Official Battle Result
Dan Dannah defeated Ren DMC in a close Group A battle after a lively back-and-forth. Ren had the funnier moments and strong wordplay, while Dan’s aggression, hunger, and battle intent better suited the Pen Game format. The judges were split on style, but Dan’s more serious approach ultimately edged it.
Dan came in serious, aggressive, and purpose-driven. He attacked Ren’s ability, image, family, and credibility while showing clear improvement from his earlier appearance.
Lyrical Themes: Serious battle tone, direct attacks, improvement, and pressure-heavy performance.
Ren brought comedy, wordplay, and crowd-friendly insult writing. His material targeted Dan’s appearance, family, clothing, and music image, and his personality gave the battle life.
Lyrical Themes: Comedy punches, personal angles, wordplay, and performance charisma.
Serious Battle Tone
Dan framed the clash as a real fight rather than a comedy exchange.
Direct Attacks
He went after Ren’s pen, image, and status with clarity.
Improved Performance
The judges noted that he looked like a different person from his previous battle.
Comedy Punches
Ren used humour effectively to control reactions in the room.
Personal Angles
He attacked Dan’s clothes, hair, family, and music image.
Crowd Control
Ren’s off-the-cuff moments helped his rounds feel lively and unpredictable.
Sleep Angle
"You could call this a lullaby."
Dan uses a sleep reference to suggest his bars are putting Ren to bed.
Status Contrast
"You only came for the clout. Me, I came for the bag."
He contrasts Ren chasing attention with himself chasing money and victory.
Pressure
"Your bars are straight trash, bin bag ting."
A simple, direct rubbish metaphor aimed at Ren’s writing.
Wordplay
"Pear pressure, have a word with your hairdresser."
Ren uses hair and pressure imagery to attack Dan’s look and hairstyle.
Clothing Angle
"You wore that top in your last four music vids."
A very specific visual angle that makes the insult feel researched and personal.
Pop Culture
"I give her the Willy Wonka, she love Anaconda like Nicki Minaj."
Ren folds two pop culture references into a crude, crowd-friendly punchline.