PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joey Baroni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baroni comes to the cage accompanied by Da Best Song Eva. This should be fireworks!

Baroni
vs
Wallace

183 cm
22
195 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

182 cm
22
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Big heart

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Forbidden Apple
Berserker Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joey Baroni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Anthony Taglia and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baroni swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A combination from Baroni does no damage.
Baroni looks to land a combination but Wallace avoids it well.
Wallace shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Baroni pinned against the cage. Baroni gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Wallace shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Baroni's guard.
Baroni knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wallace on the ground.
Baroni keeping full guard, as Wallace tries to pass.
Baroni looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Baroni trying to keep a closed guard but Wallace is proving a slippery customer.
Baroni keeping full guard, as Wallace tries to pass.
Wallace passes Baroni's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Wallace trying to mount his opponent but Baroni defends it.
Wallace wants to take a breather but Baroni is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wallace is looking for a kimura but Baroni is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Wallace to get the leverage.

Baroni pushes Wallace off and gets back to his feet.
A combination from Baroni does no damage.
Baroni connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Baroni fails to land with a series of punches.
A shot to de liver by Baroni. Beautiful body shot.
A punch combination from Baroni misses.

Wallace drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wallace wants to pass the guard but Baroni is keeping the position.
Wallace trying to control but Baroni is working from the bottom.
Wallace forces his way into half guard.
Wallace looks gassed!
Baroni is in trouble now - Wallace has advanced to mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baroni is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

Wallace swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Baroni is now in Wallace's guard. A big mistake from Wallace there, giving up the dominant position!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baroni controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Wallace trying to keep a closed guard but Baroni is proving a slippery customer.
Baroni showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Baroni throwing strikes but missing.
Wallace looking for a sweep. Not yet Wallace, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baroni controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Baroni has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Baroni forces his way into half guard.
Baroni trying to control the action but Wallace is working from the bottom.
Wallace trying to control but Baroni postures up.
Baroni not doing much here.
Wallace trying to control from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wallace moves into full guard.
Wallace keeping moving, preventing Baroni from controlling successfully.

Wallace looking for a guillotine here but Baroni defends easily.
Baroni is looking to stand up but Wallace won't let him.
Wallace looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Baroni puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Wallace is not content to let Baroni control the position.
Wallace trying to control from the bottom.
Wallace is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Baroni is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Wallace!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Joey Baroni will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Baroni misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wallace.

Wallace shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Wallace tries to pass to full mount but Baroni defends it.
Wallace controlling the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Wallace is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Baroni won't allow Wallace to pass to mount.
Wallace sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Baroni defending well though.
Wallace is breathing heavily.
Baroni trying to control here.
Baroni is trying is best to control the position here.
Baroni is trying to maintain the position but Wallace is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Baroni throws a nice looking combination but Wallace bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wallace walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wallace shoots in for a double leg but Baroni sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Baroni lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A combination from Baroni does no damage.
Baroni misses with a looping right.
Baroni just misses with a punch to the body.
Baroni swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wallace uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baroni.
No luck for Wallace with that takedown attempt.
Wallace closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

It looks like William Wallace has been cut.
Baroni throws a nice looking combination but Wallace bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice cross by Baroni.

Wallace is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baroni lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Wallace falls backwards - clearly groggy! Baroni dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joey Baroni!