PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phillip Baroni (ranked 3286 p4p, 81 weight class) and Chad Yonic (ranked 2678 p4p, 65 weight class). Chad Yonic acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Baroni
vs
Yonic

175 cm
23
199 lbs
6 - 7 - 2

168 cm
22
160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Freebok (85% Laundry)

Sportivité

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 6 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phillip Baroni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chad Yonic!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yonic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Baroni moves out of range as Yonic strikes.
Baroni lands with a nice body punch.
A big left from Yonic misses.
A little feinted left hand from Baroni on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Baroni misses with a double jab

so Yonic counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Baroni utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Yonic stopping the sweep attempt from Baroni.
Baroni knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yonic on the ground.
Yonic lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Baroni is looking to stand up but Yonic isn't so interested in that idea.
Yonic throws an elbow that misses. Baroni uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Yonic's guard. Nice move by Baroni!

Yonic lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Baroni on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Baroni tries to get out of the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Yonic accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yonic trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Yonic working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Baroni is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Yonic cracks Baroni with a solid left hand.
Yonic postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Baroni has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yonic postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Baroni keeping full guard, as Yonic tries to pass.
Yonic throwing strikes but missing.

Baroni pushes Yonic off and scrambles back to his feet.
Baroni stuffs the takedown attempt from Yonic. Yonic gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Yonic is defended easily by Baroni.
A telegraphed right hand from Yonic misses the target.
Baroni looks to land a left hand but Yonic moved out of range nicely.
Baroni shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Yonic eats them both and turns towards Baroni to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Yonic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Baroni.
Nice takedown defense from Baroni. No joy for Yonic on that attempt.
Phillip Baroni has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chad Yonic.
Baroni connects with a nice cross there... Yonic is looking wobbly and Baroni recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Yonic to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Baroni jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Phillip Baroni!
Phillip Baroni managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Freebok (85% Laundry), into his post fight interview.