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ANGELA SUN: We've already witnessed two of the top B-boys battling it out in the Arena.
Six more await their turn on stage where they'll have to bring their very best if they hope
to make it to the semi-finals. You're watching The Arena.
FLIPZ: The first battle of The Arena
was epic with Morris bringing the power and tricks, while Kid David displayed his killer
style and smooth flavor. Both B-Boys gave it their all during the challenge round showing
us their best and most dynamic power. But in the end it all came down to execution.
ASIA ONE: At the end of the day I saw one side look more polished than the other, so that's
what I gotta go for. CRAZY LEGS: The winner is…Morris.
MORRIS: It was good, a good four
rounds, three real rounds, one challenge round. Like they said me and Kid David both
did good. I felt the same. But he had a little bit more mess-ups than I did. KID DAVID: It
was cool. I made a couple of mistakes. I haven't really been breaking a lot lately, so I
didn't really expect like my cleanest performance. When you're judging two really good guys you
have to be really tough on execution. MORRIS: Well I knew Kid David is one of the hardest
dancers here, so I just threw like a lot of my big moves on him. You know watch out for
me. I'm not one to mess around. When I'm out there I'm there to win. You know afterwards
we can be friends, but it's the Arena, it's a battle. I'm ready to make history.
FLIPZ: So Morris moves on to the semi-finals and we'll see Kid David again to battle it out
for the audience award. ANGELA SUN: Welcome to the second battle of our quarter-finals
here on The Arena where top B-Boys are putting their skills and their creativity to the test.
We have some incredible challenges in store that will help keep the competitors on their
toes in more ways than one. Let's find out who's battling next. Flipz, take it away.
FLIPZ: Yeah, yeah, y'all. Welcome back to the Arena quarter finals number two. Are you guys
hyped? All right, we're down to six. Who's gonna judge? Legendary, the man, the myth,
the legend, all the way from BX, el boricua from Rock Steady, Crazy Legs. This amazing
rocker herself, Asia One. President, founder of Skill Methods crew, seventeen years strong,
Abstrak. Yo, and on the wheels spinning the breaks: Wicked. Shall we get down to it?
Moment of truth you guys. The next two contenders are…
Floor Phantom.
FLOOR PHANTOM: Breaking is not only a
dance but it's a cultural movement, so when you ask me about breaking I'm gonna speak
in terms of hip-hop culture. To me tradition is very very important and trying to keep
alive the traditional aspects of the art is good, but at the same time you don't
wanna limit yourself. You wanna be able to grow, you wanna be able to understand different
things and you wanna be able to implement different things. I think everyone gets nervous.
I think everyone does. It's a good thing. I just wanna make sure that I represent correct
for everyone that's behind me on this.
Keebz.
KEEBZ: In the Arena we're gonna see really good battles,
'cause it's not just any random B-Boy, it's some of the top B-Boys in the world, you
know. So it's quality B-Boys. You just gotta space out and act like no one's there, just
your opponent. And sometimes you don't even see your opponent, you're just battling yourself.
Even if you're friends with that guy, it is a battle. So just like a boxer, he's not gonna
be nice with you, like you're fighting him so you gotta fight back. Who doesn't like
to win, but that's not all it's about. It's about the journey, you know.
FLIPZ: Are you all ready?
So Phantom, what's it gonna be? Heads. Heads. And it is Heads, it is heads.
Yo Keebz, you know what that means, right? You're up first, baby. Quarter-finals number
two. Let's get busy. Yo, show me some love, Wicked. Keebz.
FLIPZ: New York, he's ready
to rock. Floor Phantom.
Challenge round. Rockin. Hit it.
Aight, Phantom.
Round three. Round three, come on Killer Keebz.
Thirty seconds of flavor and style. Texas, Florida…Mind 180.
Aight, give it to me, get ready to rock. Rocking the NYC, the BX.
All right, final round. This is it. Fifteen seconds left.
Switch it up, switch it up.
And that's it. Quarter-finals two. ANGELA SUN: Give it up, guys. FLIPZ: Quarter
finals two. Waiting for the judges, yo, waiting for the judges.
ASIA ONE: I feel that you know
Phantom, you always look crisp, you always bring a battle style to what you do. I can
appreciate this cause this is a battle. And I'm looking for burns, I'm looking for strong
gestures and really crisp footwork and the classic package and the rock style. And um
at the same time, Keebz, I think your tops are dope. I like your style up top. I like
I like your footwork, I like how you get down. So it's definitely, it was very close in my
mind's eye. ABSTRAK: Definitely very close. You don't get to see this type of movement
in such a a big event as this. Keebz, always fresh, intricacies always dope, so
Keebz yo, much props. Phantom, always funky. I want people to notice the footwork that
he was doing, always on beat, everything is on beat. CRAZY LEGS: Obviously both of you
have a really great foundation when it comes to your top rocking. I thought it was
always refreshing for me. I like the way you kind of made the top rock portion,
top rock challenge of the battle really specific. Once you was in a square it was only about
that particular square, so you made each square its own set. It was like yeah this is where
I'm ending, bam, and I'm toma, take it, boom, you know. And of course
you definitely killed at top rocking, although you have the whole repertoire and
the text and the arsenal, I just felt like you were pulling your weight a little bit
in the battle. ASIA ONE: So the winner is…
Floor Phantom.
ANGELA SUN: Another huge congratulations
goes out to Floor Phantom, our second competitor to advance to the semi-finals. With two battles
remaining in the quarter finals we're just getting warmed up. Be sure to get the latest
updates on Arena through our Facebook page, Twitter and of course by subscribing here
to DS2DIO. And please leave your comments below. We'd love to hear from you. From the
whole Arena crew and my co-host Flipz, I'm Angela Sun, we'll check you next time.