PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between John Mackenzie (ranked 7696 p4p, 529 weight class) and Tigran Baronian (ranked 5193 p4p, 465 weight class). Tigran Baronian will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Mackenzie
vs
Baronian

180 cm
20
150 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

175 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Solid boxing
Good chin

Excellent MT
Experienced

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Mackenzie !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tigran Baronian!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Daniel Franklin and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baronian lands the left hand.

Mackenzie clinches up with Baronian and pushes him back against the ropes.
Baronian working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mackenzie .
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mackenzie .
Mackenzie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Baronian is trying to stall.
Baronian wants to break the clinch but can't.
Baronian can't break the clinch.
Baronian misses with a punch on the inside.
Baronian taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mackenzie stalling in the clinch.
Mackenzie stalling the fight.
Mackenzie blocks an uppercut.
Baronian tries to circle away but Mackenzie has him pinned against the ropes.
Baronian misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mackenzie is pushing Baronian up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Baronian has had enough of the clinch but Mackenzie keeps him there for the moment.
Baronian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mackenzie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baronian is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mackenzie as Baronian tries to tie him up.
Baronian throws a head punch that misses.
Mackenzie missing with knees to the body.
Mackenzie prevents Baronian from breaking the clinch.
Baronian misses with the head strike.
Mackenzie trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Baronian fails to land.
Mackenzie is trying to force a seperation but Baronian has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baronian tries to break the clinch but Mackenzie is controlling the position.
Mackenzie prevents a body shot from Baronian.
Baronian has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Baronian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baronian wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Baronian wants to stall.
Mackenzie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baronian is looking to break free of the clinch but Mackenzie has double underhooks.
Mackenzie looking to throw knees to the head but Baronian is blocking nicely.
Baronian has a couple of punches blocked by Mackenzie .
Baronian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Baronian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baronian misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baronian taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mackenzie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baronian lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mackenzie takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mackenzie throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Baronian throws out a counter right but Mackenzie avoids it with no problem.
Mackenzie throws a sloppy head kick and Baronian moves out of range easily.

Mackenzie clinches up with Baronian and pushes him back against the ropes.
Baronian throws a head punch that misses.
Mackenzie blocking some punches.
Baronian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Baronian is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Baronian looking to stall.
Mackenzie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Mackenzie looking to throw knees to the head but Baronian is blocking nicely.
Baronian is looking to control Mackenzie 's arms but Mackenzie gets an underhook and turns him. Now Baronian has his back to the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tigran Baronian.

Mackenzie clinches up against the ropes.
Mackenzie effectively controlling the action here.
Baronian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stalling in the clinch from Mackenzie .
Mackenzie is trying to break the clinch but Baronian has him pressed against the ropes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Baronian misses with some punches.
Mackenzie tries to break the clinch but Baronian is controlling the position.
Baronian wants to get back to striking at distance but Mackenzie won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tigran Baronian will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Mackenzie clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baronian.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Mackenzie content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Mackenzie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mackenzie throws a sloppy head kick and Baronian moves out of range easily.
Mackenzie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Baronian ducks under a wild hook from Mackenzie .
Baronian goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mackenzie throws a leg kick but Baronian moved away.
John Mackenzie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A cross from Baronian lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mackenzie has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A slapping body kick lands there for Baronian.

Mackenzie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baronian working aggressively here.
Mackenzie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mackenzie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mackenzie walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tigran Baronian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mackenzie throws a sloppy head kick and Baronian moves out of range easily.
Baronian connects with a looping right hand.
Baronian feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mackenzie s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Baronian throws a wild body kick that Mackenzie sees coming a mile off.
A solid leg kick lands there for Baronian.

Mackenzie has closed the distance and engaged Baronian in a clinch.

Mackenzie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mackenzie throws a right and a left that both miss.
Baronian throws out a counter right but Mackenzie avoids it with no problem.
Baronian connects with the punch.
Danga de danga de dang - Baronian scores with a four punch combination!
Baronian is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Decent striking displayed by Mackenzie there.
Mackenzie throws a head kick but Baronian moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baronian throws a big shot that misses.
Tigran Baronian seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mackenzie misses with a body kick.
Baronian scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mackenzie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baronian missing with a left hand there. Mackenzie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mackenzie lands a jab to the nose.

