatable.

Verdict: Debatable 

Favorite line: First Ladii Flamez - "I will Black and beat the White out your bitch...no Grey Area!"

Danny Myers defeats G Dot

Recap: Danny Myers pays a visit to South Carolina and makes quick work of G Dot. The Bar God surpassing a mostly monotonous, but mayhem-lit 4-bar punching effort from his opponent with a fiery and aggressive mix of mocking personals, raucous punchlines and witty barbs to handily get the win in thsi 1-rounder from South Carolina Battle League.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Danny Myers - "My nigga's will shoot you because they need practice!"

Xcel defeats Born (Rematch)

Recap: Seen better overall from both battlers, but this rematch between Born and Xcel on KOTD's Season 1 is still a goodie with plenty of spicy lyrical burners, stunted wordplay/braggadocios lines and fiery 4-bar punches reigning galore. After losing round 1 tho while struggling a bit with his flow, Xcel gets its together in the latter two rounds with more consistently hitting darts to gain the win.

Verdict: Xcel (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Xcel -

Jey The Nitewing defeats Kid Chaos

Recap: From URL's Civil War card, a bunch of dope schemes and solid punches/gun bars/personals over the course of rounds by Kid Chaos made this battle competitive. But outside of a minor slip-up in round 1 (which was equated by KC in the opener), this one was all Jey The Nitewing. The Washington battler commanding the stage with not only sinister pauses before he spoke, but a gang of mocking personals, killer style breakdowns/name flips, righteous punchlines, witty barbs and brazen lyrical shiners to take all 3 rounds (round 2 was the closest) for an impressive win.

Verdict: Jey The Nitewing (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Jey The Nitewing - "I could get straight to the 'head shot!' or wait for the anticipation to grow, it's like a gun on the table...my presence alone can change the way you approach!"

Ill Will defeats Th3 Saga

Recap: Th3 Saga and Ill Will meet up on the One Shot Battle League and as to be expected it's a goodie with Saga spouting a gang of fire ("Coke so white, it started a mega-church!") punches while also declaring that the days of opps dishing 'masturbation bars' should be over what with his recent marriage (yeah, good luck with that). Still while Saga rapped a little longer in this 1-rounder and via a choppy flow to start things off didn't help his cause, the ever-brazen but uber-witty and personal when need be Will would also spit a bunch of fierce punches to score at whim and combined a more condensed turn, edge this one here.

Verdict: Ill Will (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ill Will - "I go way with the malice, stay back with the challenge, I'll start a fight in Indiana...who want they payback from the Palace!"

Cortez defeats RI 28 Grams

Recap: Nothing out of the ordinary here as Cortez and RI 28 Grams kick a gang of fiery gun bars with your resident mayhem, braggadocios barbs and a few wily personals mixed in. A close GOTG 1-rounder either way, it's the slightly more haymaker-lit Cortez who edges the win.

Verdict: Cortez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Cortez - "I don't need a trailer, it's 28 Grams, you getting cooked in a meth lab!"

Coffee Brown defeats Lady Caution

Recap: Plenty of fiery gun bars, gift-wrapped mayhem and gritty punchlines make for a dope back-n-forth between Coffee Brown and Lady Caution here on URL's Civil War card. But outside of being a little elongated in the early rounds, it's the more consistently hitting and overall spicier with the name flips and personals Ms. Brown who handily takes rounds 1 and 3 (call the 2nd debatable) for the win.

Verdict: Coffee Brown (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Coffee Brown - "Roc, I stand this man's ways, this a broke ho, nobody want this Lady in man cave!"

Rosenberg Raw defeats Eddy I.

Recap: Brazen and concise with the bars with nary a stutter, talking that grimy street shit when needed and sizzling with the bully bars/schemes throughout, Rosenberg Raw stays on what's been a pretty solid run of late and gets another win this time over a punch-heavy-at-times-but-not-as-consistently-hitting Eddy I. in this competitive (had the 3rd round debatable after Raw took both of the opening's) 3-rounder from KOTD's Season 1 tournament.

