Issei vs Stripes // .stance // Silverback Open 2018 - UDEF

semifinal 1v1 open battle between Issei of Japan vs Stripes of USA
Judges:
- Crazy Legs
- Storm
- Poe One
- Narumi
- Skim
- Lil Cesar
- Goku
- Jeskilz
- Renegade
DJs
- Lean Rock
- Foxx Boogie
- BlesOne
- Fleg
MC
- Ivan
- Nemesis

[@BushidoBoyd]

MC: "HOLD ON STRIPES HOLD ON!" Stripes: "Nah fuck that" MC: "KEEP GOING STRIPES KEEP GOIN!" Stripes: "Nah fuck that"

[@studiotheamalgam]

There are so many eboys here.

[@qwertyasdf4984]

Does anyone know what the percentages are when the judges vote?

[@versutus2699]

If you don't agree with the decision of the judges, don't dislike the youtube video because of that. It's pointless. The quality of the video is very good and stance has nothing to do with the judges. Why are you people disliking?

[@BeeboiZam]

Saw the live stream. It's just that Issei begins to look repetitive once he is in the upper brackets.

[@Maestr0101]

All rounds were fair imo, the first round both were on par however I thought Stripes was more original and balanced in his movements and esp the last two, Issei was way more dynamic in the second though that slip up in the third cost him. Y’all gotta remember Issei has been seen a thousand times over it’s hard for him to stand out, this is also Stripes turf so he has a slight advantage. Just my observation, peace.

[@bboydiegoconfinement2101]

Where is the other battles?

[@jrodriguez9017]

I knew the comments about issei getting robbed where going to be posted right away once this battle finished...smh

[@eldemonio996]

Keep on crying ppl......keep on

[@user-ps9vk9rh2f]

Round 1?... I don't understand.

[@Rayquan47]

I see why the judges choose stripes he was on point and hitting the beats

[@CraigSays]

Issei KILLS beats

[@Rayquan47]

@@CraigSays just cause you "killing beats" dont mean it's an automatic win lol stripes danced and last time I check breaking is a style of dance 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@awakenedsoul2638]

@@Rayquan47 This is held in USA man. THEY ARE RACISTS TOWARDS ASIANS! Issei is a master of KILLING THE BEAT at this point. Killing the beat means you are dancing in tune with the beat!

[@Adajbo]

What is the name of the first song?

[@gly8705]

Dj Blesone x Fear & Fancy - Solar Panels

[@lllllllllllll3570]

Stripes 1st round was solid.

[@tullyfully5214]

well stripes went first, judges probably think issei wasn't doing enough to win each round since issei had response advantage

[@toptier2800]

The composition of Stripe's rounds was perfect. He never makes you feel like he's doing too much or too little of anything.

[@darisonjean3251]

That's why I love him

[@suptmr9866]

1:06 beat?

[@Thegoodcoffee247]

Issei's 2nd round was smooth af.

[@kazino_v]

1:56 dooooooope 🔥🔥

[@ninosantos1037]

yo stripes fundamentals

[@SeoPlataComoGanarDinero]

Pfff

[@victor-andreinaicu1756]

Guys if you dont agree with judges opinion it is not called robbery :) that's why we have 7 high level judges ! Altough i liked issei more i agree with judges opinion they know what they do

[@throwmeaname]

4 out of 7 judges gave round 1 to Stripes. Those 4 were Americans.

[@victor-andreinaicu1756]

@Awkward Gecko renegade is not the only judge there , plus maybe he is not a bboy but he has great knowledge

[@zackjames09]

LMao they also took out bgirl narumi from judging, Issei was completely better, Doesn't matter though issei is humble person

[@victor-andreinaicu1756]

@@throwmeaname and if they are american they are not allowed to vote for americans?

[@throwmeaname]

Victor-Andrei Naicu, I’m making an observation. Judges are free to choose who they want.

[@rithikdutta5525]

what did ivan say? originality stands in the circle

[@GrowingDownUnder]

that's correct, imagine if every bboy did the same moves you wouldn't be able to judge and it would be boring to watch, but in my opinion bboys are the most creative dancers we only have the cloning problem in popping style.

[@manuelchavira3136]

How issei powers along with transition and combos is original lol originality includes power too

[@peets9490]

Issei is one of the best, but some of you guys just overhype him. His power/dynamics are crazy but he relies on spinning too much lmao and that was clearly his problem during RBC1. Compared to Victor, he's just not as complete and that's really his weakness. Also dont call out the judges, there are 7 people voting individually and if Stripes won, he won. Dont discredit other dancers because you think Issei won, give respect where it's due and dont be fkn toxic.

