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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steven Cold (ranked 7740 p4p, 554 weight class) and Phillip Baroni (ranked 3801 p4p, 408 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Steven Cold has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Steven Cold seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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199 lbs
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199 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Steven Cold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phillip Baroni!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Darius Henderson and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice combination there by Cold.
Cold lands a high kick!
Nice uppercut lands for Baroni. That snapped Cold's head back.
It looks like Steven Cold has been cut.
Baroni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cold takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Baroni scores with a hook to the body. Cold takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cold moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Baroni looks to land a combination but Cold avoids it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some wild striking there from Cold.
Baroni lands with a right hand.
Cold lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cold throws a sloppy head kick
and Cold takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cold showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Baroni.
And Cold counters with a quick kick to the body but Baroni blocks it.
Cold tries to clinch but Baroni is having none of it.
Baroni avoids the head kick by Cold.
Baroni throws a right hand that misses
and Cold counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice shot by Baroni.
Steven Cold's cut is getting worse.
Baroni uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cold.
Baroni throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Baroni throws a sloppy head kick and Cold moves out of range easily.
Baroni tries to keep at a distance but Cold has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Cold.
Baroni pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've been informed that Baroni has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Baroni swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cold.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baroni connects with a nice looking jab.
Baroni fails to land with a series of punches.
Cold scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Baroni is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Cold had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Cold throws a nice looking combination but Baroni bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Phillip Baroni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cold thumps Baroni with a low kick.
Cold misses the shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cold looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cold tries to close the distance and clinch but Baroni swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baroni misses with a wild combination.
Baroni throws a body punch but Cold moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Cold tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baroni loads up on a big right hand but Cold slips the punch.
Baroni tries to keep at a distance but Cold has taken the fight into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Cold.
Cold breaks from the clinch.
Baroni misses with a head kick.
Cold closes the distance and pushes Baroni back into the cage.
I was talking to Cold's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cold breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baroni throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baroni misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baroni takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Baroni misses with a looping right.
Baroni connects with a crisp jab.
Baroni throws a head kick but Cold moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cold moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Baroni misses with a two punch combination.
Cold avoids a punch combination nicely.
Baroni throws a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Phillip Baroni will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Steven Cold'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 throws a shot from downtown. Cold moves away and avoids it.
Baroni throws out a powerful jab.
Baroni tests Cold's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cold clinches with his opponent.
Baroni misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cold tries a body shot but Baroni blocks it.
Baroni wants a takedown.
Baroni is trying to break free.
Cold misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cold swings wildly with an uppercut but Baroni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cold blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cold breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cold has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Nice defenses there by Cold.
No joy there for Baroni, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cold seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baroni throws a sloppy head kick and Cold moves out of range easily.
Cold seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Baroni scores with a sloppy right hand. Cold should have avoided that one.
Cold defending well as Baroni loads up on a big left hand.
Cold throws a big counter combination but Baroni scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Steven Cold is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Baroni looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cold tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Baroni manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Baroni lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cold at a distance.
Cold throws a series of punches but Baroni avoids them all with ease.
Baroni is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cold slips a jab from Baroni.
Cold wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cold clinches up with Baroni and pushes him back against the cage.
Baroni takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baroni.
Baroni has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cold avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Baroni is looking to break free of the clinch but Cold has double underhooks.
Baroni swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cold breaks from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cold moves in looking to clinch but Baroni pushes him off.
Baroni cracks Cold with a good jab.
Baroni scores with the left hand. Cold knows he should have avoided that one.
Steven Cold's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baroni punishes Cold's body with a nice straight punch.
A left lands for Baroni.
Baroni thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cold is looking to counter punch.
Baroni connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cold on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Baroni has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cold uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baroni.
Cold lands a really nice looking cross but Baroni seems unphased.
Cold showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Baroni.
Baroni lands a nice looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baroni throws a sloppy body shot
and Cold counters with a straight right hand.
Baroni fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Decent striking displayed by Baroni there.
Baroni tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baroni thuds a left hand into Cold's body.
Cold takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cold uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Baroni.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right from Cold.
Cold working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phillip Baroni showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Steven Cold's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Cold clinches up against the cage.
Baroni swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Baroni lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Baroni working aggressively here.
Cold throws a head punch that misses.
Baroni working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Baroni swings wildly with an uppercut but Cold uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baroni.
Cold lands a hook that snaps the head of Baroni backwards.
Baroni breaks from the clinch.
Cold throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baroni ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cold avoids the head kick by Baroni.
Cold moves out of range as Baroni strikes.
Cold wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Cold throws a chopping leg kick but Baroni manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cold moves into range and connects with a jab.
Baroni blocks a head kick by Cold.
Baroni throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cold makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Baroni throws a right hand that Cold ducks under and follows up with a left that Cold also avoids with ease.
Baroni misses the shot to the body.
Cold fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baroni swinging wildly here.
Baroni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baroni blocks a head kick by Cold.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cold bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Baroni takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cold doesn't manage to clinch there - Baroni circles away.
Baroni tries a head kick but it misses.
Baroni looks to throw the jab but Cold is out of range.
Baroni looks to land a left hand but Cold moved out of range nicely.
Cold misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cold moves in looking to clinch but Baroni pushes him off.
Baroni misses with a wild combination.
Cold throwing a counter right hand but Baroni manages to avoid it.
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!
Baroni throws a sloppy head kick
and Cold counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baroni takes a kick to the side of the head.
Baroni checks a leg kick.
Baroni misses with a body shot
and Baroni takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baroni misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cold swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Steven Cold has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baroni tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cold slips under a jab from Baroni.
Baroni swings for the body but Cold moves out of range.
Phillip Baroni seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice body kick from Cold.
Cold rushes Baroni and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cold makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cold lands a hook that snaps the head of Baroni backwards.
Phillip Baroni is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cold manages to break the clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cold.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baroni shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cold eats them both and turns towards Baroni to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A punch lands to the side of Cold 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cold tries to close the distance and clinch but Baroni swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baroni. Cold does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cold went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Baroni on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Baroni walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cold.
Baroni throws a series of punches but Cold moves out of range.
Baroni swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cold.
Baroni connects with a single shot there.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Steven Cold.
I think Baroni 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 John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 29:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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