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Eazy The Block Captain defeats Dizaster

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Recap: Dizaster wasn’t too surprised, openly admitting during this dope and highly entertaining Grind Time 3-rounder how ‘easy’ it is for Eazy The Block Captain to deliver hard-hitting trap talk at any time . But give the Gutta City capo his flowers anyway, especially after a surprising slip-up in round 2 assisted in costing him the round and going into the 3rd tied up after the punch-heavier Block Captain edged the opener. And what with another witty, personal-lit and rebuttal-friendly final round by Diz, things were looking a little bleak for Eazy before his 3rd. But with a wicked combo of hardbody punches, a mid-round rebuttal and a gang of sublime street/trap talk that even had the Oakland crowd buzzing throughout, it’s the more haymaker-crazy ETBC who also edges the final round for an impressive road win.

Verdict: Eazy The Block Captain (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Eazy The Block Captain – “See, they say trap bars is all I do, that’s just because, man you know what it was, trap money kept my lights on so who i thought invented electricity was the plug!”

Hollohan defeats Dizaster

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Recap: In tribute to his old friend Pat Stay (RIP), Hollohan returns to the battle rap stage for the first time in almost a decade for this KOTD #StayForever 1-rounder against Dizaster and it was definitely a goodie. Diz with his witty name-calling/personals, rambunctious lyricism and rich storytelling kept it gritty the whole way. While Hollohan with a bunch of funny jokes, hard-hitting punches, boastful barbs and fire personals no doubt made the late ‘Sucka-Free’ king proud. A close one that you wished had gone 3 rounds seeing how much this battle meant to the fans, it’s the slightly more consistently bar-heavy Hollohan who gets the edge here.

Verdict: Hollohan (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Hollohan – “You have a very, very punchable face, that’s why your parents named you Bashir [bash here]!”

Dizaster defeats Anderson Burrus

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Recap: In this virtual 1-rounder from AngryFan, Dizaster uses a scintillating palette of hard-hitting personals, rambunctious/mayhem-lit punches and all kinds of stereotypcial Caucasian jokes to handily beat back an overall solid, but nearly as punch-heavy turn by Anderson Burrus.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Dizaster –

Geechi Gotti defeats Dizaster

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Recap: Highly anticipated, especially on the West coast, Geechi Gotti and Dizaster face off for 3 rounds (last round unlimited) on GTX and to the crowd’s delight, dish a trio of fiery, competitive turns littered with plenty of mayhem, boasts and aggressive punches. Diz in his 2nd battle back after a long hiatus, delivered on his usual checkpoints of graphic violence, fierce storytelling, slick talk and rigid set-ups/personals/schemes. While the versatile Gotti consistently brought the heat with a barrage of hard-hitting/mocking personals, witty barbs, potent street talk, stinging punchline, boastful gun lines and a couple of spicy rebuttals. Altogether a close one, still it’s a more haymaker-lit Geechi who takes rounds 1 and 2 for the win before an equally syrupy on both sides 3rd round debatable.

Verdict: Geechi Gotti (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Geechi Gotti – “We Crips, Bloods, Esai’s, Asian’s, listen you don’t be in them streets enough, I don’t give a fuck much languages you know, bitch you don’t speak for us!”

Saynt defeats Dizaster

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Recap: Dizaster’s controversial run in this KOTD Grand Prix tournament finally meets its end as the consistently bubbling punchlines, spicy personals and head-ringing wordplay from Saynt in both of the opening rounds are enough to take each of them for the win over an opponent who struggled with his flow in round 1 and came better with the personals than the punches throughout the match (tho he had a dope 3rd, which he edged).

Verdict: Saynt (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Saynt – “The 90 got him thinking why would he try me, he ain’t know I could draw down, like I’m writing in Chinese!”

Family Man Hays defeats Dizaster

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Recap: In another tourney battle from KOTD, Family Man Hays (fka Syahboy) uses a flexing array of spicy punchlines and piercing personals in the deciding 3rd round (had Dizaster edging round 1 and FMH edging round 2) to gain the win and beat back a pretty solid overall, but slightly redundant and not as consistently hitting turn from Dizaster.

Verdict: Family Man Hays (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Family Man Hays – “They gave you six battles in California?!, this shit easy as shit, they even bringing you grapes, nigga LeBron ain’t got treatment like this!”

Dizaster defeats The Saurus (Rematch)

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Recap: A rematch that we had to wait 12 years for gets its grand comeuppance with $50K on the line in this KOTD Grand Prix tournament. Close, competitive and filled to the brim with hard-hitting (and sometimes witty) personals on both ends, a surprising 3rd and deciding round choke by The Saurus edges the win for Dizaster.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Dizaster – “Couldn’t keep up with the Jones’ so nowadays he’s more like a contact tracer ‘cuz all he does is watch his neighbors!”

Frak defeats Dizaster

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Recap: For all the controversy this Frak vs. Dizaster battle from KOTD’s Grand Prix tournament created in the battle community, overall it really that good. The ever-loud and aggressive Diz coming off as lame with his constant disrespectful, touching, tough-guy act while the more carefree Frak’s attempts at humor and politically-righteous darts not only falling short half the time, but often coming off as obnoxious. That said, Frak playing Diz with the 2nd graph was dope and as far as the outcome goes it should’ve still had Frak winning as the Bay area emcee edged the 1st before getting the favor returned in the 2nd. Afterwards, a clearly punch-heavier Frak would take the deciding 3rd for the win.

Verdict: Frak (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Frak – “Bro, you know what rhymes with Dizaster vs. Soul Khan? [yawns], that shit was so long!”

