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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phillip Baroni (ranked 4114 p4p, 102 weight class) and Papa John (ranked 4310 p4p, 106 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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199 lbs
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140 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phillip Baroni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Papa John!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baroni throws a left and a right that both miss
and John connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A low kick from John misses
and Baroni connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baroni slips a jab and a cross from John.
Baroni fires out a quick counter leg kick but John just manages to avoid it.
John's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Baroni connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! John scrambles back to his feet.
It looks like Papa John has been cut.
Baroni jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from John. Baroni does a little dance to reset his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Baroni misses the target.
John tries to clinch but Baroni moves out of range.
Baroni throws a combination that misses
and John counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
John lands a nice hook to Baroni's body. Baroni takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
John takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
John is rocked!
The fight stays on the outside here - John looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
John is still on wobbly legs! Can Baroni finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baroni throws a combination that misses
and John counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
John seems to have recovered his senses.
John punishes Baroni's body with a nice straight punch.
Baroni throws a body punch but John moves out of range.
John appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Baroni rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but John moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Baroni misses its intended target.
John scores with a crisp jab that stopped Baroni in his tracks.
Baroni throws the left hand but John avoids the punch easily.
John clinches up with Baroni and pushes him back against the cage.
Baroni fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by John.
John throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Baroni misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baroni blocks an elbow strike.
John blocks a punch to the side of the head.
John told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
John misses with a knee to the head.
Baroni manages to break the clinch.
Baroni takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Baroni misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Baroni uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from John.
Phillip Baroni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
John gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
John clinches up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
John keeps control of Baroni as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Baroni makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Baroni escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baroni looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Baroni ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Baroni swinging wildly here.
John tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baroni swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baroni connects with a single shot there.
Baroni misses with a body shot
enabling John to counter with a crisp jab.
A big left from John misses.
John is looking to clinch but Baroni is avoiding it.
Baroni keeps the fight on the outside.
John doesn't manage to clinch there - Baroni circles away.
John feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Baroni's calf.
Baroni fails to land with a series of punches.
John turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baroni scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Baroni misses with a body shot.
John tries to counter with a clinch but Baroni shakes him off and moves away.
John connects with an inside leg kick.
Baroni misses with a double jab
and John counters with a nice body shot.
John moves into range and clinches up with Baroni.
John tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Baroni lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
I was talking to Baroni's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
John throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Baroni fails to land.
Baroni breaks the clinch.
Baroni throws a right and a left that both miss.
A swing and a miss from Baroni.
Baroni connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A big right from Baroni misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baroni throws a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
John tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baroni swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baroni attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Baroni misses with a shot to the body
and John cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
John tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baroni misses with a low kick.
John is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Baroni scores with a jab to the body.
John thumps Baroni with a low kick.
Nice shot by John.
John ducks under a wild hook from Baroni.
Baroni throws a lazy right hand but John sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
John now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
John connects with a high kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baroni ducks down and throws a hook to the body but John moves away.
Baroni scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Baroni throws a hook to the side of John's head but John sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Baroni takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
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 Phillip Baroni will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Papa John's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
John works Baroni's body with a nice hook.
Baroni with a jab.
Baroni throws the left hand but John avoids the punch easily.
Baroni misses with a straight right.
Baroni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but John was well out of range. Poor timing from Baroni.
Baroni swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sloppy strikes from Baroni. Those never looked like landing.
John throws a series of punches but Baroni avoids them all with ease.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts John, as that shot connected.
John gets cracked there but stands up to it.
John fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baroni manages to avoid it.
John fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Baroni looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Baroni throws a combination that misses
and John counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baroni misses with a hook.
John tries to close the distance and clinch but Baroni swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baroni went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
John lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Baroni at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baroni misses with a combination
enabling John to counter with a crisp jab.
Baroni scores with a sloppy right hand. John should have avoided that one.
John has closed the distance and engaged Baroni in a clinch.
Baroni looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Baroni's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baroni misses with a straight right.
John lands with a nice body punch.
Baroni lands with a hook. John tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
John tries to clinch up.
John showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Baroni.
Phillip Baroni is winning the standup battle so far.
John lands a nice looking body kick.
John tries to close the distance and clinch but Baroni swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
John dodges the punch combination from Baroni.