[@awakenedsoul2638]

Issei really took this won. Bias judging. Watch it again.

[@awakenedsoul2638]

@Issa Latar Stripes Is fraud he is a scam! Watch world bboy classic Stripes vs Lussy Sky he defeated him easily the 2 time winner of the tournament and stripes became 2 time winner for 2 years. FUCK THESE JUDGES STOP HYPING STRIPES AND MENNO AND OTHERS LIKE THEY ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS TO MAKE THEM LOOK GOOD!

[@lllllllllllll3570]

Rd 1 stripes Rd 2 issei Rd 3 debatable because they both looked tired in their rounds to put in one last solid memorable round but I would give it to stripes. Judges were right 👌

[@ryukiT3]

Ivan should have won.

[@Ninjal3x]

so weird the judging system and how they show it in the middle or a round and that stripes was expected to go without knowing if he even needed to go

[@kittatobias8262]

Imo first 2 rounds won issei but i love both

[@JMoasih]

seemed like issei gave up at the end. both were on point but seems like issei didnt go as hard as he would usually

[@RoarOfJahLion]

Idk I’ve never seen him do that set on the 3rd round and I watch a ton of issei. I think he was saving his better sets for later in the competition and hoping to win vs stripes without using them. Def could be wrong but if he’s tired I’m pretty sure he’d throw a signature set.

[@carlurbananimals]

The reason issei was at loss was because he was missing the snare, usually issei hits the snare really well, but the timing of this break was unique, If you watch issei in other battles and while you watch count in your head 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 YOU WILL NOTICE THAT EVERY 2,4,6,8 HE WILL BE EXACTLY IN SYNC WITH THE SNARE DRUM, ON THE 1 HE WILL HIT A BIG MOVE AND ON THE 3,5,7 HE WILL BE ON THE KICK

[@Papagayo7]

I dont like the fact that victor vs kalhil is not post cause kali is not Well know

[@rexfeliciano]

Last song please?

[@RoarOfJahLion]

Interesting 3rd round for issei I think he wanted to save his better sets for later and was freestyling like he’s known to do

[@manuelchavira3136]

First round I would’ve gave to issei and second round was either way for me

[@jin_latrell]

Tie breaker 1:58

[@tayfunozyurek186]

You simply cannot come this far and not do some signature powermoves and still win . Sure issei could have done better but in my opinion he already won the battle after the first two rounds so he just kinda did a few things in the last letting stripes have that round. Issei sure should have won and i dont kniw why the crowd didnt hype him up at all:/

[@eldemonio996]

He has knee injury

[@ImxMiLLzx]

He didn’t reply to stripes that’s the point of a battle

[@senseigamming4658]

For me issei killed it all .. from tempo to the beat ryhmt .. also, if you so good too judge .. you should looking at slip over flip and swipe to swing ... Tecniq also stepility ... Issei save movement for next battle .. but i'm felling bad cause he not go to next round ...

[@uliseswww]

Las batallas más injustas en los jueces que eh visto de este año

[@SeoPlataComoGanarDinero]

Stripes ganó se puede ver claro

[@mrweasel]

Felt like Issei took it - matched Stripes on originality and vibes, but excelled on difficulty, while stripes had a bit more flow. Still credit to Stripes, he has been in the game for a while and has always been ill.

[@kordy93]

I agree with the judges. 1 Stripes 2 Issei 3 Stripes

[@ninjAA899]

this was so bs and baised. Why did they take off Narumi as a judge when it was a Japanese bboy. also we can all agree round 1 and round 2 was completely issei

[@zackjames09]

Lmao they took off bgirl narumi??? didn't even notice that.. But yeah i agree 100 percent issei got robbed

[@ImxMiLLzx]

Because they’re friends

[@kouleeofficial]

Stripes!!!!!

[@throwmeaname]

4 out of 7 judges gave round 1 to Stripes. 4 of those judges were American. If all things are equal, I think American judges tend to lean towards foundational/traditional style (nice on top, nice on the bottom, power and steeze - balance and well rounded, something that victor specializes in). If this is the case, I’d understand why they’d chose Stripes over Issei in round 1. That said, round 2 for sure goes to Issei. Signature power wins.. Round 3, you could tell Issei was easing off. Not sure if Round 2 cost him energy, but I understand why round goes Stripes.