40 Cal defeats Dizaster

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Recap: Not sure why 40 Cal gets to rap as long as he did AND tag in Math Moffa to complete his turn, but Dizaster, who granted was on overkill mode, doesn’t get to finish his round. But, oh well, even with a very able and debilitating Math assist, 40 gets the win anyway, using a smooth, methodical flow to dish some hot personals, braggadocios shiners and spicy punchlines here and there. On the other, while Diz got off to a decent start with the punches and jokes, his choice to go into redundant mayhem for almost two-thirds of his round would hurt him in the long run.

Verdict: 40 Cal (W) 1-0

Favorite line:  40 Cal – ““I squeeze .8’s at grown men, kidnap your friends, it’s no porcupine, you wanna get em back?…depends [Depends]!”

Dizaster defeats Soul Khan

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Recap: Incredibly long one here (like an hour-an-a-half, which has to be a record for a 3-round battle) between Dizaster and a returning-to-the-scene-after-9-years Soul Khan on the KOTD stage, despite it’s excessive, unlimited rounds, can still serve as tutorial to some of today’s top tier battle rappers who struggle at times with preparation, what with neither Diz or Khan even slipping up once with their bars during this lengthy battle. Still, an effigy in consumption you’d think for even the biggest battle rap fans, altogether the bout itself was pretty solid. Never the typical battle emcee, yet previously known as a witty and sometimes scathing puncher back in his heyday, the now politically-bent Socialist (and apparently a huge Bernie Sanders fan) Khan had no problem inserting his leftist ideologies into his pallette, when he wasn’t going at Diz with a bunch of witty barbs on his opponent’s poetry skills, calling out Diz’s often chaotic temperament and also getting bust at times with some nifty punchlines. But in an elongated battle that even had host Organik looking like he might fall asleep at times, Dizaster would be in his bag (esp. during a superlative round 1) for the entire night, the former King of the Dot champ scoring left and right with a plethora of sizzling bars on white guilt & liberal victimhood, a too-funny impression of Khan, ill breakdowns on Khan’s formerly blistering/and highly personal battle rap theatrics when compared to the PC showman he reps onstage today, politically-bent struggle bars/lesson plans, a wide array of steely/witty/mocking personals, righteous multi’s/mayhem and a boatload of piercing name flips/punches. And while Soul Khan did pretty well for two rounds (not including a so-so 3rd) making for a solid comeback, the more haymaker-lit, versatile and angle-rich Diz still gets the 30 here.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “Got so out of touch, he’s like Al Bundy to us now, which means your battles with Madness, Fox, Deacon and QP would be your 4 famous touchdowns…fuck outta here, you like Gjonaj of Polk High!”


JollyJay defeats Dizaster

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Recap: With the exception of perhaps a really popular battle rapper returning to the scene after a long hiatus or un-retiring after a long lay off, even if we’re being generous, I just don’t see the purpose in a battle rapper needing more than 5 minutes to spit his bars per round. I mean, what more do you need to say that can’t be said in 4 to 5 minutes? Seriously. Condense your shit. That rapping for 10 minutes straight may sound dope on paper and certainly becomes useful when arguing about top tier battlers who too often come unprepared. But forgive the fan who puts off watching a battle that’s near an hour long because he or she has more important stuff to do. All that said, JollyJay vs. Dizaster in Germany at 40-plus minutes long (with Diz turning in a minimum of 7 to 11 minutes per round when he wasn’t choking away his 2nd round and insisting on continuing what was an already longwinded final turn after the host tried to stop battle) and littered with hard-hitting/mocking personals on each side, comes down to the more punch-heavy, witty, scheme/storytelling-rich and angle-lit JollyJay taking both of the opening rounds for the win.

Verdict: JollyJay (W) 2-1

Favorite line: JollyJay – “Worst battle ever, could hardly believe it, like leaving Neverland…don’t feel the same way about a legend after we’ve seen it!”

Dizaster defeats Danny Myers

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Recap: Calm, cool and collected battle…yeah right. Loud, aggressive, intense and witty at times KOTD battle between West-coast vets Dizaster and Danny Myers contains a shitload of braggadocio lines from both rappers, heated gun bars, fierce punches/wordplay, nifty rebuttals (esp. from Danny) and a large quantity of steely personals which in the end would give Diz the victory after an elongated, but consistently fiery turn in the deciding 3rd round. That was after a more versatile, funny and (“He gonna say I ain’t a legend, try to play me like I ain’t Top 5, bitch I will stuff an Avocado up your mama pussy and make you watch live!”) punch/wordplay-heavy Myers took the first before Diz came back to tie things in the 2nd round with a (“All I got to do to win is clown on him like a twisted, metal car!”) visceral, more potent, performance-heavy and audacious turn that beat back a less haymaker-inducing round by Danny. And while he did rap twice as longer as his never-lacking-for-confidence, lit with the Arab jokes opponent in the final round, Diz’s continued riffs on Danny’s place in West-coast battle rap, well-researched storytelling bars, sharp-witted schemes and stinging metaphors/punchlines would prove to be too much for even the Bar God in the end.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Dizaster – “You’re 6 years older than me and call me an O.G.!”

Dizaster defeats Cali Smoov

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Recap: Dizaster doesn’t hold back on breaking down Cali Smoov’s entire background in and outside the ring via a boatload of extra hard personals and soul-reaching punchlines. That along with a couple of nice rebuttals by Diz combine to beat back a solid, but nothing over-the-top showing by Smoov in this 1-rounder from AHAT Cali.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “Andre 3000, you the biggest outcast [Outkast] out of anybody out the group, he wanted to ball up with us like Sonic the Hedgehog, but he never got any ring because we kept you out the loop!”

