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. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Baroni
vs
Bathory

191 cm
34
208 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

186 cm
31
203 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommaso Baroni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arzlan Bathory!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bathory listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bathory gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bathory misses with a looping left.
Arzlan Bathory seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice cross by Baroni.

It looks like Arzlan Bathory has been cut.
Baroni is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sloppy strikes from Bathory. Those never looked like landing.
Baroni looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Bathory fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bathory is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bathory cracks Baroni with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bathory lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Baroni backs up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baroni throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bathory sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bathory cracks Baroni with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Baroni throws a body punch but Bathory moves out of range.
Baroni with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bathory to score with a decent uppercut.
Baroni looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bathory doesn't manage to clinch there - Baroni circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bathory closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Tommaso Baroni has been cut.
Baroni is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Baroni defending well as Bathory loads up on a big left hand.
Baroni wants to land a leg kick but Bathory is out of range.
Baroni looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Baroni avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bathory looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bathory connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Baroni's hands.
Bathory throws a right hand that misses
and Baroni makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Baroni blocks a jab.
Baroni connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bathory momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bathory keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bathory scores with a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Baroni blocks the leg kick.
Bathory throws a sloppy head kick and Baroni moves out of range easily.
Bathory connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baroni ducks under a wild hook from Bathory.
Bathory throws the kick towards the body but Baroni avoids it.
Bathory throws a jab when Baroni was well out of range.
Baroni misses with a looping left.
Bathory is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Baroni had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Bathory looks to throw the jab but Baroni is out of range.
Bathory lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bathory has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Baroni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baroni throws the left hand but Bathory avoids the punch easily.
Bathory lands a nice shot that snaps Baroni's head back.
Bathory tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A swing and a miss from Baroni.
Baroni tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bathory moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A jab lands there for Bathory.

Bathory rushes Baroni and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Baroni blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baroni lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bathory working aggressively here.
Baroni lands a shot to the body.
Bathory tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Baroni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bathory will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Baroni up against the cage.
Bathory lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bathory's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice elbow from Bathory.
Bathory lands with a right to the head.
Bathory misses with an elbow strike.
Bathory wants to stall.
Bathory blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bathory dodges an elbow strike from Baroni.
Bathory tries a knee to the head but Baroni blocks it.
Baroni doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Baroni lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baroni missing with knees to the body.
Baroni tries to land knees in the clinch but Bathory avoids the damage to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bathory blocking some punches.
Bathory with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Baroni tries to throw a body punch but Bathory avoids it by throwing Baroni back against the cage.
Bathory looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Baroni tries a body shot but Bathory blocks it.
Baroni looking to slow down the pace here.
Bathory's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Baroni takes an elbow to the forehead.
Baroni lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Baroni leaning against his opponent.
Bathory controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Baroni creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bathory is trying to stall.
Baroni slowing the pace effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A jab from Bathory misses.
It looked like Baroni wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bathory takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bathory tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Baroni counter with a right hand.
Bathory has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Baroni clinches up against the cage.
Baroni pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Baroni is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bathory is keeping busy.
Bathory misses with a punch on the inside.
Bathory digs a right hand underneath Baroni's ribcage. Baroni let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bathory comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bathory.
Bathory swings wildly with an uppercut but Baroni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baroni takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bathory misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baroni can't find room to land a body shot as Bathory controls the action.
Baroni wants to stall.
Baroni misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baroni throws an elbow that misses.
Bathory's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Baroni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baroni lands a shoulder strike.

Bathory is rocked!
A short right from Baroni on the inside.
Bathory is still on wobbly legs! Can Baroni finish him?
Baroni creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Bathory with a big uppercut! Bathory tries to clinch up but Baroni pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Bathory to the mat! Bathory covers up and Baroni unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tommaso Baroni!
After winning the bout, Tommaso Baroni thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.