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F-DON VS K.I.M.E

Battle Result

Official Battle Result

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Clash Summary

F-DON vs K.I.M.E, referred to in the transcript as **Efton vs Keem**, took place at a special **PenGame Rap Battle 2025** event streamed through **Lounges.tv**. The host introduces it as a serious clash and calls for crowd interaction, with reloads encouraged if the room hears something they like.

K.I.M.E goes first.

K.I.M.E opens with a long, aggressive round aimed at F-DON’s appearance, age, relationship, music, PenGame history and status. He starts with a heavy nose/nostril angle, saying F-DON’s nostrils are bigger than rockets and that when he breathes, the room rotates. He then moves into a strong Marvel-themed section, referencing Thor, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Far From Home, No Way Home, Captain America, Black Widow, Infinity War, Endgame, Eternals, Avengers, Venom and Doomsday.

The Marvel section is one of K.I.M.E’s strongest moments. He uses it to say F-DON is not a hero, not a captain and not someone who will be avenged after losing. From there, K.I.M.E attacks F-DON’s PenGame and Don’t Flop history, says he rents cars for videos but catches buses in real life, attacks his girlfriend, says Dan carried him in the final, and questions his image, sexuality and status.

K.I.M.E finishes with a long “F is for…” breakdown: F is for fake, fabricate, fuckboy and follower. He also attacks F-DON as old, still watching anime, out of touch, short of leadership, and says he will bring him down to size. It is a packed opening round with a lot of material.

F-DON responds with a calmer but more controlled round. He starts by acknowledging that K.I.M.E has some fire, but says K.I.M.E is only a Charmander while he is fully evolved Charizard. He then flips K.I.M.E’s name, age, size, money, lack of crime, lack of bread, card decline, height and lack of punches. His structure is clear: K.I.M.E is younger, smaller, less experienced, poorer and not ready to stand with him.

The biggest theme of F-DON’s response is shortness. He repeatedly attacks K.I.M.E’s height, saying he should be battling SEVZ, but still makes K.I.M.E look like a boy. He uses “short” in multiple ways: short temper, short bread, short opponent, short money and short ability. It becomes the central thread of his round.

F-DON also builds a bar-fight/bartender scheme, says he treats PenGame like sport but does not like being judged because it reminds him of court, then moves into more direct violence and fire imagery. He talks about breaking K.I.M.E down to components, sending condolences, pulling up with soldiers, being fire and ferocious, returning rewired, and not caring about K.I.M.E bringing up choking or stumbling.

The host ends the battle without an official judgement and tells viewers to comment who they think won. Based on completion, control and closing strength, this is a close one-rounder, but the Archive Judgement edges to **F-DON**.

Performance Analysis

F-DON

F-DON wins by Archive Judgement because his response is cleaner, more structured and easier to follow. K.I.M.E has more angles and a stronger technical opening, but F-DON controls the back half of the battle and finishes with more authority. His round works because he simplifies the clash. Rather than trying to match K.I.M.E angle-for-angle, he makes the battle about hierarchy: K.I.M.E is smaller, younger, poorer, less experienced and not ready. The Charmander/Charizard opener sets that tone immediately. The shortness angle is repetitive but effective. F-DON uses it as a backbone for the round, moving from height jokes into money, sport, women, bread, temper and battle status. Because this is a one-rounder, that repeated theme helps the crowd follow him. His best moment is the “bar fight / bartender / shots” section, because it links battle bars with drinking/bar imagery. The “judged / court” line also lands well because it gives the round a real-life edge. F-DON’s biggest strength is round control. He sounds like someone who knows how to build a response and close it properly.

Lyrical Themes: Charmander vs Charizard, moving tapped, lack of crime, lack of money, card declined, shortness, shortbread, bar fight, bartender shots, PenGame as sport, being judged/court, breaking down components, fire, rewired, choking/stumbling, king of the jungle.