Random defeats Dizaster

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Recap: Impressing throughout the battle with some excellent wordplay, a gang of fiery punchlines, dope schemes and stifling personals, Montenegro rapper Random pulls off a modest upset, overtaking a filler-prone and too- reliant-on-short-jokes/personals Dizaster in the 1st and 3rd rounds, for the win in this 3-rounder from the Rap Skillz Channel.

Verdict: Random (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Random –  “Homey listen, call me midget, I’ll be on a solo mission to run up to your door and kick it like a pissed Jehovah’s Witness!”

Ssynic defeats Dizaster

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Recap: It helps when you’re a comedian as German rapper/comic/artist Ssnyic spouts a ton of hilarious schemes, well-timed humor, dope storytelling and witty personals/punchlines to beat back a raucous and punch-heavy at times, but topsy-turvy with a gang of dry spots Dizaster in what was still an entertaining battle from Toptier Takeover.

Verdict: Ssynic (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Ssynic – “So in L.A., you might be a big shot, running around like ‘Fuck It, Suck It’, but in Germany you’re just a Canucker!”

Tay Roc defeats Dizaster

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Recap: A highly anticipated battle for any long time battle rap fan, for the most part Tay Roc versus Dizaster doesn’t disappoint. Round 1 sees the visiting Roc get busy with fire punchlines, crazy name flips and fiery (“I stretch a guy when I’m waving, scope zoom in and out, I exercise when I’m aiming!”) gun bars that proved that he wasn’t here on vacation. On the other hand, the always aggressive and enigmatic Dizaster showed off his mettle as well, using some nice freestyles, loud (“Talking all this bat Cave bullshit, tell me like I don’t know what his world like?!, bitch my last name Bin Laden, I’ve been with this cave business my whole life!”) braggadocio punches and stinging wordplay/name flips to keep up with his opponent’s fire half and split the round.

From there, however, things would change quite a bit as a turned up Roc would up his bar proficiency and versatility game, using a classic, haymaker-drenched 2nd round to take over the West-coast crowd and take the lead when put up against a solid, but too dogmatic at times turn by Diz, before taking the match with another punch-heavy, personal stifling, ably (“Are you a crackhead or a steroid-head?, it’s hella funny, you look like you in shape and out of shape, you a healthy junkie!”) witty and gun-savvy turn that easily beat a less potent, tho (“…you could say it, but I can’t say it?!, Shaniqua gonna get this work!”) clever at times, hit-n-miss round by Diz.

Verdict: Tay Roc (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Tay Roc – “I’ll take ya bitch from you, I’ll have fun with her then be done with her and I doubt that Slut Walk after .21 hit her!”

Dizaster defeats Oxxxymiron

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Recap: Dizaster versus Russian hip-hop artist/battler Oxxxymiron on KOTD gives us, amongst other things, something you rarely see: a battle rapper rapping longer than Diz. Nonetheless, this one is still a goodie with a pretty electric crowd that was treated to a gang of hard-hitting punchlines, spicy personals, impressive 2nd-language polemics, political waverings and witty barbs from both Oxxxymiron and Dizaster. However with the surprisingly more condensed Diz also mixing in some strong wordplay, mayhem, cadence switching and cultural references related to Russia within his raps, while opponent Oxxxymiron was often at times mired in filler and longwinded pontifications, tho the 2nd round was relatively close, it’s Diz who still earns the 3-0 here.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “Don’t get me wrong, I’m trying to be Putin’s friend, ‘cuz I know if I ever had a chance to be president, he gets to choose who wins!”

Hollow da Don defeats Dizaster

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Recap: Doesn’t matter how much gwap they got, two legends you’ve never battled before, like Hollow da Don and Dizaster, shouldn’t be doing one-round promo battles. And then to make matters worse, after he goes first with a sterling and uninterrupted 5-minute round, Hollow starts openly gesturing and complaining about Dizaster going past past his allotted time limit. But if you’re confident enough in your bars (esp. after hearing most of your opponent’s already), why spoil a good matchup by whining and even leaving the stage because your ego can’t handle the possibility of Dizaster upstaging you with a longer round? Granted, KOTD could’ve done a better job with keeping track of the time. But Hollow’s been in this game too long to be putting his ego before the fans. All that said, when it comes to the battle, killer lines (and dope rebuttals) aplenty by both dudes certainly enlightened the crowd and did enough to warrant a 3-round battle in the near future. But da Don’s over-the-top versatility and Diz’s penchant for filler (esp. at the start of his turn) ends up giving Hollow the win…despite his antics at the end.

Verdict: Hollow da Don (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Hollow da Don – “Sike I lied, nigga I got bars, I’m mad charming, make him feel at home with a desert [dessert] that’ll sand storm him!”

