Recap: Sticking it to his punchline-bent opponent, Born, with earnest derision throughout the battle, Chilla Jones also flexes his versatile pen with a host of admirable name flips, pointed personals (that even included using a chart to highlight Born’s up-n-down battle career), ill braggadocios (“OK, let me stop there, this was suicide, he can’t hang unless I show him the ropes!”) darts and fiery schemes/punches to take the first two rounds for the win. Born, who was for the most part pretty (“I put in work to get to Chill…paid vacation!”) solid, but still struggled a bit with his flow in the earlier rounds, did manage to put his punch-heavy, verbal/wordplay semantics altogether in a fire 3rd round that saved him from getting 3-0’d.
Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-1
Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “He get to work around 5, then I’m showing up at 4:30, so if he show up prematurely, then I’m getting Born…early!”
