PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommaso Baroni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arzlan Bathory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bathory has chosen Brain Scan as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Tommaso Baroni has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Tommaso Baroni seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Baroni
vs
Bathory

191 cm
34
208 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

186 cm
30
203 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

On Tap (160Q & Laundry)

Urban Fighter
Spartan Nutrition 160Q with Proof

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommaso Baroni!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arzlan Bathory!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baroni pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bathory throws a counter combo.
Baroni swings for the body but Bathory moves out of range.

Baroni closes the distance and clinches.
Baroni misses with a punch to the body.
Baroni tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baroni misses with an elbow strike.
Baroni is trying to break the clinch but Bathory has him pressed against the cage.
Bathory struggles to land a body shot inside as Baroni controls his hands.
Baroni tries to throw a body punch but Bathory avoids it by throwing Baroni back against the cage.

Bathory escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baroni thuds a left hand into Bathory's body.
Bathory slips a jab from Baroni.
Bathory looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Some bone on bone action there as Bathory checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baroni misses with an uppercut
and Bathory counters with a left to the body.
Baroni defending well as Bathory loads up on a big left hand.
Baroni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Baroni throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bathory on the side of the head.
Bathory throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bathory throws a jab but it's blocked by Baroni.
A combination from Bathory does no damage.
Bathory tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baroni tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bathory manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little jabbing left from Bathory on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Baroni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bathory! But no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baroni misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bathory keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baroni.

Baroni closes the distance and clinches.
Bathory wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Baroni stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Baroni misses with an elbow over the top.
Baroni stalling the fight.
Bathory avoids the elbow strike from Baroni, against the cage.
Baroni misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bathory.
A nice left hand lands by Bathory.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baroni tries to throw a body punch but Bathory avoids it by throwing Baroni back against the cage.
Bathory misses with an elbow strike.
Baroni misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baroni throws a punch but it's blocked by Bathory.
Bathory blocking some punches.
Baroni throws a head punch that misses.
Baroni has Bathory pushed against the cage.
Baroni tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baroni throws a punch but it's blocked by Bathory.
Baroni missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Baroni.
Baroni misses with some punches.
Baroni lands with a short shot to the head.
A right hand to the body from Baroni.
Bathory blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Baroni wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Baroni content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bathory has a couple of punches blocked by Baroni.
Bathory blocks an elbow strike from Baroni.
Baroni misses with a punch to the body.
Baroni tries a body shot but Bathory blocks it.
Baroni tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baroni lands with a light punch inside.
Bathory controlling the action here for a moment.
Bathory goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Baroni throws a head punch that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bathory lands an elbow that stopped Baroni in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Tommaso Baroni has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baroni blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommaso Baroni dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommaso Baroni's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bathory has taken the fight to the clinch.
Baroni misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baroni is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A right hand to the body from Baroni.
Baroni digs a right hand underneath Bathory's ribcage. Bathory let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bathory lands a nice uppercut.
Baroni lands a body punch.
Bathory wants to break free but Baroni has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baroni working aggressively here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bathory throws an elbow but misses.
Bathory missing with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Baroni.
Bathory avoids a wild elbow strike from Baroni.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baroni lands an elbow inside that Bathory shrugs off.

It looks like Arzlan Bathory has been cut.
Bathory blocks an uppercut.
Bathory tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bathory is looking to break free of the clinch but Baroni has double underhooks.
Baroni misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees in the clinch landing for Baroni.
Baroni is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bathory can do to turn this around?
A right hand to the body from Baroni.
Baroni misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Baroni fails to land.
Bathory blocks a body shot from Baroni.
Bathory prevents a body shot from Baroni.
A head punch on the inside from Baroni fails to land.
Bathory misses with the head strike.
Baroni misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Baroni misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baroni lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Baroni tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bathory blocks a body shot from Baroni.
Baroni can't find room to land a body shot as Bathory controls the action.
Bathory creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bathory wants to break the clinch but can't.
Baroni throws a punch but it's blocked by Bathory.

Bathory breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A good leg kick by Baroni.

Bathory rushes Baroni and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tommaso Baroni has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bathory throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bathory blocks the elbow strike.
Baroni misses with a hook to the ribs.
Baroni tries a body shot but Bathory blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bathory avoids the elbow strike from Baroni, against the cage.
Bathory throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Baroni breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baroni digs a good body shot into Bathory's ribs.
Bathory on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Baroni. Baroni obviously looking to wear him down.
Baroni tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baroni misses with a low kick.
Bathory replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Baroni blocks it well.

Bathory clinches.
Baroni swings wildly with an uppercut but Bathory uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baroni lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bathory lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Baroni backwards.
Baroni working hard to break the clinch.

Bathory breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baroni is looking to chop away at Bathory's legs.
Bathory misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baroni.
Baroni connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bathory's hands.
Baroni moves out of range of the body kick from Bathory.
Bathory takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bathory uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Baroni.
Bathory pushes Baroni away with a front kick.
Bathory throws a right and a left that Baroni avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommaso Baroni dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bathory takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Baroni takes a swing at Bathory's ribcage but misses.
Bathory circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bathory counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Baroni throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Bathory counter with a right hand.
Baroni looks to throw a body kick
and Bathory counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bathory misses with an uppercut. Baroni saw that one coming.
Bathory needs to keep his hands up - Baroni had a free shot at his head there.
Baroni closes the distance but Bathory moves to the side
and Bathory counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bathory avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Baroni fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Baroni throws a body punch but Bathory moves out of range.