K.I.M.E

K.I.M.E has a very strong round and makes this a close battle. His opening is more layered than F-DON’s and his Marvel scheme is one of the best technical sections in the clash. He starts fast with appearance jokes around F-DON’s nostrils, breath and looks. He then transitions into the Marvel run, which is clearly prepared and well thought out. The Thor/Fantastic Four/Iron Man/Spider-Man/Captain/Black Widow/Infinity/Endgame/Eternals/Avengers/Venom/Doomsday sequence shows strong writing and performance ambition. He also has strong opponent-specific content. He references F-DON’s PenGame and Don’t Flop past, suggests Dan carried him, attacks the 2v2 final, calls out the five-grand loss, and uses the “F is for…” section to break down F-DON’s name. The issue is that the round becomes overcrowded. K.I.M.E throws a lot at F-DON, but F-DON’s response is more direct and easier to score. K.I.M.E has more detail; F-DON has the cleaner finish. K.I.M.E’s biggest strength is attack density. His biggest weakness is that the round feels overloaded in places.

Lyrical Themes: Nostrils, breath, Harlem Shake, Marvel scheme, Thor, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Captain, Black Widow, Avengers, Venom, Doomsday, rentals/buses, plus-size girlfriend, Dan carrying him, ballet/gay angle, Dan Dannah/Phineas, North disruption, F is for fake/follower, anime, man bag, femur, Tiger Knee.

Key Technical Highlights

F-DON

Best section

Charmander / Charizard opener into shortness scheme.

Strongest trait

Clean structure.

Best angle

K.I.M.E is smaller, younger and not ready.

Best technical moment

Bar fight / bartender / shots section.

Battle-winning factor

Clearer response and stronger closing control.

K.I.M.E

Best section

Marvel scheme.

Strongest trait

Dense writing.

Best angle

F-DON as washed, carried and outdated.

Best technical moment

Thor / Iron Man / No Way Home / Avengers run.

Battle-losing factor

Strong writing, but less cleanly structured than F-DON’s response.

Indexed Bars & Breakdown

K.I.M.E

Wordplay

"You’re not sick now, brother, you’re vomit."

K.I.M.E opens by flipping “sick” from meaning good into literal sickness. F-DON is not sick-good; he is sick-vomit.

Appearance

"Your nostrils way bigger than rockets."

A direct appearance insult. K.I.M.E makes F-DON’s nose the first target.

Appearance

"You know what it smells like in space."

This extends the nostril/rocket image. If his nostrils are rockets, he can smell space.

Appearance

"You breathe out and the room rotates."

A breath/smell punch. F-DON’s breath is presented as powerful enough to move the room.

Appearance

"When you flare your nostrils, it looks like they’re doing the Harlem Shake."

A visual punch. His nostrils become animated like the viral Harlem Shake dance.

Appearance

"You ugly bastard, I don’t find you attractive."

A blunt appearance attack.

Pop Culture

"He said it feels like Thor, but he isn’t fantastic."

Starts the superhero/Marvel run. Thor and Fantastic Four are used to attack F-DON’s hero image.

Pop Culture

"That hammer you bang, that’s plastic."

A Thor hammer line. K.I.M.E says F-DON’s weapon or power is fake.

Wordplay

"Nobody marvels over your music."

A Marvel/music wordplay. He says nobody is impressed by F-DON’s music.

Pop Culture

"How about you Iron Man, but you ain’t shooting."

A superhero/action bar. F-DON has the image but not the firepower.

Pop Culture

"I’m far from home, but for you there’s no way home after this."

A Spider-Man: Far From Home / No Way Home reference. K.I.M.E uses both titles to say F-DON cannot escape.

Pop Culture

"You’re not a captain, you’re what confuses."

A Captain America reference, twisted into saying F-DON is not a leader.

Insult

"Call him a spanner, cause that’s what a tool is."

A tool/spanner insult. F-DON is called useless and foolish.

Pop Culture

"It’s a dark world, so we gotta get ruthless."

A Marvel Dark World reference and mood setter.

Violence

"Turn your wife to a Black Widow, then move it."

A Black Widow / widowhood punch. It is battle material.

