Anderson Burrus

Recap: Newcomer Anderson Burrus versus the vet Swave Sevah on URL’s Super Fight 6 card turns out to be goodie. In 3 rounds Burrus, also a comedian by trade, uses his comedic talents to score with a gang of witty barbs, funny storytelling, fierce schemes and hitting personals, when he wasn’t also putting up points via some dope punchlines. And even tho he was a little long-winded throughout the match and had a bit filler here and there, Burrus’ ability to put up haymakers never wavered. However, while he still put up his share of hardbody punches and whined a little bit too much on the ‘old jokes’ and karate angles his opponent used on him (like every top tier battler doesn’t have to deal with that stuff), Swave Sevah’s approach to this battle is what kept him competitive. The Team Homi capo directly taking on the huge ‘monkey in the room’ (i.e. another white boy trying to make it on the grittiest battle rap stage, the URL) and instead of doing the typical, racist angle shit, applying his funny bone and using the race card to superb effect with some rich metaphors, scathing personals, battle rap 101’s for white battlers, too funny (“Shit, I’ll even accept that he the son of a Caffiene exec and it was ‘Bring Your Son To Work Day’!”) jibs and even a bit of self-deprecating jokes that to go along with fire set-ups/punches/wordplay in 3 more condensed rounds allowed Swave to stay even through and through and earn a debatable.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Anderson Burrus – “Swave, you remind me of a warm hearted janitor in a basketball movie!”