PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Buddy Baroni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Stanley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Baroni might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Death Before Dishonor by Five Finger Death Punch. Stanley has chosen Tomorrow as his entrance music. Buddy Baroni could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Wayne Stanley's chin.

Baroni
vs
Stanley

180 cm
20
161 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
157 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Win Nutritional

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Buddy Baroni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wayne Stanley!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baroni misses with a straight right.

Stanley drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Baroni is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Baroni wants to get back to his feet but Stanley is dominant here and he's now got Baroni's back!
Stanley tries to get the hooks in deep but Baroni pushed the leg off.
Baroni has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Stanley.
Stanley keeps control of the position easily here as Baroni tries to buck him off.
I really don't envy Baroni right now.
Baroni is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Stanley punishes Baroni with strikes from the back mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanley scores with punches and elbows.
Stanley misses with punches from the back.
Stanley scores with punches to the body.
Baroni holding both Stanley 's hands and preventing any damage.
Baroni just trying to survive but Stanley is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Baroni is trying to stand back up.
Baroni trying to control the hands but Stanley won't let him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Baroni is covering up but some of the strikes from Stanley are getting through and doing damage.
Stanley looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Baroni controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Stanley struggling to land strikes to the head as Baroni covers up.
Baroni trying to control the hands but Stanley breaks the grip.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baroni has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Stanley.
Stanley struggling to keep hold of the position.
Stanley loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Baroni hold on?
Stanley has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baroni staying busy and making it hard for Stanley to control.
Baroni is trying to break free.
Baroni trying to get back to his feet but Stanley is in full control for now.
Baroni covering up well and avoiding damage.
Baroni looking very determined here, making life difficult for Stanley.
Even with his hooks in, Stanley manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Stanley is not going to allow Baroni to sit and survive in this position.
Baroni controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Baroni trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Baroni is breathing heavily.
Stanley scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Baroni is looking for a way out.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stanley missing with strikes.
Stanley connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Baroni to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayne Stanley dominated that round.
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.

Stanley lands a high kick!
Stanley fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Stanley.
Baroni is trying to get back to half guard.
Stanley misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stanley tries for a kimura but Baroni is defending well.
Baroni pushes Stanley away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Stanley gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Baroni takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stanley tries to move into full mount but can't pass Baroni's legs.
Stanley looking to control but instead Baroni has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Stanley prevents Baroni from standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Stanley tries to stand and escape but Baroni is controlling the position.
Baroni avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Stanley.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Baroni avoids the body shot from Stanley.
Stanley misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Baroni looks for the body kick but Stanley saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stanley scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Stanley is stalling here. Baroni is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Stanley seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Baroni has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Baroni controls the position.
Stanley tries to escape but Baroni is in control.
Stanley tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Baroni wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Stanley manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Baroni escapes and gets back to his feet.
Stanley misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stanley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baroni throws a left and a right that both miss
and Stanley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Baroni shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baroni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stanley was well out of range. Poor timing from Baroni.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stanley throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayne Stanley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Baroni circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stanley displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Baroni.
Stanley closes the distance and clinches up with Baroni, looking for a takedown. Stanley pushes Baroni against the cage but Baroni circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baroni avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stanley shoots for a double leg takedown but Baroni sprawls well. He's pushed Stanley's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baroni looks for a takedown but Stanley sprawls well.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Stanley.
Baroni is pushing Stanley's head away, looking to escape. Stanley manages to hold on to the position though.
Stanley working the ground and pound but Baroni is defending the strikes.
Stanley landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Stanley postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baroni is not content to let Stanley control the position.

Stanley stands up and beckons Baroni to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Baroni scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Baroni stands up and beckons Stanley to his feet.
Stanley fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Stanley.
Stanley shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Baroni connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Buddy Baroni has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wayne Stanley.
Stanley throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Stanley closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Baroni did well to prevent Stanley getting side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baroni wants to improve his position but Stanley is controlling well.
Baroni is trying to stand.
Stanley is just content to waste time from the top position. Baroni takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Baroni looking to control.

Stanley stands up and waves to Baroni to follow him.
Stanley with a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wayne Stanley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Stanley has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wayne Stanley!