JM VS FENDRY

Regional pride

"First Welsh man on the PenGame, come to fly the flag proper."

JM immediately claims his identity and makes Wales part of the battle story.

Direct contrast

"FENDRY, you ain’t got bars, I got plenty and I got flows."

A direct opener. JM sets the contrast: he has the material, FENDRY does not.

Appearance joke

"He looks like E.T., so I tell a man GG, no he can’t beat me."

An appearance joke mixed with gamer language. “GG” makes it sound like the battle is already over.

Relationship punch

"Go ham when I’m working properly, no hands when your girl works on me."

A crude relationship punch, using “work” in two different ways.

Regional border

"I came from way over the bridge."

A Cardiff/Wales travel line, giving the battle a regional frame.

Regional attack

"You’re from York, go back to the country."

JM attacks FENDRY’s background, making him sound rural and out of place.

Name flip

"F-E-N-D-R-Y, trust me, you ain’t that G-U-Y."

A clear spelling/name flip. Simple, but very usable for a live crowd.

Name flip

"Just like the last three letters, all of your bars are D-R-Y."

One of JM’s cleanest first-round punches. He turns FENDRY’s name into a critique of his writing.

Age/maturity

"You’re a little teen and a prick, fix your life."

A blunt age/maturity insult.

Social-status angle

"Every time FENDRY posts in the PenGame group chat, I don’t see replies."

A social-status angle, saying FENDRY is ignored even inside the scene.

Social status

"You get laughed at, bullied, and that’s sad."

JM makes FENDRY look like the outsider in the room.

Cultural-image

"He posted one pic with a tribe, like he got culture."

A cultural-image angle, attacking FENDRY’s attempt to look deep or worldly.

Simple threat

"You get FENDRY rushed to the ER."

A simple emergency-room threat line.

Booking disrespect

"Next time you wanna get me on a show, bring somebody better than this kid."

JM ends round one by disrespecting the booking itself.

Maturity jab

"I’m a bar, I stick to the rapping. Young G, stick to the wanking."

A crude age/maturity jab, saying FENDRY should not be in this arena.

Accent angle

"Who’s this from North England with a London accent?"

One of JM’s best angles. He attacks FENDRY’s authenticity through accent and location.

Accent angle

"You’re from Huntington, not London, geezer."

JM sharpens the same angle with a specific place reference.

Family/research

"Your mum Vicky is a schoolteacher."

A family/research bar. It gives the round a more personal feel.

Research warning

"Enough of the family stuff, ’cause it can get deeper."

JM warns that he has more research if needed.

Room line

"Smelly breath, shut your mouth."

A simple but effective room line. It was clear enough to get a reaction.

Appearance punch

"Who let this skeleton on the telly set?"

A strong appearance punch, attacking FENDRY’s thin frame.

Career/status

"Your music ain’t made a penny yet."

A career/status bar. JM says FENDRY’s music has no financial value.

Physicality angle

"Skinny guy ain’t any threat."

A physicality angle, reducing FENDRY’s danger.

Cartoon comparison

"You look like Roddy from Flushed Away."

A cartoon comparison that paints FENDRY as awkward and rat-like.

Beard punch

"I can see about five hairs on your chin."

A beard/age punch, saying FENDRY’s facial hair looks weak.

Spice joke

"If you were a Spice, you’d be flour."

A clean joke: no flavour, no spice, just plain flour.

Hair/appearance

"How am I clashing someone with the same trim as his mum?"

A strong hair/appearance angle, made sharper by linking it to his mum.

Appearance insult

"Please take this lesbian’s mic."

A gendered appearance insult. Crude, but it fits JM’s aggressive style.

Full-name angle

"Fletcher FENDRY, don’t try to offend me."

JM opens the third with the full-name angle, giving the round a researched feel.

Threat line

"I’ll run up to your crib and I’ll leave it empty."

A threat line that suggests he knows where FENDRY lives.

Location threat

"Know where you live, so it’s peak, don’t test me."

He doubles down on the location angle.

Size/appearance

"This guy’s a munchkin, so I might just punch him."

A size/appearance insult.

Mother-name angle

"I run train on Victoria, I ain’t all about London."

A crude mother-name angle, using Victoria as a person and also a London station reference.

Masculinity attack

"You’re a feminine guy, be in touch with your feminine side."

JM attacks FENDRY’s masculinity and stage image.

Direct insults

"You’re a munchbox, you’re a bowcat."

A direct insult sequence, keeping the round nasty.

Boxpark threat

"I’ll box man over Boxpark."

A location/fight line, using Boxpark as the setup.

Relationship/emotional

"I got bars that’ll hurt you more than when your ex left you."

A relationship/emotional damage punch.

Financial struggle

"You got heart, I’ll give you that, dog, but you got financial problems — Brexit."

One of JM’s better concept lines. He turns financial struggle into a Brexit punchline.

Recovery line

"I bet you thought I forgot my next ting."

A self-aware recovery line, showing he knew the room might think he had stumbled.

Derivative style

"You’re a copy of Sixty or something artist."

A style/identity attack, saying FENDRY is derivative.

Music genre

"Go back to your emotional shit, ’cause grime rap is in your place."

JM closes by saying FENDRY belongs in emotional music, not battle/grime territory.

Name flip

"It’s FEN to the D-I-Y. I do it myself like DIY."

FENDRY opens with a clean self-name flip, linking his name to self-made energy.

Appearance insult

"You’re not fly like a butterfly, you’re just butters."

A simple appearance insult. “Fly” becomes attractive/cool, then flips into “butters.”