Serius Jones defeats Dizaster

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Recap: Both are longtime vets in the battle rap game. Both are renowned for the ability to go off-the-dome with their bars and drop dizzing freestyles and rebuttals. And of course, both had infamous altercations with Math Hoffa….yeah that’s right, Serius Jones and Dizaster on the KOTD stage to see who can rap better! And the result? Kind of mixed, as while neither really brought their A-game, this was still a pretty solid battle what with some hot punchlines, freestyles, witty barbs and personals galore. Getting right to it, despite a nice, but a little predictable go-round from Serius (that allowed him to give his own drawn-out version of what happened between him and Diz after the Math/Diz fight), Diz edged the first round with a hilarious and performance-heavy turn that ‘of course’ centered around Hoffa, but still hit with wild scenarios and a couple of fly (“I’ll hit you harder than he hit you before, smack him right in his hairline, United Airlines, drag a chin on the floor!”) haymakers. A battle that was filled with tension throughout as Diz seemingly got flustered and frustrated with Serius’ well-known ‘interruptions’ as well as an apparent lack of respect he had for his opponent’s skills, a witty and heavy-on-the-personal-side turn in round 2 by Diz was edged by a couple of fire rebuttals along with some solid wordplay and fiery (“I’m getting more Arab money than you, if you not a believer then let’s tally bans [Taliban’s]!”) punches/personals by a more condensed Mr. Jones. A more turned up than usual Diz speed raps his way through the 3rd, mixing in some nice schemes and punches, but once again getting edged by a more consistent, punch-heavy and mocking with the personals turn by Serius.

Verdict: Serius Jones (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Serius Jones – “I told y’all nigga’s man, I just speak from life experience, you shouldn’t have been in here playing with your death, life is serious [Serius]!”

E. Farrell and Dizaster [TIE]

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Recap: Pretty easy to guess that battling in Australia motivated Dizaster to do a Steve Irwin impression for a battle. Aod for the most part, it works, to hilarious effect in this 2-round battle versus E. Farrell. After getting upended by Farrell’s more buoyant (“I’m like an ice cream sandwich paper…that’s a cold rapper!”) punchlines and set-ups/schemes in the 1st round, Diz, with beer in hand, a wig plus hat and a beginner’s Aussie accent to boot is able to use some fire punches, personals and comic relief to take the 2nd round for a draw.

Verdict: TIE

Favorite line: Dizaster – “You look like Dennis the Menace grown up!”

Dizaster defeats O’fficial

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Recap: In between his usual odes to mayhem and fiery off-the-dome theatrics, the ever intense and aggressive Dizaster uses a plethora of misogynistic haymakers and witty/pointed personals to 30 an overall solid with the punches, but often hit-n-miss and a little predictable O’fficial in this epic 3-rounder from KOTD.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “This bitch look like that big ass bullet that used to chase us in Super Mario 1!”

Dizaster defeats Dwizofoz

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Recap: Pretty congenial, but sometimes flossing battle between Dizaster and Aussie rapper Dwizofoz goes the former’s way as Diz’s off-the-dome freestyle’s, witty barbs and jaunty punchlines combine with enough heat to beat back what was a pretty solid overall, but for the 1st two rounds, not as potent turn’s by Dwiz.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Dizaster – “”You’re whiter than the writer’s of Charlotte’s Web!”

Dizaster defeats Skolar

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Recap: Spreading raucous punches, frenzied schemes, fiery personals and a nice freestyle/rebuttal game throughout his travels, this time Dizaster lands in New Zealand and brings the heat to local rapper Skolar, who while making things competitive for 3 rounds with his own brand of witty anecdotes/personals and stinging punchlines, still couldn’t provide enough consistent heat to keep up with a research-oriented Dizaster’s overall more flexing performance.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “You think ‘cuz of my background being Arab that I don’t play Rugby?, bitch I’m Middle Eastern I’ll bury you where my rub be [rugby]!”

Dizaster defeats DNA [Rematch]

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Recap: A rematch from their classic battle a handful of years back, Dizaster and DNA go at it again for one round here on KOTD with the added surprise of Diz being unaware of who he’d be facing pre-battle. And with one battler coming in prepared for who he’d face and the other having no such knowledge, the advantage would clearly go to DNA, right? Well, think again as after DNA resorts to a plethora of redundant name flips and even some pedestrian bars when he wasn’t spouting some solid punches along with an amiable Dizaster impression during his turn, Diz just showed off his repertoire. The always boisterous and combative West-coast legend loading up with a consistent gang of potent freestyles, witty personals, gritty rap tutprials and hard-hitting punchlines to take this one pretty easy.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “Fucking weirdo, now that it’s you I have to devise a new game plan,
‘cuz I’m a battling a dude with a IQ of a fucking Geicco Cave man!”

Dizaster defeats IE Reign

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Recap: Dizaster gives local magician IE Reign a shot in this freestyle battle that took place outside a KOTD event in L.A. and the battle goes well as Reign held his own with some nifty punches and flips here and there. But the way more experienced Diz, combining off-the-dome theatrics with local references and sheer wit/personals, still gets the easy 30.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “Well, I’m gonna give you a concept that might be hard for you to grasp, when you step to a battle never tell them that you’re gonna shove shit up their ass!”

Dizaster defeats Iron Solomon

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Recap: Epic, long-awaited battle between Iron Solomon and Dizaster goes down with what you’d expect: plenty of racist banter, hi-def (Iron Solomon: “From slug fest to gun threats, this chump went from throwing temper tantrums to throwing up sets, choked out Billy, now he feel he’s a roughneck, been on 52 cards, got more attention from one deck!”) personals, rambunctious punchlines and some ill (Dizaster: “Who gives a fuck if NY is a no-flying zone?, I got Palestine inside my bones, I’ll hit you with a rock in your face from a couple kilometers away, that’s what I call reaching a milestone!”) braggadocio lines. In the end tho, it’s Dizaster’s 1st round that gives him the edge here and the win, as you could go either way in the latter two rounds. Indeed, a more consistent flow combined with slightly more potent bars and versatility gives Diz a dub over a fellow vet that he’s wanted to battle for a very long time.  