[@KBX12Gaming]

Poe ones Australian

[@throwmeaname]

Oce Galaxy, Poe One is American my dude. He reps Style Elements, California.

[@JasonAries1979]

Oce Galaxy he’s Puerto Rican

[@peets9490]

Oce Galaxy LOL nah, he’s from Style Elements. Though he moved to Adelaide, AUS a while ago and is well-known in our city’s bboy scene.

[@carlurbananimals]

American judges care about snare hits/8-counts more

[@awakenedsoul2638]

1st and 2nd round is to Issei this is hands down win for him.

[@lolapple]

Issei’s energy was real low in the first round. Also, not much complexity and subtleties as Stripes’.

[@undefined_adventures]

Judging system is different from the Dyzee one. Judges felt the way they felt and it's ok. But Issei killed it.

[@BBOYSOKU]

Issei won first two rounds then lost tiebreaker

[@anshdeep3650]

issei 🔥🔥🔥

[@leanartworks9694]

Stripes did not deserve to miss the selections, he has nothing of his own, only foundations and after a while he breaks the fuck

[@leslethal]

Issei's 2nd round was like "fuck that, I'm not getting swept" lol

[@MegaSlideZ]

Issei took first round for sure

[@carlurbananimals]

Based on content issei took it, but stripes is a human metronome

[@marquisb379]

I don’t think people understand stripes style fully if you believe issei got robbed.

[@Jalenito]

Ily

[@awakenedsoul2638]

Yeah right stripes style is a losers style. Do floor rock then spin then break pose then another rocking then stand up do top then go down do rocking then ahhh there is no flavor. What kind of style do people needs to understand he is less dynamic. I can see his energy but before this in the quarter he should have lost!

[@emanueldor-chay8540]

please explain

[@awakenedsoul2638]

@@emanueldor-chay8540 Explain what

[@emanueldor-chay8540]

@@awakenedsoul2638 i wanted Marquis Bryant to explain his statement

[@STRAYDOGSHINSHAN]

Hey! Know what? I don’t really care who won... I enjoyed the battle and learned from it.

[@imagina-7779]

Jajaja vaya final.. Issei es el ganador...

[@MsMrsoulman]

Who ever said it was robbed, you need to understand more about breakin.

[@emanueldor-chay8540]

please explain

[@awakenedsoul2638]

@@emanueldor-chay8540 He does not know crap about breakin.

[@emanueldor-chay8540]

@@awakenedsoul2638 HEHE

[@emanueldor-chay8540]

in my opinion, because stripes is from USA, and breaking was born in the USA, soooooo they want to give him a opportunity to win...its really hard to beat asians nowadays...they just too good

[@awakenedsoul2638]

@@emanueldor-chay8540 It is not a good reason to let him give a chance to win. You are here in this tournament it means you are given the chance the problem is can you win? Bias decision from the judges. This is like Battle of the year and red bull bc 1.

[@Jammerjoint]

Kind of a slack performance by Issei's standards honestly, still surprised at the call but it's not a stretch by any means.

[@bboydamu]

i really would like if Issei won but guys you cant call it a robbery we have to respect the judges decision its really hard for them to judge. Bboying/Bgirling is all about respect and discipline .

[@KJ-fu1sj]

Stripes knew he lost that 2nd round and said fuck it I got em! Played issei right where he wanted him

[@wheelz114]

Stripes way too sweet. Issei never really had a shot

[@dfexdainfamous8194]

your crazy

[@Stone-Henge]

Um, what happened to Issei? As most of you probably know, he did much better in 2016 and 2017. It can't be helped because issei is also a human being, just like us. He has his own pase…

[@ViCuriousCos]

He tore his meniscus before Bc One and is still injured

[@Stone-Henge]

Ah, I remembered it few days after the event finished

[@KBX12Gaming]

Stripes won cause he was balanced in all areas and responded

[@JulissaM255]

yea, he responded horribly his 2nd round with weak footwork

[@KBX12Gaming]

Yea that's why he lost the round

[@aaammoore]

Stripes diserve it

[@attackdefense1880]

Stripes won cause he's American.

[@addisoncook89]

@@attackdefense1880 when it doesn't go your favorite boys way, it's not always cause he is from a certain country. Also you must not know how Americans rep. They rep their states

[@saikatpaul6576]

Issei got actually robbed....storm is the perfect judge

[@throwmeaname]

SAIKAT PAUL, Storm is a power head. Of course he will pick Issei 100%.

