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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phillip Baroni (ranked 3224 p4p, 348 weight class) and DeMar DeRozan (ranked 2438 p4p, 285 weight class). DeMar DeRozan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Excellent boxer
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phillip Baroni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, DeMar DeRozan!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Ron Honeybunn and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DeRozan moves out of range as Baroni strikes.
Baroni looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The fighters circling - Baroni throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
DeRozan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Baroni throws a jab but it's blocked by DeRozan.
DeRozan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Baroni takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
DeRozan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Baroni misses with a hook to the body
and DeRozan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
DeRozan lands a big head kick that sends Baroni tumbling to the mat! DeRozan takes a step backwards and waves Baroni back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Phillip Baroni has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
DeRozan thows a body kick. Baroni tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Baroni misses with an uppercut. DeRozan saw that one coming.
DeRozan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baroni.
DeRozan connects with a solid leg kick.
DeRozan is looking to slow Baroni down with leg kicks.
Baroni thuds a left hand into DeRozan's body.
Baroni swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling DeRozan to counter with a crisp jab.
DeRozan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Baroni.
DeRozan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Baroni lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Baroni misses with a hook
and DeRozan counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baroni fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
DeRozan walks into a straight right hand from Baroni.
DeRozan throws a big shot that misses.
Baroni throws a shot from downtown. DeRozan moves away and avoids it.
Baroni avoids a kick to the body.
DeMar DeRozan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
DeRozan bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
DeRozan lands a jab to Baroni's midsection.
DeRozan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
DeRozan walks into a left hand.
Baroni throws a lazy right hand but DeRozan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
DeRozan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
DeRozan scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Baroni misses.
DeRozan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
DeRozan scores with a punch to the head.
DeRozan is looking to slow Baroni down with leg kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeRozan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Baroni throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
DeRozan throws out a counter right but Baroni avoids it with no problem.
DeRozan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Baroni throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
DeRozan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from DeRozan misses the target.
Baroni was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
DeRozan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
DeRozan moves out of range as Baroni strikes.
Baroni takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
DeRozan scores with a kick to the midsection.
DeRozan throws a nice inside leg kick.
DeRozan looks to throw the jab but Baroni is out of range.
DeRozan throws a body punch but Baroni moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for DeRozan.
DeRozan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from DeRozan.
Baroni takes a swing at DeRozan's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeRozan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baroni is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Baroni throws a body shot but no joy.
DeRozan throws a right hand that misses
and Baroni counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
DeRozan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Baroni with a body punch. A glancing blow.
DeRozan throws a poor cross that misses
and Baroni counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice defenses there by DeRozan.
Baroni is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
DeRozan misses with a head kick.
Baroni scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Baroni throws out a loose jab but DeRozan uses good head movement to avoid it.
DeRozan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Baroni throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Baroni throws a hook but DeRozan avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Baroni.
DeRozan cracks Baroni with a right hand to the side of the head.
DeRozan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Baroni sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeRozan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A solid body kick from DeRozan.
Baroni will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
DeRozan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Baroni's sensitive parts.
Baroni cracks DeRozan with a good jab.
DeRozan misses with a hook.
DeRozan scores with a jab to the body.
A good leg kick by DeRozan.
DeRozan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baroni manages to avoid it.
Baroni connects with a good right hand that stumbles DeRozan. DeRozan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Baroni swings for the body but DeRozan moves out of range.
DeRozan thinks about the counter body kick.
Baroni blocks a jab.
Baroni looks to score with a jab to the body but DeRozan is just out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
DeRozan moves out of range as Baroni strikes.
DeRozan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
DeRozan misses with an attempted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DeMar DeRozan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Phillip 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.
Baroni moves out of range of the strikes.
DeRozan misses with an uppercut
and Baroni counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
DeRozan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Baroni takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from DeRozan, right into the meat.
Baroni jabs at DeRozan's body.
Baroni's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
DeRozan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Baroni. Baroni circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
DeRozan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
DeRozan scores with a jab to the jaw.
DeRozan misses with a kick to the body.
Baroni throws a jab but it's blocked by DeRozan.
DeRozan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
DeRozan lands with a nice body kick.
Baroni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick from DeRozan lands but Baroni takes it in his stride.
DeRozan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
DeRozan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A jab from Baroni does it's job there.
DeRozan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Baroni under the eye.
Baroni throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
DeRozan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
DeRozan looks to land a left hand but Baroni moved out of range nicely.
Baroni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but DeRozan was well out of range. Poor timing from Baroni.