Verdict: Rosenberg Raw (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Rosenberg Raw -

Quban defeats Sneezey Bo

Recap: Spouting a consistent gang of spicy 4-bar punches and gritty lyrical darts, Quban survives the measured and unorthodox stylings of Sneezey Bo (who ironically got off to a slow start) to edge the win in this 1-rounder from Our Society Battle League.

Verdict: Quban (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Quban -

Kid Chaos defeats R. Payso

Recap: Unrelenting when it came to braggadocios quips and brazen proverbial schemes/wordplay/performance bars/name flips, in this 1-rounder from Organyzed Cryme Battle League, Kid Chaos creates enough synergy with his raps to beat back a solid, gun-bar drenched turn from R. Payso.

Verdict: Kid Chaos (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Kid Chaos -

J Krooger defeats Bonus

Recap: Dope 1-rounder from Gates of the Garden sees Bonus and a returning-to-the-scene J Krooger spout a gang of fiery gun bars and fierce street missives that all left an ipression. However, while the forever-underrated Bonus was also able to dial up some righteous personals that hit their mark, it's a slightly more consistently hitting, condensed, set-up lit and name flip-savvy Krooger who edges things here.

Verdict: J Krooger (W) 1-0

Favorite line: J Krooger - 

Cortez defeats Problems

Recap: In a 1-rounder from Kill Switch Battle League that was laced with gritty street missives from both battlers, a more name flip-lit, graphic and rigid with the mayhem as well as intricate with the set-ups/punches Cortez handily takes gains the win over Problems.

Verdict: Cortez (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Cortez -

40 B.A.R.R.S. defeats Bandit Montana

Recap: One-rounder from GOTG, tho struggling a bit with his transitions and some subpar heat, Bandit Montana's palette of hardbody punches (esp. liked the 'God...CashApp' bar), grip and gore still made their mark. But it's a brazen 40 B.A.R.R.S., consistently flexing with some sublime name flips, hitting wordplay and braggadocios/stinging punchlines who scores more than enough haymakers to get the win here.

Verdict: 40 B.A.R.R.S. (W) 1-0

Favorite line: 40 B.A.R.R.S. - 

Ave defeats Real Sikh

Recap: From URL's Civil War card, another pretty solid effort from real Sikh, filled with some witty barbs, a stockpile of aggressive mayhem and potent punches/name flips/rebuttals still isn't good enough to beat the punching power of Ave. The Norfolk, VA, vet using a gang of hitting pop culture references, stinging name flips, piercing wordplay and sometimes righteous, but mostly flexing punchlines to take all 3 rounds for an impressive win.

Verdict: Ave (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Ave -

Ryda defeats Alex Diamond

Recap: Never seen Alex Diamond before, but he's definitely got a collection of gritty bars that combined with consistent aggression could make him a problem in future battles...if he can work on his sportsmanship what with all the touching and talking through his opponent's rounds as we saw here during this Capitol Battlegrounds 1-rounder vs. Ryda. But battle vet that he is, despite the disrespect Mr. Silk Shirt kept his cool and with a gang of stifling name flips, rich storytelling bars and fierce punches, the edge here goes to a more haymaker-lit Ryda.

Verdict: Ryda (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ryda -

A. Ward defeats Rosenberg Raw

Recap: After a versatile and stellar opening round that featured a dope impression of his opponent, while not quite as consistently hitting in the latter rounds, a never-lacking-for-confidence but oft-witty A. Ward scores with enough punches to force a debatable 2nd and edge round 3 over the ever bullish and hitting at times, but filler-prone Rosenberg Raw in this 3-rounder from RBE.

Verdict: A. Ward (W) 2-1

Favorite line: A. Ward - "Baby mama drama, you gonna regret going Raw!"

