“Basically played me,” IShowSpeed reveals why he was upset with KSI forfeiting the sparring match 2 rounds early

IShowSpeed speaks up about his sparring match with KSI,explains the reason for his outburst and claims that he would've won if KSI hadn't tapped out before the decided number of rounds.

“Basically played me,” IShowSpeed reveals why he was upset with KSI forfeiting the sparring match 2 rounds early

IShowSpeed speaks up about his sparring match with KSI. He reveals his feelings about the bout. The two YouTube stars settled their ongoing online beef on 16th December. The event was streamed online on the IShowSpeed YouTube channel. The fight had a strange outcome with the Brit forfeiting and tapping out and Speed coming out as victorious. However, the young American wasn’t happy with KSI’s decision to tap out.

KSI seemed to be in the lead throughout the spar. Speed was struggling to cope with the KSI’s pace and jabs. Before tapping out KSI had Speed on the ground with a body shot. Moreover, Speed was seen running away from KSI before the end of the rounds. Even after all that, the young streamer was not happy with KSI’s decision at all. He kept begging KSI to not tap out and continue with the fight

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After KSI didn’t budge and left the ring, Speed got emotional and started sobbing. The streamer refused to shake KSI’s hand or talk in the after-fight interview. KSI did not mind this behaviour. He later tweeted praising Speed and mentioned that he was proud of him. 

IShowSpeed believes that he would’ve won the bout if KSI hadn’t tapped out

The fight performance and the after-fight emotional outburst had subjected Speed to a lot of online trolling. He was heavily outplayed whereas KSI wasn’t even seen struggling. All the trolling and memes led the streamer to explain his action on stream. Moreover, He claimed that he was disappointed because the fight was supposed to last 6 rounds, not 4.

"Basically played me," IShowSpeed reveals why he was upset with KSI forfeiting the sparring match 2 rounds early
IShowSpeed talking about why he cried after KSI tapped out (image via youtube.com/IShowSpeed)

Speed also clarified that he wasn’t crying because he was emotional, he was crying because he was mad. He believed that KSI humiliated him in front of all of his audience by not going through with all six rounds. He explains that he would’ve won if the fight kept going on. Furthermore, he claims that he would have at least gotten in some good jabs on KSI.

I was mad. I wasn’t crying, like, tears crying, I was mad crying. I was mad because we agreed on six rounds. Then after the fourth round, I wasn’t obviously winning, then KSI came over to me and basically little bro’d me. He f**king little bro’d me in front of everybody and I didn’t have the chance to stick up for myself.”He said it in front of the screen. He basically played me in front of my own stream. I was like, ‘No, bro, let’s fight,’ and he was like, ‘No bro, let’ just stop here.’ I was like, ‘No bro, let’s fight, bro.”Y’all can say ‘cap’ bro, I would’ve won that fight if it kept going. But he stopped. I don’t know why he stopped. I’ll think about this fight every single day bro. I promise you, bro, I would’ve got some good shots in if the fight would’ve continued.”

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Fans trolled Speed for claiming that he would win as he was severely outplayed by KSI throughout the fight. Despite all of Speed’s tantrums and outbursts, KSI didn’t seem to mind any of it yet. He even laughed at Speed not shaking his hand and later praised his efforts on Twitter. 

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