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 2-1  

Favorite line: Dizaster – “This here is for every single Arab, shit, even the Christians are gonna feel like they’re getting their payback, once I rape your mother in the ass with no protection, bare back, wearing a Mel Gibson face mask, you know what rhymes with bar mitzvah? Swastika!”

Dizaster defeats Marv Won

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Recap: 3-rounder between battle vets Dizaster and Marvwon goes Diz’s way as while Marv came through with a personal-bent (that ‘red carpet’ punchline in round 3 was crazy), gritty at times and funny 3 rounds of heat, Diz’s spicy personals and relentless fat jokes (even if a little predictable), almost all of which were both hilarious and set-up lit, would prove to be too much in the end.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “He wants to act like he’s on some gang shit, but look at his body language, you don’t wanna rob no bank, you wanna rob a banquet!”

Dizaster defeats Lil G

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Recap: Anyone with an appetite for dick jokes will love this battle as Lil G and Dizaster, to often hilarious effect, dedicate most of their punches to the wonder’s of the third leg. Still, judging from the over-the-top crowd reaction’s and some of Dizaster’s rebuts, Lil G’s obsession with his member is pretty well-known. And tho the little guy was also able to spit some fiery punches here and there throughout the battle, as often the case against lesser-known opponent’s, Dizaster’s ability to turn your own bars against you, freestyle, joke and aggressively punch with a tilt for fiery personals, gets him rounds 1 and 2 here for the win.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Dizaster – “Looking like a rat with whiskers, they got me battling with a fucking Master splinter, action figure!”

Dizaster defeats Gjonaj

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Recap: Long accused of being a Dizaster clone, Gjonaj finally gets to battle the man himself in this 3-rounder from KOTD. 1st round is close with Gjonaj airing fiery (“You’ll never get it together, stop trying, stick to being Lebanon-violent”) punchlines along with nice schemes in his noted rambunctious style. But a more amped-up than usual Dizaster comes right back with steady (“Time for you to face your master, your name is gjnalaggg[unintelligible]”) jokes, animated personals and repeated bully (“This Christian could die, I’ll put your wings in the sky like a Batman signal!”) bars to edge the round. After admitting to stealing a Diz bar in an earlier battle, the second round sees Gjonaj surprisingly choke, giving Dizaster an easy lane to steamroll him with a wicked impression of his opponent and more funny (“It’s Yassar Arafat in a New Era hat!”) wisecracks on Gjonaj’s style and persona. Credit Gjonaj for getting his mojo back in the 3rd round (arguably the best round overall of the battle) with the Detroit rapper delivering some winning (“We should’ve battled on the rooftop, cuz’ you ain’t had a decent punch since Billy Boondox!”) personals and feelgood punches, while Dizaster continued to score points with stinging performance (“You cats act like me till you have a crap like me, then your personality is revealed, one [lifts fist up] Sandy hook on the stage will prove this Dizaster isn’t real!”) bars and seismic wordplay to steal the round and score a 3-0.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “I am jealous of you, ‘cuz I could never get a cab driver like you, shit your cab drivers drive you to the battle then walk inside the venue and stand beside you”

Dizaster defeats Detour

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Recap: 2-rounder from ColoradoRap sees Dizaster use a gang of off-the-dome heat, witty personals and corrosive punchlines to easily beat back Detour’s rapid, but mostly pedestrian punchlines, sheer mayhem and a 2nd round that has to be one of the longest in battle rap history.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 2-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “Every move that you maneuver with, you look like a fucking computer glitch!”

Sketch Menace defeats Dizaster

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Recap: Not sure what the backstory is on this. But Dizaster doing a pinoint impression on Don’t Flop host/battler Eurgh for this KOTD battle against Sketch Menace certainly kept things entertaining and often times funny. Still, while the slightly punch-heavier and witty ‘DizastEURGH’ managed to edge the opening round, his opponent’s more consistently gritty raps, straightforward punchlines, witty barbs and solid personals did enough to edge both of the latter rounds for the win as Diz’s bars would lose some steam as the battle proceeded.

Verdict: Sketch Menace (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Sketch Menace – “You wanna know how I know you’ve never scored? You reference porn!”

Dizaster defeats Dumbfounded

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Recap: Dizaster: “I don’t need race jokes”…then proceeds to spout mostly race jokes. West-coast vets Diz and Dumbfounded (who to be fair also kicked a plethora of Muslim barbs throughout the battle) meet up on KOTD for 3 hilarious/high energy rounds and it’s a close one with a whole slew of fiery (Diz: “His name is Dumbfoundeed, but he’s also known as Hannibal Lecter when he’s at the animal shelter!”) personals, lyrical darts, witty (Dumbfounded: “You thought I was gonna call you something like a cab driver, that’s stupid as hell, it’s 2015 you drive an Uber XL!”) bangers and fierce punchlines. But after an equally hysterical first from both battlers, the ever-aggressive Diz separates himself from his longtime rival with more haymakers as well as a gang of piercing rebuttals and amiable freestyles in the latter two rounds that allows the man from the Rising Sun to win the battle.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Dizaster – “You ain’t the type of Asian guy to throw a giant fireball, you the type of Asian guy that I would call if I needed help installing my firewall!”

Big T defeats Dizaster

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Recap: Gotta admit  throughout his 3 rounds Dizaster killed (“I’d give this guy a hundred bucks just to see him try to double-dutch”; “You being overweight is starting to fuck with your ability to be a G cousin…you’re limited to drive-bys only!”) with the jokes and personals here against Big T–however, that one angle of comedy amounted to like 75% of his lines. On the other hand, after struggling a bit with his delivery in round 1, Big T got his groove back in the latter rounds, using a steady mix of nasty personals, crowd-pleasing punchlines, amiable (“This steel can get out of hand like a Logan sequel”) wordplay and fleeting (“I’m like damn Diz, y’all already controlling the gas”) jokes to come from behind and take the win.

