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On the latest episode of CasBar, we’re taking a look at some of 2018’s best games—namely UFC— alongside comedian HBO’s Ballers‘ London Brown.

But before we get into that, we gotta make sure folks know the rules:

  1. If Team CASSIUS wins a round, Brown has to answer any crazy question we ask. If Brown is winning, he gets to plug whatever he wants for 15 seconds.
  2. To make things fair (and speed things up) there will be three rounds.
  3. And, most important: Team CASSIUS better not get its ass kicked.

Luckily for our host Michael Wade’s sake, Brown has never played UFC, which gives Cassius a fighting chance to take home the W today. Before they hop into the Octagon, Brown reveals that he’s just happy to working and even remembers how much people hated his character in Ballers early on but grew to appreciate him.

Michael Wade wins the first round in no time as Brown talks on the importance of being versatile in Hollywood— a concept he understands as he weaves through playing in comedies to even a drama where he was cast as a paralyzed athlete.

Watch the rest of the interview up top to see who wins the best of three rounds and to hear a pretty damn good Denzel Washington impression.

CASBAR LONDON BROWN

Source: iOne Video / iOne Video

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