Pop Culture

"We can walk to infinity and beyond."

A blend of infinity imagery and Buzz Lightyear-style phrasing. It keeps the space/superhero run going.

Pop Culture

"Endgame, I’m the final boss."

A Marvel Endgame/final boss bar. K.I.M.E says this is F-DON’s last stage.

Pop Culture

"Me, I’m eternal."

An Eternals reference. K.I.M.E says his status lasts.

Pop Culture

"Nobody’s avenging after your loss."

An Avengers flip. F-DON will lose and no one will avenge him.

Pop Culture

"It’s pure venom when I aim it up."

A Venom reference. K.I.M.E says his attack is poisonous.

Pop Culture

"It’s doomsday for the guy that’s across."

A Doomsday/final-destruction bar.

History

"Don’t forget about your PenGame, brother. Don’t Flop."

A platform-history line. K.I.M.E brings F-DON’s battle background into the attack.

Image

"You get rentals out for your videos, in real life you’re getting on bus."

A fake-image bar. F-DON looks flash in videos but lives differently.

History

"In the final, you wore a back brace, but I know it was Dan, cause he carried your weight."

A strong 2v2/final reference. K.I.M.E says Dan Dannah carried F-DON.

Image

"You love Sam Ra Man so much…"

A sexuality/image angle. It is battle material.

Pop Culture

"Your Ferb, Dan Dannah is Phineas."

A Phineas and Ferb reference. F-DON and Dan Dannah become cartoon partners.

Image

"You and Dan Dannah share weed through blowbacks."

A relationship/friendship insult. K.I.M.E says their bond looks deeper than music.

Location

"Man keep throwing dirt on the North, so I’m coming today to disrupt the programme."

K.I.M.E positions himself as defending the North and correcting the narrative.

History

"Upset cause he never won five grand."

A tournament/prize-money attack.

Credibility

"You are not bad."

A direct credibility dismissal.

Wordplay

"F is for fake, he likes to fabricate."

The start of the alphabet/name breakdown. K.I.M.E attacks the F in F-DON.

Wordplay

"F is for fuckboy, we should assassinate."

A harsher continuation of the F-word breakdown.

Wordplay

"F is for follower, he’s not a leader."

A leadership/status punch. F-DON is painted as someone who follows others.

Pop Culture

"Calling Felicia."

A “Bye Felicia” style dismissal.

Age

"You’re like 40, still watching anime."

An age/maturity insult.

Age

"You were 17 last time you had a date."

A relationship/age punch.

Style

"Put that man bag away."

A style/fashion insult.

Violence

"If you try to fight, man, I’ll take out your femur."

A physical-threat bar.

Gaming

"Bring you down to size, then Tiger Knee ya."

A fighting-game reference. Tiger Knee is a move associated with Sagat from Street Fighter.

Age

"You look like somebody’s uncle."

An age/appearance insult.

Appearance

"You look frog-faced, you look a mongrel."

A harsh appearance closer.

F-DON

Pop Culture

"This guy is a little fire… he’s a Charmander. When I’m fully evolved, I’m Charizard."

F-DON opens with a Pokémon evolution bar. K.I.M.E may have fire, but F-DON is the evolved form.

Wordplay

"Bar for bar, my man here, he’s gonna get wrapped."

A rap/wrapped punch. F-DON says K.I.M.E will be packaged up lyrically.

Wordplay

"I’m not holding a sink, but lately I think I’ve been moving tapped."

A “tap/sink” wordplay, also referencing TAPPED24-style madness.

Credibility

"Don’t think K.I.M.E’s ever been in no crime."

A credibility attack. K.I.M.E is framed as not street.

Credibility

"Don’t think K.I.M.E’s ever did no time."

Continues the criminal-credibility angle.

Age

"Bro, you’re 29 and you’ve never taken a woman to dine."

An age/relationship insult.

Money

"You don’t look like you’re making a dime."

A money/status bar.

Wordplay

"You look broke and you’ve got no punches, but I can show you how to build a line."

A writing/construction punch. F-DON says K.I.M.E lacks both money and bars.

