I bring you play by play from the actual fight! After the intro's the fight begins Phil Baroni lands punches to Frank Shamrock's body. Shamrock is fine and responds with a few shots getting comfortable, and then motions to Phil that he will put him to sleep. Cocky or a showman, it is great to watch. Frank lands a text book 3-punch combo and drops Baroni on his ass. Frank dives on top of him and delivers a brutal beating, why isn't this fight being stopped? Frank slows down but lands 2 weak punches to the back of Phil's head and the ref stands them up and takes a point away from Shamrock. Guess he has a rep after the Renzo fight. Frank continues to dominate on the feet and Baroni takes him down to survive. From his back, Shamrock lands constant punches while Baroni just absorbs them. Back to the feet and Frank again lands a combo followed by a beautiful leg kick to the body. Baroni again takes Frank down but eats a ton of body shots.
Baroni looks completely out of it as Shamrock scores at will. Back to the feet where Frank begins more taunting of Phil and then backing it up with great striking. More punches land and yet again Phil takes down Frank. You can see Shamrock talking shit to Phil from his back as he hits him while Phil just lays there. The round ends & I see it 9-8, though at the worst it is 9-9 thanks to the point deduction.
In the 2nd Frank looks tired while Baroni comes out refreshed and begins to land his power punches. The pace slows but Phil is winning the round. Baroni gets wild (as always) and allows some punches to his face. Frank tags Phil with a brutal left and it turns into a brawl! The combos continue to batter NYBA as he shoots again to stop the damage and buy time. Frank takes his time landing hammer fists and moves to Phil's back. The rear naked choke is sunk in but Baroni doesn't tap but passes out to end the fight!
Frank Shamrock wins the contest but sits on his stool absolutely exhausted as Phil Baroni is woken up by the medical staff. Once up, Phil walks over and hugs Frank (still seated) before leaving the arena to a swell of boo's. The crowd is ignorant as they should've applauded the effort of NYBA though he was just out-classed tonight. Baroni shows a lot of heart but it is Frank Shamrock who becomes the Strikeforce Middleweight Champion!
In other action, Ninja Rua becomes the Elite XC Middleweight Champion by KOing Joey Villasenor in a fight the Chute Boxe star just dominated from start to finish.
Paul Buentello got the KO win yet again over K-1's former star Carter Williams in the 2nd.
Cung Le just had his way with Tony Fryklund via an array of spectacular kicks and one has to wonder how much Tony has left in the fighting game. Le's cardio was not impressive but man that guy can strike with fists or feet, anywhere, anytime.
Josh "The Punk" Thompson just annihilated Nick Gonzalez and sunk in a rear naked choke to the surprise of no one.
Paul Daley got the upset win of the night TKOing Bang Ludwig in the 2nd.
Like we promoted before, this was a good card with some real interesting fights. Baroni/Shamrock actually lived up to the hype (which is saying a lot these days) and if these two promotions (Strikeforce/Elite XC) continue to work together they could rival the bigger MMA companies.
Baroni looks completely out of it as Shamrock scores at will. Back to the feet where Frank begins more taunting of Phil and then backing it up with great striking. More punches land and yet again Phil takes down Frank. You can see Shamrock talking shit to Phil from his back as he hits him while Phil just lays there. The round ends & I see it 9-8, though at the worst it is 9-9 thanks to the point deduction.
In the 2nd Frank looks tired while Baroni comes out refreshed and begins to land his power punches. The pace slows but Phil is winning the round. Baroni gets wild (as always) and allows some punches to his face. Frank tags Phil with a brutal left and it turns into a brawl! The combos continue to batter NYBA as he shoots again to stop the damage and buy time. Frank takes his time landing hammer fists and moves to Phil's back. The rear naked choke is sunk in but Baroni doesn't tap but passes out to end the fight!
Frank Shamrock wins the contest but sits on his stool absolutely exhausted as Phil Baroni is woken up by the medical staff. Once up, Phil walks over and hugs Frank (still seated) before leaving the arena to a swell of boo's. The crowd is ignorant as they should've applauded the effort of NYBA though he was just out-classed tonight. Baroni shows a lot of heart but it is Frank Shamrock who becomes the Strikeforce Middleweight Champion!
In other action, Ninja Rua becomes the Elite XC Middleweight Champion by KOing Joey Villasenor in a fight the Chute Boxe star just dominated from start to finish.
Paul Buentello got the KO win yet again over K-1's former star Carter Williams in the 2nd.
Cung Le just had his way with Tony Fryklund via an array of spectacular kicks and one has to wonder how much Tony has left in the fighting game. Le's cardio was not impressive but man that guy can strike with fists or feet, anywhere, anytime.
Josh "The Punk" Thompson just annihilated Nick Gonzalez and sunk in a rear naked choke to the surprise of no one.
Paul Daley got the upset win of the night TKOing Bang Ludwig in the 2nd.
Like we promoted before, this was a good card with some real interesting fights. Baroni/Shamrock actually lived up to the hype (which is saying a lot these days) and if these two promotions (Strikeforce/Elite XC) continue to work together they could rival the bigger MMA companies.
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