Ryda defeats A. Ward

Recap: Spicy, Christian-themed darts, fiery storytelling rhymes, fire set-ups, witty barbs and a gang of stinging gun bars/punchlines...for Ryda it's a versatile and consistently hitting performance that altogether adds up to more than enough haynakers tp beat back a freestyle-lit, but otherwise topsy-turvy (esp. on the name flips) A. Ward in this 1-rounder from House of Wolves.

Verdict: Ryda (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Ryda - "I'm here to let you know I am the first Buddist battle rapper...now see how I'm already the best at that?!

Swamp defeats Spaz Mayweather

Recap: Combining a bunch of gritty punchlines, nifty Grand Rapids flips and fiery explosions of wit, Swamp doesn't break a sweat in beating back a solid at times, but slip-up prone and eventually choking effort from Spaz Mayweather in this 1-rounder from Organyzed Cryme Battle League.

Verdict: Swamp (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Swamp -

Stuey Newton defeats Prep

Recap: From Live From The Block, the idea of Prep thinking he'd pulled out an angle (Stuey Newton wife-ing up and having kids with a white woman despite being named after a famous Black Panther) in round 3 that'd make Stuey think about it 'on the way home' as if said angle hasn't been used on Newton a thousand times before in rap battles is funny. Either way, a competitive battle that was littered with plenty of mayhem, piercing punchlines, fiery set-ups/name flips and off-the-dome theatrics, after the two split the opening rounds, would come down to a still gritty, storytelling and cleaner-flowing Newton scoring enough haymakers to take the final round for teh win.

Verdict: Stuey Newton (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Stuey Newton - "When I catch up Prep, you better hope that he ain't catching his breath, 'cuz the 'r' [arm] coming out and he gonna have to put some pep in his step!"

Street Hymns defeats Krissy Yamagucci

Recap: From Bullpen Battle League, a gang of fierce punchlines, flexing personals and schemes from Krissy Yamagucci made this 3-rounder against Street Hymns close. Nonetheless, after a debatable round 1 that Street has only himself to blame for going too long, some rich performance bars (that were enriched by a surprise appearance by Captain Save-a-Ho), a sublime 3rd round freestyle (in response to his opponent twerking on stage) and some righteous personals/punches throughout the latter two rounds by Street allows the Horseman to edge both rounds 2 and 3 for the win.

Verdict: Street Hymns (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Street Hymns - "Just like her DM's, KY makes it real easy to slide in!"

Sozee defeats Emerson Kennedy

Recap: From VLMG & Tha Kulture, against a lethargic at times, pretty basic with the bars and never quite into it Emerson Kennedy, Sozee uses some nifty wordplay, piercing personals and gritty/Italian-spiced punchlines to take all 3 rounds for the win.

Verdict: Sozee (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Sozee - "I'm a be blatant, all that white boy Zack shit, save it, we been in them houses, glass everywhere, wasn't no break-ins!"

Ryda defeats Don Marino

Recap: Ryda versus Don Marino on URL's Civil War for the most part is a goodie with the Miami rapper dropping the usual assortment of struggle bars and wily punches for more consistently hitting/spicier punchlines and a creative use of an angle in round 2 that was lit with hitting personals. However, after getting handily beat in round 1, Ryda would step his punching acumen and via a barrage of witty darts, flexing/mocking personals, fire set-ups/storytelling bars and oft-Mexican themed, but either way still gripping lines that edged both of the latter rounds for the Maryland battler and earned him the win.

Verdict: Ryda (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ryda - "You got a great resume, low stock, your career's been an odd one, you gotta be the only Mexican I know that can never get the job done!"

Danny Myers defeats Dre Dennis

Recap: Two of the most prolific battle rappers in the game, Danny Myers and Dre Dennis, meet up on GOTG and outside of clear win for Dre (where he used a stellar angle dripped in spitfire personals that easily beat what was a throwaway/complimentary turn by Danny), this one was extremely close. However, while Dennis excelled at dishing hardbody set-ups with spicy punches, it's the slightly more storytelling/punch-lit, witty and condensed Myers who edges both rounds 1 and 2 for the win here.