Baroni scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Baroni rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and DeRozan counters with a body kick that stops Baroni in his tracks momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
DeRozan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Baroni stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
DeMar DeRozan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
DeRozan scores with a push kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Baroni might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from DeRozan - that will leave a mark!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A solid leg kick lands there for DeRozan.
DeRozan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
DeRozan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeRozan scores with a jab.
DeRozan connects with a high kick.
Baroni takes one to the chin there.
Baroni is rocked!
Baroni drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Oh Baroni is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
DeRozan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baroni seems to have got his legs back now.
Baroni misses with a straight left.
Baroni looks to land a left hand but DeRozan moved out of range nicely.
DeRozan throws a big shot that misses.
Baroni throws a lazy uppercut
and DeRozan counters with a nice body shot.
Baroni takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Baroni throws a hook but DeRozan blocks it.
DeRozan lands a nice looking body kick.
Baroni ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
DeRozan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
DeRozan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baroni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but DeRozan was well out of range. Poor timing from Baroni.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeRozan misses with a hook.
DeRozan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baroni.
Nice defenses there by Baroni.
DeRozan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A solid body kick from DeRozan.
Baroni on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
DeRozan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Baroni sees it coming and avoids it easily.
DeRozan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
DeRozan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
DeRozan connects with a leg kick. Baroni looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
DeRozan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Baroni throws out the jab.
Baroni walks forward, straight into a front kick from DeRozan.
A swing and a miss from Baroni.
Baroni slips a jab from DeRozan.
DeRozan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
DeRozan throws a head kick that half lands.
Baroni slips under a jab from DeRozan.
Baroni takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Baroni misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from DeRozan.
Baroni misses with a wild body shot.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from DeRozan. Baroni shrugs it off though.
DeRozan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
DeRozan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
DeRozan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Baroni on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by DeRozan. DeRozan obviously looking to wear him down.
DeRozan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
DeRozan throws a front kick that sends Baroni stumbling back into the cage.
DeRozan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
DeRozan is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Baroni takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
DeMar DeRozan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Phillip Baroni's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
DeRozan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Baroni. Baroni circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
DeRozan throws a sloppy head kick and Baroni moves out of range easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Baroni misses the target.
DeRozan thuds his shin into the meat of Baroni's side.
DeRozan misses with an uppercut
and Baroni makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
DeRozan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Baroni misses with a body shot.
DeRozan lands with a kick to the temple. Baroni shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A kick lands to the mid section there for DeRozan.
Baroni loads up on a big right hand but DeRozan slips the punch.
Baroni on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by DeRozan. DeRozan obviously looking to wear him down.
DeRozan throws a quick inside leg kick.
DeRozan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Baroni's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
DeRozan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baroni.
DeRozan throws the left hand but Baroni avoids the punch easily.
A little feinted left hand from Baroni on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A jab from DeRozan finds it's way through Baroni's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
DeRozan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
DeRozan scores with a nice right hand.
Baroni takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
DeRozan cracks Baroni with an open hand slap.
DeRozan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Baroni has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
DeRozan thuds his shin into the meat of Baroni's side.
Baroni takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A solid leg kick lands there for DeRozan.
Baroni misses with an uppercut. DeRozan saw that one coming.
DeRozan lands with a kick to the ribs.
Baroni throws a body punch but DeRozan moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by DeRozan.
DeRozan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
DeRozan misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
DeRozan looks to land a combination but Baroni avoids it well.
Baroni misses with a hook
and DeRozan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baroni looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
DeRozan lands a front kick.
Baroni chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before DeRozan can pounce on him.
DeRozan feints and then cracks Baroni's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Baroni down.
DeRozan is looking to slow Baroni down with leg kicks.
A big left from Baroni misses.
DeRozan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Baroni's sensitive parts.
DeRozan throws a leg kick which misses Baroni's front leg but catches the back leg as Baroni tries to avoid it.
DeRozan scores with a kick to the midsection.
A left lands for DeRozan.
DeRozan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
DeRozan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
DeRozan throws a nice inside leg kick.
DeRozan scores with a head kick. Baroni tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeRozan misses with an uppercut
and Baroni counters with a nice uppercut.
Baroni takes one to the side of the head.
Baroni throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and DeRozan counters with a body kick that stops Baroni in his tracks momentarily.
Baroni looks up at the clock. Bad move! DeRozan lands a right hand from hell, dropping Baroni. DeRozan pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). DeMar DeRozan!
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