Verdict: Big T (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Big T – “Fuck fairness, nigga I’m coming to kill your parents, off Terrence, I’ll grab a butcher knife, tear it, rib in your chest, Breast Cancer Awareness!”

Chilla Jones defeats Dizaster

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Recap: Chilla Jones does a better impression of Dizaster than Diz does on Chilla. That said, in yet another 2-round battle for Dizaster, while neither battler was really on their A-game, a more condensed, personal and direct with the punches Chilla manages to take each round for a victory that was also helped in part by Diz’s emotional harangues, indirect shots and overuse of filler.

Verdict: Chilla Jones (W) 2-0

Favorite line: Chilla Jones – “Keep it a hundred, you got a problem with drugs, you need to pass the pipe, could tell by how this male function, he ain’t acting right, [so] please react to everything he rap tonight, ‘cuz if y’all are silent when this Buster Rhyme, that’s When Disaster Strike!”

Dizaster defeats Tierstar

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Recap: Dizaster visits Germany to take on local rapper/artist Tierstar and while the mostly pedestrian crowd fave hit with some witty punches and mocking personals here and there, overall this one was all Diz, who kept the scoreboard lit with a gang of raucous heat, spicy punchlines, wicked 4-bar set-ups/freestyles, hilarious anecdotes and fiery schemes to earn a 30.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “The toughest man in your circle is Angela Merkel!”

Dizaster defeats Proaktive

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Recap: In a solid freestyle battle that took place at the HighTimes Cannabis Cup in San Bernardino, CA, an admittedly high Dizaster still out-punches Krack City brethren Proaktive in the first two rounds for the win.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Dizaster – “Faggot sucks, he’s the only dude at the Cannabis Cup that doesn’t have any bud!”

Cassidy defeats Dizaster

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Recap: When Dizaster last faced a professional recording artist, Canibus, his notebook-entrenched opponent was so bad and Diz made it look so easy that the idea of the veteran battle rapper ever battling another rapper was a wash. Unfortunately for Diz, that wasn’t was case here as against former street battler Cassidy (from “I’m A Hustla” fame) Dizaster’s pen game fails him big-time with 90% pedestrian bars and rhymes that even when they did hit, ran the same theme of braggadocio lines, predictable personals and standard verbal assaults. But Cassidy, whose magnanimous battle rap face alone gets him points, showed from jump that he wasn’t going pull a Canibus, dishing enough cocky and hard punchlines, gun-laced shiners and a totally on-point of his loquacious opponent to edge round 1, before both battlers dialed it back to split a pretty underwhelming 2nd round, before Cassidy upped the ante again with hardbody schemes and gritty punches/personals to easily take round 3 from a tedious turn by Diz and up his win-loss record to ‘5001-0’.

Verdict: Cassidy (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Cassidy – “I’ll snap and give you head shots like barber pictures!”

Math Hoffa defeats Dizaster

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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!”

Big Kannon defeats Dizaster

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Recap: On the spot freestyle battle between Dizaster and Big Kannon is edged by the mayhem-dishing and boastful Kannon, who while seemingly more enthused than his opponent to participate and accused by Diz of spitting some written’s, still registers enough feelgood raps to edge the latter 3 rounds after getting edged by a more personal and potent Diz in the 1st.

Verdict: Big Kannon (W) 3-1

Favorite line: Big Kannon – “I can kill him freestyle or Acapella and put that shit in his mouth…that’s Akinyele!”

Pat Stay defeats Dizaster

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Recap: Champion Pat Stay versus longtime battle vet Dizaster for the KOTD chain makes for a curious style clash and incredible battle, but overall doesn’t quite meet up to the expectations. And that’s partly due to the battle being almost an hour long, thus making for both battlers while getting a lot off their chest, being a little bent with filler and/or pedestrian bars, especially on Dizaster’s part. Still, while Diz wasn’t always on his A-game, even struggling with his flow at times, using lazy personals (including way too many Golden Retriever/Charron references) and not being as consistently aggressive as we’re used to seeing him, for the most part Pat Stay was, with the Nova Scotia spitter dishing his usual assortment of jocular stylings, hard bully bars and gritty punchlines with the flair of a defending champ. Overall, a solid battle that sees a more polished and condensed Pat Stay hold onto his belt by taking the first two rounds before a debatable 3rd.

Verdict: Pat Stay (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Pat Stay – “Check it, see you wild, but I got more style than you, I’m so nice my rap name should be ‘How Are You?'”

Dizaster defeats Unanymous

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Recap: There’s overkill and then there’s this battle between Dizaster and the UK’s Unanymous, a testament to rap proficiency, but also a testament to the need for time limits in battles, especially during a 3rd round that went on way too long. Still, a competitive showing from both battlers, who with similar rap styles, a seeming dislike for one another, a love for multi-syllabic schemes, boastful darts, fiery personals, witty jokes and in Dizaster’s case, a need to flex and nearly fight both his opponent and some dude in the crowd, certainly kept things entertaining. That said, the battle itself was an easy one to judge with Diz getting out-punched in the 2nd round, but taking the 1st and 3rd rounds for the win.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Dizaster – “Fuck Unan’, he said some shit about a prayer mat, and now he’s gonna fucking hit her bareback, right?, but your mother blaze crack, you know why I would say that?, cause she’s the only person on Earth that’s ever found the needle in the haystack!”

