Comments on: Weekend Update: Baroni, Daley, and Grove all victorious during weekend MMA action

By: cheapshot

cheapshot — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:40:34 +0000

I was there and there were quite a few idiots in the front row keen on getting in there to try and fight baroni. they even had a couple of the fighters like brad pickett on the outside of the ring trying to calm them down. I doubt that these people are MMA fans and to be honest it’s going to take some time before the majority of the UK fans gain some knowledge about the sport.

Funniest fight of the night was the big man Stav Economou managing to last the full 15 minutes against Piotor Kusmierz. Both fighters seemed to gas after about 2 minutes but it was entertaining none the less with Stavros dominating the stand-up and I could’ve sworn I even saw a guard pass from him in the final round. Unfortunately the end of the fight sparked a mass brawl with what looked like 200 people getting ejected.

I can’t recommend to UK MMA fans enough to get along to as many non-UFC events as possible. They’re such good value and hopefully we’ll be seeing a couple of these fighters making the transition to an Elite XC event. The cheapest ticket for UFC was £50 ($100) and we were basically as far back as could be and ended up watching a lot of it on the big screen where as for Cage Rage we paid £10 ($20) and weren’t too far away at all.

By: Rich S.

Rich S. — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:19:51 +0000

i bet that guys feels real BAD ASS after headbutting Baroni and then running out of the ring full-speed..

if you’re going to do something that stupid.. go ahead and back it up.. i mean, let the man do something back, or say something.. don’t just run.. running not only nullifies the fact that you just hit someone.. but it adds EVEN more douche-baggary to the douche move you just did [headbut]..

other than that.. beautiful KO by Baroni.. you can tell he’s getting way better and taking this more seriously..

PS - sorry to hear about Levon’s loss, good luck in the future..

By: House

House — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:41:38 +0000

Wow, just saw the fight and regardless of his less experienced opponent he looked pretty lean. Who is to say how well he would have done if it went a couple rounds but his shot was clean and his groundwork was….. improved. Phil could have had three knockouts that night, the guy who he actually hit, the over emotional head-butt character and the suspiciously trashy call girl who flipped him the bird. Who knew that the only way to make Phil look classy was to surround him with some angry Brits.

Just joking, tea, biscuits and whatnot, god save the queen.

By: Rich S.

Rich S. — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:00:34 +0000

“Baroni will be fighting on the promotion’s Sept. 26 in Lemoore, Calif. card against Olaf Alfonso”

are you serious??
come on..
that’s just mean..
Olaf’s 7-8, with 5 of his losses coming by way of (T)KO..
if there’s ONE thing Alfonso’s good at it’s giving OTHER PEOPLE highlight reel KO’s.. so they pit him against Baroni???? I feel sorry for you, Olaf.. and i never thought i’d say that…

check out Olaf’s fights with Sakurai, and Razor Rob… they’re hilarious..

By: JustinTime

JustinTime — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:06:41 +0000

I just watched the fight this morning and Baroni looked good. Took and early takedown and worked a kimura for a while. The weird thing was after that he got full mount and not 20 seconds in to having the position they just stood them up. I had never seen that before. The guy who butts baroni in the head was an idiot. Can’t believe he didn’t rush that guy. He showed pretty good restrant. Good to see Baroni smash some Brit in his own country. Maybe Baroni can get something going at welterweight. He claimed after the fight tha he is now the hardest hitting welterweight in the world. He might be right up there as far as punching power.

By: bubbafat

bubbafat — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:59:21 +0000

I’m seriously surprised and impressed by Baroni’s change of attitude. I have to admit I criticized him after his loss to Villasignor when he got emotional, but I forget these guys are human sometimes. It seriously seems like he’s taken a step back to objectively assess where he stands in this sport. Plus the fact that the headbutt dude didn’t get a Baroni beatdown! A word I definitely never thought I would use in the same sentence when talking about Phil Baroni, “Classy.”

By: Keith

Keith — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:39:07 +0000

Just watched the Baroni KO…WOW!

By: Martin S

Martin S — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:34:20 +0000

Oh man, Vai Sikahema used to be electric as a kickoff returner. So many TDs. Funny to see that he’s fighting MMA now.