John throws a body shot but no joy.
Phillip Baroni is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Baroni just misses with a punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baroni takes one on the button.
John uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Baroni.
Baroni throws a combination but it was largely blocked by John.
John is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Baroni rather than just go for the knockout.
Baroni walks into a straight right hand from John.
John goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
John needs to keep his hands up - Baroni had a free shot at his head there.
Baroni moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Baroni misses with a double jab.
Baroni throws a right hand that misses
and Baroni takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A nice leg kick lands there from John.
John tries to clinch but Baroni is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baroni missing with a left hand there. John was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
John stalks Baroni and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Baroni's face. Baroni staggers backwards, shaken.
John ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baroni moves away.
Baroni misses with a wild combination.
John blocks a jab.
Baroni buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Baroni avoids the body shot from John.
John falls off balance throwing a combination
and Baroni counters with a three punch combo that has John backing up. John nods at Baroni to acknowledge the strikes.
John is looking to clinch but Baroni is avoiding it.
Baroni fails to land with a series of punches.
Baroni staying out of range there.
Baroni paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd cheers as Baroni lands an impressive looking overhand right. John doesn't seem phased though.
Baroni throws a leg kick
and John cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice defenses there by Baroni.
John is looking to clinch.
Baroni throws a series of punches but John avoids them all with ease.
Nice shot by John.
John tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baroni swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baroni throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
John moves to clinch but Baroni breaks away
and Baroni counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
John connects with a body shot that sends Baroni's belly button to the back.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
John throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Baroni throws a series of punches but John avoids them all with ease.
Baroni takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Baroni misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Papa John will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Papa John's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
John misses with an attempted mid kick.
Baroni scores with a punch to the head.
A big right from John misses.
Baroni lands with an uppercut that bounces John off the cage and back into range.
Baroni scores with a jab to the jaw.
Baroni throws a combination that misses
and John counters with a nice uppercut.
John slips a jab and a cross from Baroni.
Baroni digs a good hook to John's body.
Baroni throws a series of punches but John avoids them all with ease.
Baroni throws a left and a right that both miss
and John counters with a straight right hand.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Baroni.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
John lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
John 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.
John lands a jab.
Baroni misses with a double jab
and John counters with a solid body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baroni misses with the combination.
John has taken the fight to the clinch.
Baroni throws a punch but it's blocked by John.
John blocks an uppercut.
John blocks an uppercut.
John doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
John blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
John trying to land knees to the body.
John looking to slow down the pace here.
Baroni lands a body punch.
Baroni dodges an elbow strike from John.
A quick uppercut on the inside from John.
Baroni blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
John throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Baroni blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baroni looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
John blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baroni tries to circle away but John has him pinned against the cage.
John putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Baroni in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
John is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Baroni is keeping busy.
Baroni manages to break the clinch.
John throws a quick inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - John looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baroni cracks John with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
John scoring well with a low kick there.
Baroni swings for the body but John moves out of range.
Baroni connects with a crisp jab.
John avoids a punch combination nicely.
John tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baroni rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling John to counter with a crisp jab.
John tries to clinch up but Baroni circles away and keeps his distance.
John darts in and clinches Baroni up against the cage.
John works on Baroni's body with a couple of short punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Baroni as John tries to tie him up.
John is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baroni is defending well for now.
Baroni working aggressively here.
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.
Baroni misses with a shot to the kidneys.
John lands a nice knee to the body.
John unloads a knee to the mid-section.
With the fighters up against the cage, John throws an elbow but misses.
John digs a right hand into Baroni's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Baroni's gas tank.
John tries a knee to the head but Baroni blocks it.
Baroni wants to get back to striking at distance but John won't allow it.
Baroni tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
John lands a good knee to the midsection. Baroni won't want to take too many of those.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Baroni as John tries to tie him up.
John is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Baroni is keeping busy.
Baroni looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Baroni lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Baroni breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as John checks a 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 wants to slow John down by chopping away at his legs.
John doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
John scores with a nice strike.
Baroni takes a swing at John's ribcage but misses.
Baroni misses with a wild combination.
John moves in looking to clinch but Baroni pushes him off.
Baroni misses with a combination
and John counters with a nice leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Papa John.
I think John 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac 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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RATING
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