[@saikatpaul6576]

throwmeaname no brother storm always does the right decission

[@throwmeaname]

SAIKAT PAUL, Poe One voted for Stripes round 1, then voted Issei Round2. Poe One is a pioneer, just as much as storm. I think we have to respect the judges’ decision.

[@carlurbananimals]

Poe Ones voting proves my point about snare hits, in the first round issei misses some snare hits and loses the round, in round 2 issei hits all the snares and wins the round

[@carlitos366]

Stripes is more original than Issei. Has better battle presence too. Deal with it.

[@marquisb379]

Stripes won fair and square.

[@dfexdainfamous8194]

how?

[@noxiousbastard11]

flavor vs powermove new bboy and people not knowing what stripe capble of doing something new gen never knew in this community! stripes makes true bboy is not hatin issei he's dope but stripe is RAW

[@joelgarvi]

1rst round for Issey... 2cond round too.

[@user-su2wc3xb1x]

Issei always wins battles but the judges give it to the others

[@anarchypyuth8068]

STripes

[@user-yf3ti5vf3t]

?? How did issei lost ? Im not even issei fan but wtf it was clear first 2 rounds for essei

[@carlurbananimals]

Stripes did a better job at counting the beat

[@ImxMiLLzx]

He didn’t reply which is the point of a battle

[@imdar3ald3al]

breaking is a conversation. Issei replied to Stripes power set with a power set, but in round 2, Issei replied to Stripes footwork set with more power that didn't really respond. Then Issei lost with even more power when Stripes brought more complex footwork and flow. that simple

[@carlurbananimals]

Replying doesn't matter that much, its the fact that stripes is a human metronome, he never misses a snare hit

[@sinisak.138]

Bboy judging went to hell Mostly couse who is at home has great advantage, its like that in every sport but this is to obvious Afcourse menno will win in amsterdam, victos vs stripes finals in usa, hong 10 in seoul, dr.hill goes almost to finals in switzerland etc. A lot of examples, i mean some of those are wins for real, others are couse of home advantage. If great competition comes to morroco maybe lil zoo or wolfer will not win it couse they are Austrian now lol

[@emanueldor-chay8540]

TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU

[@TytyA-wq1pj]

Issei năm nay thất bại nhiều vá buồn ghê huhu

[@BIurstoftimes]

Issei 1 & 2 clearly imo. Both are great though.

[@mattmaniac3740]

r o b b e d

[@BentzeRz]

rd1 - issei rd2 - issei (issei shouldve won the battle) rd3 - stripes

[@GrowingDownUnder]

strips took all rounds imo

[@awakenedsoul2638]

@@GrowingDownUnder Stripes style is not effective against Issei. A lot of Judges preventing Japan to win.

[@jonathanmalo6074]

Unfortunately a dry ass beat.

[@SeoPlataComoGanarDinero]

Stripes de aquí a la luna gano

[@user-wx4sp1en7g]

1

[@wikkkkk]

스트라입스. 🌟

[@unnamed679]

How did this nigga win the first round ?

[@gothelvis3541]

Issei got robbed again, first at red Bull now here, vic and issei would of made such a better final too :/

[@GrowingDownUnder]

stripes was better, didn't see no robbery look at the judging most the judges agreed stripes was better. It's fair judging when you have that many judges

[@kidfunkntkz]

Robbery whaat???

[@gothelvis3541]

Judging isn't just about that round, if a bboy has used most of their moves in their arsenal that plays a factor. Stripes was shit in the final, Issei would have been better, you cant deny that

[@attackdefense1880]

@@gothelvis3541 Victor robbed Khalil so about that final nope.

[@rithikdutta5525]

youre clearly judging based on moves. not even qualified to give an opinion on their judgement.

[@starter497]

Wait what?

[@cannizzosam5417]

For the people who are going to say "issei got robbed wtf, he took the first round", look his first round again, where are the footwork ? he only did powermoves, thus of course stripes took the first round

[@JulissaM255]

look at stripes 2nd round it was weak footwork, you can't say that was fire footwork smh

[@starter497]

No disrespect but my footworked looked like stripes on my first week of bboying. You know what I told myself after that? "This shit is ugly, lemme raise my hips abit and not do lazy footwork". I admit he took round 3 tho but other two rounds was robbery. Let's be honest, judges are just tired of isseis moves and style.

[@ConsciousBreaks]

You can't say "of course Stripes took the first round" when it was a 4:3 vote. That would just be silly.