Predictable bars

"I don’t wanna hear no suck-your-mothers."

He pre-empts generic battle insults and says JM’s material is predictable.

Writing critique

"When he thinks of original bars, he stutters."

A writing critique, saying JM struggles when he needs fresh material.

Mocking technical style

"This guy said syllable killable."

FENDRY mocks JM’s technical style as forced or awkward.

TikTok content

"Check his TikTok."

He moves the battle into online content, trying to make JM’s public material part of the evidence.

TikTok content

"Fell asleep when I checked his TikTok."

A clean social-media punch. JM’s content is framed as boring.

Originality attack

"All the bars been ripped off."

A writing originality attack.

Dominance line

"I came here to murk you, but I guess you put up no fight — I’m pissed off."

A strong dominance line, saying JM is not even challenging enough.

Homeless joke

"I don’t wanna battle this guy, I wanna take him in to recover."

A funny pity angle. FENDRY makes JM sound homeless or unwell rather than threatening.

Bad timeline

"Thank God that I never looked, I’m looking at who I could’ve become."

A status contrast: JM is the bad timeline FENDRY avoided.

Gruffalo comparison

"You look like the Gruffalo, if Gruffalo was five foot one."

A strong cartoon/appearance punch.

Global warming

"Global warming — JM, just me, the aunt foreign."

The transcription is messy, but the intent is a heat/global-warming style bar aimed at raising the temperature.

Parenting/road image

"If your kid’s first words were 3.5, then please shut the fuck up."

FENDRY’s best crowd-friendly setup. He attacks JM’s parenting and weed/road image at once.

Parenting/food

"If your kid’s first meal was a Pot Noodle, then please shut the fuck up."

He keeps the parenting angle going, making JM sound irresponsible or broke.

Crowd punch

"Guaranteed they’re watching you now thinking, dad, please shut the fuck up."

A strong punch because it brings JM’s family into the live performance moment.

Fitness/performance

"On stage, can’t get one pull-up, shut up."

A physical/fitness insult, saying JM talks tough but cannot perform basic strength.

Pity/appearance

"I should’ve battled a lover, ’cause he just looks like my homeless brother."

A pity/appearance joke, similar to his round-one recovery angle.

Visual contrast

"The only thing that stands out about you is your hair and your beard are different colour."

A clean visual punch. Easy to picture, easy to catch.

Research flip

"You said you did your research on me, that only made you envy my name."

FENDRY flips JM’s research into jealousy.

Name comparison

"You wish that yours was unique. If my name was Joe, I would feel the same."

A good name/status angle. FENDRY says JM’s name is generic.

Self-status

"Fletcher, music maker, I rose right now, I got my praises praying."

A self-status line, positioning his name and music as more distinctive.

Simple insult

"You sleazy, slimy weasel."

A simple but effective insult sequence.

Name flip/Tino

"How you got a kid that ain’t Asian, it’s Tino?"

A family/race joke, using Tino as the name flip.

Race/energy wordplay

"More melanin than adrenaline when I battle this guy."

A repeated FENDRY phrase. He uses race/energy wordplay to show confidence.

Dead passion

"He just looks like me if my passion died."

One of FENDRY’s best personal punches. JM becomes the dead-passion version of him.

Size contrast

"You’re not even a quarter, I guess I oughta slaughter this 6.3."

A fraction/size line, attacking JM as less than half the level.

PenGame status

"Can’t believe we got billboard baggings live upon PenGame TV."

A strong closing jab, framing JM as a low-level or bargain-bin version of a real artist.

Direct dismissal

"You’re not cold, you’re about to get rolled."

FENDRY opens the third with a direct dismissal.

Modern status

"You came up on my feed, I just scrolled."

A good modern status punch. JM appeared online, but FENDRY skipped him.

Family embarrassment

"You said that you’ll win PenGame, I feel bad for the family you told."

A strong family/status line. FENDRY says JM’s promised success will embarrass his relatives.

Loss visibility

"When you go home and they ask, one look at your face, I’ll see the results."

He says the loss will be visible before JM even explains it.

Platform journey

"It’s been a short journey, but I think that you’ve done your dance."

FENDRY frames JM’s PenGame run as brief and finished.

Parenting angle

"Speaking of newborn baby, mate, go look after your newborn baby, mate."

A direct parenting angle, telling JM he has bigger responsibilities than battle rap.

Platform name flip

"Don’t come out of PenGame with no pen again."

A clean platform-name flip. If it is PenGame, JM needs a pen.

Relationship insult

"That’s why you turned your ex ting lesbian."

A crude relationship insult, suggesting JM failed with women.

Capital letter punch

"I’m FENDRY with a capital F, you’re a dickhead with a capital D."

A simple but effective alphabet/name punch.

Bank/status punch

"In your bank, it’s all lowercase b."

A money/status punch. Lowercase “b” suggests small money.

Education/status

"I left school with three A-levels and you couldn’t even do RPE."

An education/status attack, saying FENDRY is smarter and more qualified.

Relationship/legs

"You’re shaky like your girlfriend’s legs when I mashed up."

A crude relationship punch.

Marketing tool

"You’re not an opponent, broski, you’re just a marketing tool."

This is one of FENDRY’s strongest strategic lines. He says JM is useful only to promote his music.

Promotion angle

"When I drop a song called Three Reloads, I’ll use you to market my next tune."

A clever closer. He turns the battle and its reloads into campaign material.

Slogan chant

"Everybody go scream, three reloads."

FENDRY ends by giving the crowd a phrase to remember.