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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlotos Spiteri (ranked 7959 p4p, 643 weight class) and Phillip Baroni (ranked 3735 p4p, 376 weight class). Spiteri comes to the cage accompanied by It's Over.. Carlotos Spiteri has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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199 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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199 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent MT
KO power |
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Good wrestler
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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carlotos Spiteri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phillip Baroni!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Ron Honeybunn and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baroni works the jab nicely.
Baroni lands a nice hook to Spiteri's body. Spiteri takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Spiteri displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Baroni throws out the jab.
Baroni misses with a straight right.
Decent striking displayed by Baroni there.
Baroni has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Spiteri swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Baroni counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Spiteri will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Baroni misses with a lunging right hand
and Spiteri counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Spiteri takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Spiteri throws the left hand but Baroni avoids the punch easily.
Baroni looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Spiteri throws an off balance right hand
letting Baroni counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fight stays on the outside here - Spiteri looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Baroni misses.
A big right from Baroni misses.
Baroni scores with a jab to the head.
Spiteri uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Baroni.
Spiteri misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baroni.
Baroni connects with a right hand. Spiteri shakes it off.
Baroni clobbers Spiteri with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Baroni misses with a series of wild punches.
Spiteri wants to clinch
and Baroni counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spiteri lands a nice looking body shot.
Baroni slips under a jab from Spiteri.
A big left from Spiteri misses.
Baroni throws a big shot that misses.
Spiteri has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Temple of Cloud Warriors-youth in the buildup to the fight.
Baroni misses with a hook. Spiteri ducked under it nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spiteri jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Baroni throws a hook but Spiteri avoids it easily.
Baroni throws the left hand but Spiteri avoids the punch easily.
Spiteri was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Baroni takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Baroni misses with an uppercut. Spiteri saw that one coming.
Spiteri fires out a quick counter leg kick but Baroni just manages to avoid it.
Spiteri takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Spiteri jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spiteri lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Baroni throws a shot from downtown. Spiteri moves away and avoids it.
Spiteri swings for the body but Baroni moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Baroni misses the target.
Spiteri fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baroni manages to avoid it.
Baroni is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Spiteri had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jab, jab by Baroni - just one landing.
The crowd cheers as Spiteri lands an impressive looking overhand right. Baroni doesn't seem phased though.
Spiteri throws a looping overhand right but Baroni ducks down to avoid it.
Baroni throws a right hand that misses
and Spiteri counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Baroni takes a swing at Spiteri's ribcage but misses.
Baroni misses with a body shot
and Baroni takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baroni avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baroni misses with a jab to the body
letting Spiteri counter with a right hand.
Spiteri works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Spiteri misses.
It seemed like Baroni was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Baroni with a nice cross.
Baroni misses with a left hand
and Spiteri counters with a stiff right hand.
Spiteri fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Baroni throws a big shot that misses.
Baroni misses with an uppercut
and Baroni takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Spiteri jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Baroni is rocked!
Spiteri takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Spiteri jabs at Baroni's body.
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 referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Spiteri throws a jab when Baroni was well out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Baroni misses.
Baroni moves forwards but Spiteri connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Baroni is still on wobbly legs! Can Spiteri finish him?
Spiteri throws a poor cross that misses
and Baroni connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baroni seems to have recovered his senses.
Spiteri cracks Baroni with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Spiteri has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Baroni to stand back up!
Spiteri clinches with his opponent.
Spiteri misses with a punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spiteri scores with a nice hook to the head.
Spiteri scores with a nice hook to the head.
Spiteri lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Baroni to his knees! Spiteri keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carlotos Spiteri!
Carlotos Spiteri seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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