Dizaster defeats Aye Verb

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Recap: Not too far off his disappointing URL appearance, a frenetic and out-of-control Dizaster takes his frustration out on Aye Verb (who pretty much gave Diz the 2nd round) with multisyllabic wordplay, speed raps, s-curl personals and a whole lot of performance bars to gain a dub here.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Dizaster – “My uncles are stock brokers, your uncles are broke stockers”

Arsonal defeats Dizaster

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Recap: Lengthy, but still entertaining with plenty of references to Drake throughout the battle, Dizaster versus Arsonal (a on the King of the Dot stage also contained a wide load of boastful darts/schemes, a mass amount of filler, spicy personals, redundant bars and fierce/aggressive punches. And while both battlers (despite neither quite being on their A-game) kept it competitive with displaying a seemingly mutual distaste for each other, a slightly more versatile Arsonal gets the win here, edging both the 1st and 3rd rounds in front of a cheering Canadian crowd that somehow stayed glued to this underwhelming battle from start to finish.

Verdict: Arsonal (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Arsonal – “Introduce myself, get acquainted with ya ex bitch, just to knock her walls down, I nicknamed her Tetris!”

T-Rex defeats Dizaster

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Recap: Despite some scattered boo’s here and there, Dizaster’s first appearance on the URL stage is a solid one as the former KOTD champion’s arsenal of raucous darts, freestyle’s and witty rancor/personals kept things competitive throughout this long-awaited battle versus T-Rex. But a prepared Rex is a dangerous Rex and with the Harlem vet coming through with 3 original and hardbody turns containing often mind-blowing mayhem, stunted street theatrics, mocking personals and righteous gun bars/punchlines, outside of a couple of elongated rounds (that helped Diz score a debatable 1st), a more consistently spicy Rex is able to handily take the latter two rounds for the win.

Verdict: T-Rez (W) 2-1

Favorite line: T-Rex – “This summer I make all them (Autumn) fall, my gun’s winter fresh Ruger cocked, move a notch, you’ll be shot, barrel on that .44 smokin’ like a hookah spot, I’ll with that steel, I could show y’all how to use the Glock, my shooters is like Dashiki: they don’t know who to [who da] pop!”

Cortez defeats Dizaster

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Synopsis: Some ill freestyles and rebuttals by Dizaster throughout, but Cortez put it all together: schemes, wordplay, personals and straight up bars to easily get the win…on the road no less. I gave Diz the 3rd for that mean Princess Diana line alone.

Verdict: Cortex (W) 2-1

Best line: Cortez – “Nigga you brag every fucking battle and boost yourself up like you’re the guy, the shit, you’s probably remove your own rib just to suck your own dick”

Dizaster defeats Crome

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Recap: Way too many basic punches along with haphazard angles that left you puzzled, until a fiery and personal-lit (but elongated) final round, Crome does little to nothing to stand a chance against Dizaster’s raucous multi-syllables/schemes, neck-deep personals and witty punchlines over the course of 3 rounds. Indeed, when Crome finally did come alive in the 3rd, any chance of him salvaging a round was ruined by him dishing too much filler between the bars that actually hit, thus making the round a debatable.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Dizaster – “I’m back with the killer flow, I react you hit some crap, I’ll hit you back your minutes low!”

Dizaster defeats Devast8r

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Recap: Devast8r, a New Zealand battle rapper and aesthetically, a bigger physically and stylistic version of Diz in tone, aggression and wit keeps himself in this match with an onslaught of eyebrow jokes and some other witty punches. But showing more versatility with the personals, but also scoring with stealthy punchlines, piercing schemes/4-bat set-ups and sporty name flips, the visiting Diz steals the show while earning a 30.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Dizaster –  “You went from weighing 500 kilos to 400, like how prideful is that?, congratulations cunt…you’re finally fat!”

Dizaster defeats Cadillac Ron

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Recap: Not sure what battle the judges who had Cadillac Ron winning were watching, but in this Red Bull Event, 1-round freestyle/word association battle, Dizaster clearly did better when it came to incorporating the words into his raps and even providing some nice punches during his turn as well.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “I’ll fucking burn this bitch, I never knew they let girls enter the tournament!”

Dizaster defeats Loonie

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Recap:  Filipino battle rapper Loonie, arguably the most viewed rapper in the world, holds his own with some witty barbs/personals and stinging punches here and there against Dizaster in this Sunugan 3-rounder. But one too many dry spots from Loonie plus his inability to sustain enough consistent bite to beat back Diz’s mocking personals, boastful darts, raucous multi’s and aggressive name-calling/name flips, costs the Filipino battler a hometown win.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Dizaster – “You’re not even a Filipino emcee, you look like a Vietnamese Beastie Boy!”

Arcane defeats Dizaster

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Recap: Taking advantage of a Dizaster too spent on allegations of stolen bars from his opponent, but also scoring left and right with a shitload of spicy punchlines, fiery schemes/gun bars, righteous mayhem and piercing personals, Arcane registers more than enough haymakers to take the opening rounds before the Diz we all know and love comes back with a boisterous, punch-heavy and near-flawless turn in the 3rd round to avoid getting shutout in a title match that would see Diz would have to give up his KOTD title chain.

Verdict: Arcane (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Arcane – “The way you recycle bars, that’s a cop out…laziness, your shit sound incomplete with The Lox without Jadakiss!”