Bathory clinches.
Bathory lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Baroni working aggressively here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bathory lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Baroni backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bathory lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Baroni backwards.
Baroni misses with a punch on the inside.
Baroni misses with a punch on the inside.
Baroni misses with a punch to the body.
Baroni leaning against his opponent.
Baroni wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bathory takes an elbow to the forehead.
A right handed body shot lands from Bathory.
Bathory swings wildly with an uppercut but Baroni uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Baroni fails to land.
Bathory lands an elbow just above Baroni 's eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baroni is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Baroni stalling in the clinch but Bathory improves position.
Bathory blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baroni misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Baroni lands a damaging elbow.
Come on Bathory - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bathory misses with an elbow strike.
A shot in the inside from Baroni.
Bathory misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baroni stalling the fight.

Bathory breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A low kick from Baroni misses
and Bathory cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A shot to the body from Bathory misses

and Baroni counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Baroni misses with some punches.

Bathory breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baroni ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tommaso Baroni is winning the standup battle so far.
Baroni avoids the head kick by Bathory.
Baroni tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bathory counters with a nice body shot.
Bathory ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Baroni ducks under a wild hook from Bathory.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bathory blocks a low kick nicely.
Baroni tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baroni tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bathory counters with an inside leg kick.
Baroni steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bathory.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Arzlan Bathory just about did enough to take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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 with a jab.

Baroni drives through and clinches with Bathory against the cage.
Bathory misses with a punch to the body.
Bathory pushes off an throws an elbow but Baroni leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bathory lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bathory blocks a body shot from Baroni.
Bathory wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Baroni can't find room to land a body shot as Bathory controls the action.
Bathory pushes Baroni back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baroni misses with a punch on the inside.
Baroni throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bathory working hard to break the clinch.
A hook to the body from Baroni.
Bathory slows down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baroni has a couple of punches blocked by Bathory.
Baroni tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bathory misses with the head strike.
Bathory works on Baroni's body with a couple of short punches.
Bathory scores with a shot to the side of Baroni's head.
Bathory avoiding damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bathory.
Baroni blocks an elbow strike from Bathory.
Bathory throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Baroni goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Baroni blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baroni misses with an elbow strike.
Bathory lands a left hand.
Bathory avoids a wild elbow strike from Baroni.
Bathory pushes Baroni back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bathory avoids the elbow strike from Baroni, against the cage.
Baroni lands an elbow just above Bathory 's eye.
Baroni creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bathory.
Baroni misses with some punches.
Baroni can't find room to land a body shot as Bathory controls the action.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bathory misses with some punches.
Baroni lands an elbow just above Bathory 's eye.
Baroni misses with some punches.
Bathory is trying to break the clinch but Baroni is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baroni landing knees to the body.
Bathory blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baroni prevents a body shot from Bathory.
Come on Baroni - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Baroni pushes off an throws an elbow but Bathory leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Baroni lands a right hand.
Baroni can't find room to land a body shot as Bathory controls the action.
Baroni swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bathory tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bathory struggles to land a body shot inside as Baroni controls his hands.
Bathory pushes Baroni back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Baroni misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baroni misses with some punches.
Baroni tries a body shot but Bathory blocks it.
Baroni misses with a punch to the body.
Baroni lands with a light punch inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bathory's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Baroni goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Baroni.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bathory.
Baroni misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommaso Baroni had his way with Arzlan Bathory in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Bathory fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bathory throws a lazy head kick

and Baroni counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Baroni.
Baroni misses with a body punch.
Baroni digs a right hand into Bathory's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bathory's gas tank.
Bathory blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bathory avoids the elbow strike from Baroni, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Baroni throws an elbow but misses.
Nice body punch from Baroni.
With the fighters up against the cage, Baroni throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bathory blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bathory wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Baroni tries to throw a body punch but Bathory avoids it by throwing Baroni back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bathory.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baroni misses with a short punch on the inside.

Bathory breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bathory walks into a stiff left hand from Baroni.
A shot to the liver by Baroni. Beautiful body shot.
Tommaso Baroni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bathory clinches with his opponent.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bathory misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baroni can't find room to land a body shot as Bathory controls the action.
Baroni tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bathory avoids it.
Baroni trying to land knees to the body.
Arzlan Bathory has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bathory takes a shot to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Baroni.
Bathory is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Bathory is stalling here.
Baroni scores with a hook to the body.
Bathory prevents a body shot from Baroni.
Bathory avoids a wild elbow strike from Baroni.
Baroni lands a knee to the body.
Baroni swings wildly with an uppercut but Bathory uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tommaso Baroni is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baroni lands a shot to the body.
Baroni misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baroni working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bathory is looking to break free of the clinch but Baroni has double underhooks.
Baroni prevents a body shot from Bathory.

Bathory breaks the clinch.
Bathory ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baroni moves away.
Bathory throws a head kick but Baroni moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Baroni tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bathory circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bathory is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Baroni with a body shot.
Baroni scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bathory doesn't seem bothered though.
Baroni scores with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bathory on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Baroni throws a body shot but no joy.
Baroni swinging wildly here.
Jab by Bathory.
A head kick misses from Bathory.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Baroni closes the distance and clinches.
Baroni lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bathory.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommaso Baroni showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Baroni has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 49:46
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 49:46
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommaso Baroni!
Tommaso Baroni retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, Tommaso Baroni, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.