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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darren Lockyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommaso Baroni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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208 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Darren Lockyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommaso Baroni!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lockyer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lockyer is looking to chop away at Baroni's legs.
Lockyer throws a lazy right hand but Baroni sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Decent striking displayed by Baroni there.
Lockyer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Baroni.
Lockyer throws out a loose jab but Baroni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baroni takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lockyer. Baroni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lockyer misses with a jab to the body
and Baroni counters with a nice low kick that buckles Lockyer's knee momentarily.
Lockyer misses with a hook. Baroni ducked under it nicely.
Lockyer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lockyer tries to work over Baroni's front leg with a kick but Baroni checks it.
Lockyer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Baroni throws a push kick but Lockyer slaps the foot to one side.
Some bone on bone action there as Baroni checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Baroni is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lockyer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lockyer takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lockyer. Baroni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baroni has managed to clinch.
Lockyer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Baroni has him pressed against the cage.
Lockyer prevents a body shot from Baroni.
Baroni stalling the fight.
Baroni misses with a hook to the ribs.
I was talking to Lockyer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lockyer avoids the elbow strike from Baroni, against the cage.
Baroni misses with a hook to the ribs.
Baroni misses with a punch to the body.
Baroni cracks Lockyer with a nice body shot.
Baroni lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lockyer backwards.
Lockyer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Baronis head.
Lockyer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Darren Lockyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lockyer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Baroni throws a looping overhand right but Lockyer ducks down to avoid it.
Lockyer throws a body shot but no joy.
Baroni looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baroni moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
It looks like Tommaso Baroni has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baroni walks into a stiff left hand from Lockyer.
Lockyer throws out a leg kick but Baroni moves out of range and Lockyer only half commits.
A low kick from Baroni is predictable there
and Lockyer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lockyer throws a leg kick that is checked
and Baroni counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Baroni lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lockyer looking to throw knees to the head but Baroni is blocking nicely.
Lockyer effectively controlling the action here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Baroni as Lockyer tries to tie him up.
Baroni will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lockyer up against the cage.
Baroni lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lockyer breaks from the clinch.
Lockyer throws a low kick but it's checked well by Baroni.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baroni lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lockyer misses with a leg kick
enabling Baroni to counter with a crisp jab.
Baroni has Lockyer up against the cage in a clinch.
Lockyer throws a punch but it's blocked by Baroni.
Lockyer can't find room to land a body shot as Baroni controls the action.
Lockyer tries a knee to the head but Baroni blocks it.
Baroni lands an uppercut.
Lockyer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baroni tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lockyer's elbow.
Lockyer is trying to maintain a safe position but Baroni gets an underhook and turns Lockyer into the cage.
Lockyer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lockyer tries to keep at a distance but Baroni has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lockyer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Baroni creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Baroni lands with a left to the head.
Baroni tries a body shot but Lockyer blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baroni escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baroni buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lockyer throws a chopping leg kick but Baroni manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lockyer clobbers Baroni with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Baroni throws a leg kick that misses.
Baroni throws a body shot but no joy.
Lockyer throws a lazy body kick
and Baroni connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baroni takes one on the button.
Lockyer throws an overhand right that lands on Baroni's shoulder, as Baroni tries to avoid the shot.
Lockyer tries a low kick but Baroni avoids it.
Lockyer moves out of range of the body kick from Baroni.
A punch lands to the side of Baroni 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That has opened up Tommaso Baroni's cut even more.
Lockyer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lockyer lands a jab to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tommaso Baroni will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tommaso Baroni's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Lockyer checks a leg kick.
Baroni throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lockyer's head.
Lockyer throws a head kick but Baroni moves out of range.
Baroni connects with a leg kick. Lockyer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lockyer feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Baronis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lockyer throws a hook but Baroni avoids it easily.
A leg kick checked by Baroni.
Baroni looks to land a left hand but Lockyer moved out of range nicely.
Lockyer misses with a wild body shot.
Lockyer throws a body punch but Baroni moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Lockyer misses the target.
Baroni lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Baroni looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Baroni slips under a jab from Lockyer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lockyer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baroni was well out of range. Poor timing from Lockyer.
Lockyer connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Baroni momentarily.
Lockyer throws a body punch but Baroni moves out of range.
Lockyer swats away the attempt to clinch by Baroni.
A right-left combo lands from Lockyer.
