PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Adam Baranowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marlo Stanfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Baranowski
vs
Stanfield

175 cm
20
155 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

178 cm
23
169 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adam Baranowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marlo Stanfield!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stanfield moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Stanfield scores with a jab. Baranowski acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Stanfield closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Good body shot from Stanfield.
Stanfield lands a left hand that snaps the head of Baranowski backwards.
Baranowski blocks a body shot from Stanfield.
Stanfield fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Baranowski is trying to pull guard but Stanfield turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Stanfield fails to land.
Stanfield lands with a left to the head.
Baranowski looking to slow down the pace here.
Stanfield scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stanfield cracks Baranowski with a nice body shot.
Stanfield misses with the head strike.
Baranowski misses with the head strike.
Stanfield lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baranowski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Baranowski misses with some punches.
Stanfield misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanfield lands an uppercut.
Stanfield lands a body punch in the clinch.
Stanfield prevents Baranowski from breaking the clinch.
Baranowski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Stanfield misses with the head strike.
Stanfield lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stanfield throws a head punch that misses.
Baranowski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stanfield lands with a light punch inside.
Stanfield fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Baranowski has had enough of the clinch but Stanfield keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stanfield.
Stanfield scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Still in the clinch, Stanfield scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stanfield misses with a punch on the inside.
Stanfield has a couple of punches blocked by Baranowski.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baranowski.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stanfield.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baranowski.
Stanfield can't find room to land a body shot as Baranowski controls the action.
Baranowski trying to control the position but instead, Stanfield has worked for underhooks and has pushed Baranowski into the cage.
Baranowski jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Stanfield walks away with a smile on his face. Baranowski gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Baranowski definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Stanfield clinches.
A left hand lands to the body for Stanfield.
Stanfield lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Baranowski manages to break the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Stanfield there.
Baranowski takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Baranowski is rocked!
Stanfield throws a shot to the body.
Baranowski tests Stanfield's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Stanfield has Baranowski up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield digs a right hand underneath Baranowski's ribcage. Baranowski let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stanfield misses with the head strike.
Baranowski looking to stall.
Baranowski jumps guard but Stanfield turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Baranowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stanfield has a couple of punches blocked by Baranowski.
Stanfield lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stanfield lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baranowski.
Baranowski misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Stanfield fails to land.
Stanfield fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stanfield lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stanfield gets underhooks to prevent Baranowski's takedown attempt.
Stanfield blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Baranowski blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Baranowski's efforts to push away.
Stanfield misses with some punches.
Stanfield makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stanfield misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baranowski misses with a punch on the inside.
Stanfield lands a shoulder strike.
Oh Baranowski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stanfield misses with the head strike.
A short right from Stanfield on the inside.
Stanfield working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Stanfield.
Baranowski tries for a takedown but Stanfield manages to get underhooks.
Baranowski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Baranowski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baranowski seems to have got his legs back now.
Baranowski wants to stall.
Stanfield misses with the head strike.
Baranowski blocking some punches.
Stanfield softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marlo Stanfield dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Stanfield throws a series of punches but Baranowski avoids them all with ease.
Nice jab there from Stanfield.
Baranowski avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Stanfield slips a jab from Baranowski.
Baranowski defending well as Stanfield loads up on a big left hand.
Stanfield has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A swing and a miss from Baranowski.
Stanfield connects with a body shot that sends Baranowski's belly button to the back.
Baranowski with a nice cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baranowski sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Stanfield uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Baranowski.
Stanfield misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baranowski fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Baranowski ducks right into an uppercut from Stanfield.
Stanfield ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Stanfield throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A left lands for Stanfield.
Stanfield throws a leg kick but Baranowski checks it.

Stanfield darts in and clinches Baranowski up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Stanfield.
Stanfield softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stanfield lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanfield misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baranowski looking to slow down the pace here.
Stanfield lands a left hand that snaps the head of Baranowski backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baranowski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stanfield lands a hook that snaps the head of Baranowski backwards.
Stanfield throws a head punch that misses.
Stanfield has a couple of punches blocked by Baranowski.
Stanfield lands with a light punch inside.
Stanfield scores with a hook to the body.
Stanfield keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Baranowski's efforts to push away.
Stanfield lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stanfield.
Stanfield lands a hook to the side of the head.
Baranowski fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Marlo Stanfield seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short body shot lands from Stanfield as the two fighters clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baranowski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stanfield misses with the head strike.
Stanfield throws a punch but it's blocked by Baranowski.
Stanfield stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Baranowski is trying to break the clinch but Stanfield has him pressed against the cage.
Baranowski tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Stanfield just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Baranowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stanfield.
Stanfield misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baranowski is looking to control Stanfield's arms but Stanfield gets an underhook and turns him. Now Baranowski has his back to the cage.
Stanfield lands a hook that snaps the head of Baranowski backwards.
Baranowski looking to stall.
Baranowski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Baranowski.
Stanfield digs a right hand underneath Baranowski's ribcage. Baranowski let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A hook to the body from Stanfield.
A hook to the body from Stanfield.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stanfield has a couple of punches blocked by Baranowski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Stanfield.
Stanfield lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stanfield misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Baranowski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stanfield throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Baranowskis head.
Stanfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stanfield lands with a light punch inside.
Stanfield misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stanfield fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baranowski.
Baranowski taking a breather.
Stanfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stanfield lands a hook that snaps the head of Baranowski backwards.
Stanfield softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stanfield lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Baranowski to his knees! Stanfield keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marlo Stanfield!
An out of breath Marlo Stanfield thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.