Dizaster defeats Rick Glassman

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Recap: Yeah, it’s Dizaster versus a professional comedian in Rick Glassman. But it’s a hosted battle and the freestyles dished from both battlers during the 2 rounds were authentic. And while Glassman for the most part didn’t seem to take the battle as seriously as his opponent, Diz’s off-the-dome, roasting session zingers still helped him put another ‘W’ in the win column.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 2-0

Favorite line: Dizaster –  “Look at this muthafucka looking at me like he ain’t cool, you’re scaring me bro, you look like you’re about to shoot up a school!”

Dizaster defeats Manaz Ill

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Recap: Shades of ‘106 & Park’ battle rap legend Blind Fury here as blind rapper Manaz Ill takes on Dizaster in what turned out to be a hilarious 3-rounder filled to the rim with a fiery punchlines, over-the-top personals and of course, a boatload of stereotypical Arabic jokes and blind man slander. Still, except for a dope and debatable 3rd round, Diz just came consistently better with the bars in both the 1st and 2nd rounds to take what was still a pretty competitive matchup throughout and  an inspirational one as well.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Dizaster – “This battle was supposed to be 90 seconds, he went for like 3 minutes, that’s fine, and I understand that you’re blind, but that’s no excuse for having no concept of time!”

Dizaster defeats poRICH

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Recap: Highly spirited battle between Dizaster and poRICh for the KOTD championship sees Dizaster spazz on poRICh with wicked (“I come up to your fucking door and ring the bell like ding dong, first little skinny white bitch to answer the door, I lift her up by her pink thong and drag her up the side of the building like King Kong”) personals, fleeting (“You getting killed so badly your fagget ass homie felt like he had to start massaging your shoulders”) punchlines, nice rebuttals and biting, hard-hitting (“You little bitch, I’ll feed you the lowest form of pedigree, I will go after ya, bust open your head with the chrome relentlessly and open up your dome like you know telepathy”) bars with his usual aggression and in-your-face machismo. And while the incoming champion had a stellar second, combining personals, funny impressions and dope (“You selfish bitch!, crack this crab for the white meant, You selfish, bitch!”) punchlines to take the round, Dizaster’s 3rd, another round of nice performance bars, on-the-spot (“Yeah I do follow the great Koran and there’s another book [I read] ‘A Thousand Different Ways To Make The Bong'”) rebuts and consistent personals earned him the check and the KOTD chain.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 2-1

Favorite line: poRICH – “So what’s this holy gospel that you’re quoting, queer?, the Koran? c’mon, and who’s this divine deity you think is so revered?, Allah [pffft] All ya will be over here”

Dizaster defeats Jay Legend

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Recap: Captivating the Australian crowd with dope mid-round rebuttals and freestyles, but mostly scoring heavy with hilarious personals and fire punchlines throughout the battle, outside of a spitfire and competitive 3rd round that Dizaster still won, for 3 rounds Diz puts the foot to local ‘Down Under’ battler Jay Legend’s head and easily gets the win.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “They asked me, Jay legend’s cool, you should let him travel with you overseas, I was like ‘Fuck no, I’ll never let a band member from Hanson tour with me!'”

Dizaster defeats Essay8

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Recap: 1-round promo battle between Dizaster and Essay8 is decided early after the latter’s pedestrian raps get bodied by Diz’s witty freestyles before Diz switches it up to dish some mayhem and other aggressive boasts on an opponent who seemed to be interested in bragging about his headphones than actually winning the battle.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “No matter what you say I will never get affected, I find it funny that I’m battling someone with headphones on that are not even connected!”

Dizaster defeats Canibus

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Synopsis: Arguably the most controversial rap battle in history as Canibus breaches all types of etiquette by pulling out a notebook to recite his rhymes in round 3. Granted, against Canibus’ mediocre bars Dizaster was well on his way to an easy win anyway. But altogether embarrassing yourself, ruining an epic rap battle and failing to come up with 3 rounds for a match he was rumored to have been paid 5 figures for just adds up to an RIP on what was left of Canibus’ career.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 3-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “You think you’re bigger than Pun? Pun is a legend my dude, He’s a worldwide icon that’s sold more records and he’s more respected than you, You? You’re just a homeless man..on the corner holdin’ a can beggin’ for food, Just accept it! You’re through!”

Dizaster defeats Zeps

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Recap: Here in this O-Zone Battles 1-rounder versus Zeps, Dizaster not only displays his unique ability to freestyle for an entire round, but takes ‘Promo battle’ to a new level by literally using the battle to promote his upcoming bout vs. Canibus several times. And against an opponent mired in gimmickry and pedestrian bars throughout his turn, one can only imagine how much a hurting a prepared Dizaster would’ve put on him.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “Of course your dad knows about me and your mom’s affair, because when he comes to the crib I’m always there!”

Dizaster defeats Truth

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Recap: Rigid storytelling bars, a whole host of blistering name flips. able freestyles, braggadocios darts and some piercing personals/punchlines are all there as Dizaster easily takes the opening rounds of this Punchout Battles 3-rounder versus Truth, before a more consistently solid punching and personal-bent Truth edges the 3rd.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 2-1

Favorite line: Dizaster – “You look like Bill Gates…when he was still 8!”

Dizaster defeats Megadef

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Recap: A rare one-rounder from Grind Time finds Dizaster literally going IN on an overconfident and filler-proned Megadef with crowd-pleasing name flips, scholarly (“You’re the type of rapper I don’t even have to write to beat”) bars and a plethora of witty bars to easily get the dub.

Verdict: Dizaster (W) 1-0

Favorite line: Dizaster – “You’re a direct descendant, an inbred that’s been bred from relative incest, which makes sense ‘cuz it reflects the level of meth in your piss test”