Wordplay

"I play the cards that I’m dealt, but you look like your card gets declined."

A clean money/card wordplay. He handles his situation; K.I.M.E’s card declines.

Skill

"Flows and levels refined."

F-DON claims higher technical ability.

Status

"This is a sign that you should resign."

A retirement/status punch. He says K.I.M.E should stop.

Status

"I should be battling SEVZ, but I still make you look like a boy."

A status-gap bar. F-DON says K.I.M.E is not the opponent he should have.

Height

"You are short, you look like a boy."

The start of the height/shortness theme.

Wordplay

"Things started to go left, so I had to make sure that it goes right."

A left/right correction bar. F-DON says he is taking control.

Wordplay

"Bar and bar and bar and bar, call it a bar fight."

A clean battle-writing punch. Multiple bars become a bar fight.

Wordplay

"Call me the bartender, cause I’mma serve this guy shots for the whole night."

Extends the bar fight setup. Bars become a drinking bar and shots become attacks.

Wordplay

"I treat this shit like a sport, but I don’t really like being judged, it reminds me of being in court."

A strong life/battle crossover. Judging a battle reminds him of court judgement.

Violence

"Violence ain’t my last resort."

F-DON says violence comes naturally, not as a final option.

Height

"They say pick on someone your own size, but keep bringing these guys out short."

A height/status punch. K.I.M.E is physically and competitively too small.

Height

"I’m not perfect, but I’m happy that I’m not short."

A blunt height joke.

Height

"I’ve never heard a woman say she’s looking for a guy that’s short."

A dating/height insult.

Height

"You are short, fat and short."

A repeated insult that leans into humour through overemphasis.

Wordplay

"Don’t test me cause my temper’s short."

Another shortness flip, now using temper.

Wordplay

"You don’t make no money, I bet shortbread is your favourite biscuit."

A money/shortbread punch. Short becomes both height and biscuit.

Violence

"Break man down to components."

A destruction/mechanical bar. F-DON says he will dismantle K.I.M.E.

Violence

"Everyone send their condolence."

A death/funeral bar.

Violence

"Pull up with soldiers."

A war/team threat.

Status

"I am fire, ferocious."

F-DON brings back the fire/evolution energy from the opening.

Status

"I should’ve retired, but I am not tired."

A veteran-status bar. He says he still has energy.

Status

"I’m back and I’m better, I’m fully rewired."

A comeback/reset line. F-DON says he has upgraded.

Skill

"I don’t want to hear about choking."

A direct response to any stumble/choke angle against him.

Insult

"This guy must be smoking."

A disbelief/drug phrase. He says K.I.M.E must be high to think he can win.

Status

"He is moist, but I was soaking."

A crude wetness escalation. He says K.I.M.E is weak while he is overwhelming.

Status

"I was chosen."

A destiny/status line.

Pop Culture

"James Bond with a gun that’s golden."

A GoldenEye / James Bond reference. It gives him a lethal image.

Status

"I don’t care, I’m king of the jungle."

A dominance line.

Status

"I’m king of the ring, I’m ready to rumble."

A boxing/wrestling-style closer. F-DON ends with dominance and performance presence.

Status

"I’m your boss, your dad, your uncle."

A hierarchy closer. F-DON places himself above K.I.M.E in multiple family/power roles.

Judgement Summary

Archive Judgement: F-DON

Archive result: F-DON wins. Archive score: F-DON 1-0 K.I.M.E. Round split: Round 1: F-DON Reason: K.I.M.E’s round is very strong and packed with writing, but F-DON edges the one-rounder with clearer structure, stronger delivery and a more effective final section. The Charmander/Charizard opener, shortness scheme and bar-fight/bartender section give F-DON the cleaner overall performance. Performance Grades F-DON: A- K.I.M.E: B+ Final Note: This is a close, high-output one-rounder. K.I.M.E brings the heavier technical writing, but F-DON sounds more controlled and lands the cleaner closing argument.

Battle Stats

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LeagueSeason 2025