[@albertoberrocal5452]

Cannizzo Sam issei did toprocks and stripes no, for example. Won issei

[@NejisBreakingVlogs]

@@starter497 lol... What?

[@masteryas21]

Dope battle... I would give it to Issei, but I am biaised as being a huge fan of Issei! peace.

[@ryujinryuk]

How did stripes gets the third round is beyond me

[@reyesmichael20]

stripes 1st round really? stripes and the judges wish they could pull off half the shit issei does and keep this in mind he's injured, in rbbc one he competed with a meniscus tear

[@xMilkShakes178]

You could tell issei wasnt doing his best here tho, he might be injured

[@willamyfelipe]

Issei win

[@RTDanceTV]

Although he got robbed, we can all agree issei can do much better.

[@undefined_adventures]

But that doesn't matter when Issei was landing really clean super sets.

[@RTDanceTV]

After Review Yeah he was clean but compare him here to last years silverback. He wasn’t in his element here.

[@ravitej8396]

@@RTDanceTV yeah you're right.last year he was on fire..

[@inclinebench]

ravi tej Issei entered this year with a knee injury

[@user-bh1wz5lf8f]

Yeah he looked way much slower here compared to last year.

[@bboychascoso141]

issei win

[@madigomadigo948]

Issei won 1st & 2nd rounds !!

[@carlurbananimals]

Issei missed some snare hits in the first round, in the and8 system snare hits are crucial, as well as accenting the 1st count of a set of 8 counts

[@madigomadigo948]

Carl Robinson it was a clean set with some flow and high difficulty from issei in the first round

[@carlurbananimals]

@@madigomadigo948 by international standards/and 8 system it wasn't on beat

[@carlurbananimals]

If you tap your finger to the beat during isseis first round some of his steps don't match the beat, then if you tap the beat during his second set, you will see that he rides the kicks and snares perfectly on his second round, hence why he won the second round

[@carlurbananimals]

If this was before he tore his meniscus he would of smoked stripes for sure, but I just like to share this knowledge, because being on beat (like a metronome sense/5,6,7,8 etc) isn't made openly available, because some of the people who control the have an exclusionary mindset, which in some ways is actually really good for the scene, but it also means that the judges do not give out their feedback as openly as I think they should

[@albertoberrocal5452]

Issei win first round and second round

[@bboybio10]

Issei fans cry again? hahahha

[@uclong12b3nguyen5]

Hunter biters bố bình thường vs sơn tùng tùng r thì đm để yên is cho bố

[@danielsouza763]

bagulho kkkkkk

[@LenhHoHuynhDe]

WTF, Round 1 issei lose.

[@carlurbananimals]

Snare hits are crucial in the and8 system

[@baongchannelEn]

i dont know how issei lost this, weird world!

[@DARKREELENTERTAINMENT]

what a wack music..!!

[@CraigSays]

I didn't even have to watch the video to know that Stripes doesn;t really stand a chance against Issei. After watching it, I am confused - Stripes looks like a beginner and Issei is one of the best b boys from Japan (if not THE Best) Issei got *ROBBED*

[@gogogoooooooooo]

Stripes has won a bunch of world class events for good reason. Understand flow and technique and how Issei has none of that compared to Stripes and his crew then come back. Otherwise stay commenting on youtube.

[@CraigSays]

@@gogogoooooooooo Keep working on on your hand swipes and baby windmills. You'll get there bud. Issei's crew came in 2nd @ BOTY 2018. What did Stripes' crew do?

[@user-pr3jm9jx1f]

@@CraigSays Damn bro you're really pathetic as well as uneducated when it comes to the breakin scene if you don't know about Stripes or his crew. Especially if you think Stripes looks like a beginner...

[@BBOYSOKU]

2:04 stripes that my move

[@bboywolf]

Stripes probably the most underrated bboy while being world class, but round 1 was all issei.

[@michaelwilson8806]

Stripes isn't world class

[@bboywolf]

@@michaelwilson8806 you're stupid, stripes is going to undisputed and has won multiple events against world class opponents such as issei.

[@carlurbananimals]

Issei was missing snare hits twice in the first round, his top rock was off beat, coz his knee injury and his mill to airbaby was offbeat

[@pelaokl3132]

Robbed?? Robbed!!

[@carlurbananimals]

Stripes was more in time with the kick and the snare on this occasion, I don't why judges don't tell more people of this, but they actually care a lot about 8 counts

[@l2zeo1]

wtf

[@kamalkeb2353]

It's a joke

[@datulukhfi7054]

Essei win