Mackenzie gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Baronian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mackenzie 's elbow.
Baronian has a couple of punches blocked by Mackenzie .
Mackenzie is stalling here.
Baronian misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mackenzie .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baronian throws a punch but it's blocked by Mackenzie .
Baronian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Mackenzie .
Mackenzie digs a right hand underneath Baronian's ribcage. Baronian let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mackenzie tries to land knees in the clinch but Baronian avoids the damage to the body.
Mackenzie lands a left hand that snaps the head of Baronian backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mackenzie .
Mackenzie blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Mackenzie 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mackenzie throws a head kick that misses.
Mackenzie with a nice cross.

Mackenzie has managed to clinch.

Mackenzie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baronian misses with a straight right.
Mackenzie appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mackenzie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Baronian misses with a left hand
and Mackenzie counters with a one-two to the body.
Mackenzie looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mackenzie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baronian avoids a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Mackenzie .
Mackenzie misses with the combination.
Mackenzie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A little jabbing left from Baronian on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mackenzie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mackenzie throws a nice looking combination but Baronian bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Baronian throws a series of punches but Mackenzie avoids them all with ease.
Mackenzie is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Baronian.
Mackenzie throws a series of punches but Baronian moves out of range.
Mackenzie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baronian moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Mackenzie dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

An inside leg kick from Mackenzie misses.
Baronian lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Baronian fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Baronian moves into range and connects with a jab.
Baronian feints a jab promting Mackenzie to slip. Baronian then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mackenzie slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Baronian cracks Mackenzie with an open hand slap.
Baronian avoids the head kick by Mackenzie .
Baronian takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Baronian.
Mackenzie swinging wildly here.
Baronian appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baronian takes a swing at Mackenzie 's ribcage but misses.
Mackenzie throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Baronian there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Baronian takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice cross by Baronian.
Baronian connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mackenzie 's hands.
Baronian lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Baronian blocks a head kick by Mackenzie .
Baronian misses with a straight left.
Mackenzie is looking for a counter combo.
Mackenzie throws a head kick but Baronian moves out of range.
Baronian lands a leg kick that knocks Mackenzie off balance momentarily.
Baronian pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Mackenzie back to the ropes. Baronian follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Baronian missing with a left hand there. Mackenzie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mackenzie went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Mackenzie tries to land a leg kick but Baronian saw it coming and moves away.
Baronian throws a right hand that misses
and Mackenzie counters with a left and a right that stings Baronian.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mackenzie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baronian fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Baronian gets tackled into the ropes by Mackenzie . Mackenzie maintains the clinch.
Mackenzie displaying some good clinch control by pressing Baronian up against the ropes.
Mackenzie misses with a knee strike.
Baronian looking to slow down the pace here.
Mackenzie content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Mackenzie slows down the pace here.
Mackenzie tries to land knees in the clinch but Baronian avoids the damage to the body.
Mackenzie pressing his opponent against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baronian is trying to break free.
Mackenzie will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Baronian up against the ropes.
Mackenzie creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by John Mackenzie .
Baronian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mackenzie scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mackenzie tries to bum rush Baronian with a series of wild strikes but Baronian uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Despite the aggression on Baronian's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A thudding body kick lands there by Baronian!
Left hook, right uppercut from Baronian.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mackenzie tries a head kick but it misses.
Mackenzie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Mackenzie has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mackenzie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baronian is defending well for now.
John Mackenzie has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Mackenzie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mackenzie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some bone on bone action there as Baronian checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mackenzie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mackenzie looks to land a combination but Baronian avoids it well.
Mackenzie takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Baronian tries to keep at a distance but Mackenzie has taken the fight into the clinch.

Mackenzie 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tigran Baronian.
I think Baronian has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tigran Baronian!