Verdict: Danny Myers (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Danny Myers - "Hey, I was about to battle this nigga right outside, but Dre got to him first!"

Nu Jerzey Twork defeats Loso

Recap: Against a Loso who seemed to be more interested in in 3 rounds of righteous indignation that became redundant at times (when he wasn't kicking a bunch of subpar name flips) instead of more intricacy, versatility and performance stunting with his bars, Nu Jerzey Twork has a relatively easy time of it. The young NJ vet using some stellar wordplay, raucous gun lines, rambunctious punches that landed well (esp. in the early rounds, hardbody religious-tinted personals that broke down his Christian opponent's more charlatan-esque moments and not one, but two 'Strapped In!'s screeds to cap a performance reminded everyone who witnessed this URL/Civil War bout, that a motivated Twork can still rap with the best of them.

Verdict: Nu Jerzey Twork (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Nu Jerzey Twork - "I'll take ya life if you try Twork, the Four Horsemen jump in, there's hearses right at my mom church, this nigga A. Ward try me, I'ma grab the pipe and the .9 burst, you know how this Four Brother shit go...the white one die first!"

Chef Trez defeats Noah

Recap: Brazen, mayhem-friendly effort from Noah, in this 3-rounder from WarTown Battles, while solid over all doesn't hold a candle to the more intricate and consistently hitting, rebuttal spitting, name flip savvy and punchline/gun bar/personal-lit Chef Trez.

Verdict: Chef Trez (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Chef Trez - "They say the early bird get the worm first, but a desert eagle get the fucking opps!"

Bigg K defeats X-Factor

Recap: Said it before, race angles against white battle rappers are like 80% just being lazy. In other words unless you're a B. Dot or some other conscious battler (where it's already part of your repertoire), unless you got some unique and amazing shit to kick that no one's ever heard before, dedicating an entire round (as X-Factor does here in his 3rd) to race just because your opponent happens to be white, is just something you shouldn't do. That said, even with a so-so 2nd round, it's all Bigg K here. The Dawg striking again with a gang of piercing punchlines/name flips, witty personals and stinging storytelling rhymes to beat an X-Factor who after a pretty solid round 1, just landed in a cesspool of nothing but filler and wayward punches thereafter.

Verdict: Bigg K (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Bigg K - "You work out?, big flex, I caught him at mid rep, pulled a p-90 X, it ain't part of yoru gym set!"

JC defeats Jus Cuz

Recap: Rare to see top tier battle rappers go 3 rounds on smaller battle leagues. But the trooper that JC is, 3 gritty, punch/mayhem/name flip-lit rounds on BlockCityTV against a pretty solid, punchline-spicy and aggressive Jus Cuz turns out to be just another day at the office as the Pontiac, MI, vet spouts enough haymakers to edge each round and gain the 30.

Verdict: JC (W) 3-0

Favorite line: JC -

JC defeats Raydale Shamaine

Recap: JC uses a bunch of wicked punchlines/gun bars, boastful barbs, mocking personals and steely wordplay to beat back a pretty solid, performance/struggle bars/gun line spicy at times effort from up-n-comer Raydale Shamaine in this competitive 1-rounder from Organyzed Cryme Battle League.

Verdict: JC (W) 1-0

Favorite line: "Saying you won the battle is probably gonan decrease our YouTube views, the whole party was made in your mind right?, like the Boom Boom Room!"

JC defeats Chilly

Recap: In this close 1-rounder from Organyzed Cryme Battle League, a strong, punch-lit and gritty effort from Chilly gets edged by a slightly more condensed, death/mayhem-tailored and intricate/wordplay spicy JC.

Verdict: JC (W) 1-0

Favorite line: JC -