PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Tigran Baronian (ranked 23654 p4p, 548 weight class) and Tom Baker (ranked 3729 p4p, 389 weight class). Baker is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Steve Blackman WWE theme. This should be a great matchup!

Baronian
vs
Baker

175 cm
20
160 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

150 cm
23
138 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Excellent MT
Very quick

Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tigran Baronian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Baker!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Baronian.
Baronian goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Baker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baronian moves away.

Baker has Baronian up against the ropes in a clinch.
Baker blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baronian.
Still in the clinch, Baker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Baronian stalling in the clinch but Baker improves position.

Baker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baronian throws a hook but Baker avoids it easily.
Baronian lands a jab to the nose.
Baronian lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baronian drops his hands momentarily and Baker takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Baker gets a clinch.

Baker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Baronian tries to keep at a distance but Baker has taken the fight into the clinch.
Baronian letting Baker take a breather here.
Baker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Baronian or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Baker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baronian scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Baker clobbers Baronian with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Baronian scores with a kick to the midsection.
Baker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Baker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Baker. Those never looked like landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Baronian misses the target.

Baker clips Baronian with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Baronian a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.

Baronian is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baronian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Baker.
Oh Baronian is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Baker connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Baronian out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tom Baker!
During a confident post fight interview, Tom Baker thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.