Recap: After getting edged by a heavy (“What happened? why you want to punk dudes like little Mookie and T-Rex?, what happened last time you came to L.A.? where was your reflex?, when you got water poured all over your shoes and you got G checked, I guess you could say it was his first time in L.A. and he was still getting his feet wet!”) pontificating, scheme-slinging and mayhem-dishing Dizaster in the 1st round, Math Hoffa ups the ante on an already fiery punch game and delivers a blistering, witty, punchline-crazy and (“Surprised you ain’t dead yet, you be taking all them methamphetamine’s, do me a favor, never get blasted off of heroin, cause that’ll get you outclassed and out of your element, cause on Smack, you was the wackest that you ever been!”) personal-blazing 2nd to even things out over a solid, but not as potent turn by Diz, before doubling-down on some already exquisite wordplay during a just-as-dope 3rd (i.e. classic) that was also seismic on personals. Dizaster, who dished some pretty aggressive schemes and lofty punches/personals in the deciding round, was hurt a bit by bouts with filler and a little too much sermonizing, thus allowing a more steady and commanding Math to take the round and the win.
Verdict: Math Hoffa (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Math Hoffa – “I watched your battles till your fucking voice was hurting my ears, I put the pen to the page, hoping verses appear, but this is why I hate Scrabble, sometimes I got no words for these squares!”