Lockyer throws a predictable looking body shot
and Baroni counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Baroni is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Baroni lands an uppercut.
Lockyer stalls.
Lockyer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Baroni gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lockyer breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lockyer jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lockyer on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lockyer looks to land a right hand but Baroni moved out of range.
Baroni doesn't manage to clinch there - Lockyer circles away.
Lockyer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lockyer takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Baroni stuns Lockyer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lockyer takes a swing at Baroni's ribcage but misses.
Baroni takes one on the button.
Baroni turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Baroni tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Lockyer counter with a right hand.
The cut above Tommaso Baroni's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Lockyer throws a body punch but Baroni moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Baroni on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Baroni avoids the body shot from Lockyer.
A combination from Baroni does no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baroni throws a right hand that Lockyer ducks under and follows up with a left that Lockyer also avoids with ease.
Lockyer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baroni tries a quick counter leg kick but Lockyer is wise to it.
Baroni finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lockyer just misses with a punch to the body.
Baroni only half commits to the counter leg kick.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A decent looking cross lands there for Baroni.
Baroni misses with a body shot.
Lockyer connects with a solid leg kick.
Darren Lockyer is winning the standup battle so far.
Lockyer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Baroni doesn't seem bothered though.
Lockyer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Baroni stuns Lockyer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lockyer has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lockyer there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lockyer misses with a hook to the body
letting Baroni counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lockyer takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lockyer's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lockyer duly obliges.
Lockyer throws a nice outside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lockyer. Baroni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lockyer looks to throw the jab but Baroni is out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Baroni crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lockyer - the referee stops the clock and Baroni gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lockyer. Baroni manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Lockyer swings widly with a right hand
and Baroni makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lockyer bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Baroni's head.
Baroni swings widly with a right hand
and Lockyer counters with a right hand to the body.
Baroni sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A nice combination there by Lockyer.
Tommaso Baroni's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baroni lands a slapping body shot.
Baroni moves out of range as Lockyer strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darren Lockyer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tommaso Baroni's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Good work by Baroni as he checks the leg kick.
Baroni ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Baroni uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lockyer.
Lockyer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baroni moves away.
Baroni was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Baroni blocks the body kick.
Lockyer takes a swing at Baroni's ribcage but misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lockyer checks a leg kick.
Baroni misses with a wild body shot.
Baroni wants to clinch
and Lockyer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good standup being displayed there by Lockyer as he connects with a hook.
Baroni just misses with a punch to the body.
Baroni misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lockyer misses with a body shot.
Baroni throws an overhand right that lands on Lockyer's shoulder, as Lockyer tries to avoid the shot.
Lockyer looks to score with a jab to the body but Baroni is just out of range.
Baroni shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Baroni tries to clinch but Lockyer is having none of it.
Baroni avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Baroni looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lockyer misses the shot to the body.
Baroni tries to counter with a clinch but Lockyer shakes him off and moves away.
Lockyer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lockyer lands an overhand right.
Lockyer walks into a stiff left hand from Baroni.
Baroni misses with a body kick.
Lockyer looks to throw the jab but Baroni is out of range.
A slow jab from Baroni misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baroni throws a leg kick but Lockyer sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Baroni throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lockyer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Baroni tries to clinch but Lockyer is having none of it.
Baroni lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lockyer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lockyer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Good work by Lockyer as he checks the leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baroni ducks under a wild hook from Lockyer.
Good leg kick by Lockyer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Baroni throws a chopping leg kick but Lockyer manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lockyer misses with a wild body shot.
Baroni displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lockyer throws out the jab.
Lockyer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lockyer throws a jab but it's blocked by Baroni.
Baroni tries to counter by closing the distance.
Lockyer tries to land a front kick but Baroni steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A low kick from Lockyer misses
and Baroni counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lockyer swings for the body but Baroni moves out of range.
Lockyer looks to land a body kick but Baroni moved away.
Lockyer misses with a leg kick
and Baroni counters with a nice leg kick.
A slow jab from Lockyer misses its intended target.
Baroni unleashes a big counter combination but Lockyer bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Lockyer tries to move into range but Baroni moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lockyer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baroni was well out of range. Poor timing from Lockyer.
A thudding body kick lands there by Lockyer!
Lockyer throws out a powerful jab.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tommaso Baroni's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Darren Lockyer!
After the big win, Darren Lockyer made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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