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Baroni Snaps Losing Streak at Cage Rage

Jul 13, 2008 10:19 AM John Chandler


Phil Baroni. Photo by Esther Lin/ProElite.

Longtime veteran Phil Baroni was victorious in his first fight since moving down to welterweight, scoring a brutal first-round knockout of Englishman Scott Jansen to snap a three-fight losing streak at Cage Rage’s latest effort, entitled “Step Up” at the Wembley Arena in London.

It was visible that Jansen, although game, was significantly overmatched against Baroni at the start of the fight. Straying away from his usual preference to stand and strike, Baroni shot right in for a takedown just seconds into the bout. After a few minutes of controlling Jansen on the canvas and a near fight-ending submission attempt, the referee opted to bring the fight back to the feet, where Baroni quickly knocked Jansen out with a straight right hand.

Following the conclusion of the bout, Baroni went over to check on the condition of his opponent when he was surprisingly headbutted by one of Jansen’s friends in the cage. However cooler heads prevailed and the situation quickly died down with Baroni laughing it off and the assailant being thrown out of the arena.

The show’s undercard saw Neil Grove earn his second straight win over Robert Berry, Mustapha Al Turk defeat James McSweeney for the vacant Cage Rage British heavyweight title, and Robbie Oliver successfully defend his Cage Rage British featherweight title over Ashleigh Grimshaw.

Complete results from the event:

Dave Van Gasse def. James Elson - Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Jody Cottham def. Umidjon Mavlyanov - Submission (Guillotine)
Wesley Johnson def. Mark Brown - TKO (Strikes)
Jason Young def. Francis Heagney - Unanimous Decision
Aisling Daly def. Eva Lisko - Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Brad Pickett def. Cristian Binda - Submission (Guillotine)
Robbie Olivier def. Ashleigh Grimshaw - Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Stav Economou def. Piotr Kusmierz - Unanimous Decision
Tom Watson def. John Phillips - Unanimous Decision
Mustapha al Turk def. James McSweeney - TKO (Strikes)
Neil Grove def. Robert Berry - TKO (Strikes)
Phil Baroni def. Scott Jansen - KO (Punch)

Fight Results • Brad Pickett • Mustapha Al Turk • Neil Grove • Phil Baroni • Robert Berry • Cage Rage • Featherweight • Heavyweight • Welterweight

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1. David M Singer
from NY
Jul 14, 2008 3:12 PM

Just an all-around good night for Baroni, from the knockout to his virtual non-reaction to being headbutted, to his comments in the ring after.  This fight will get him a few more contracts.

2. Craig O
from sacto, califa
Jul 14, 2008 3:33 PM

i admit to hating this guy and his antics most of the time… but i’ll throw him a bone for acting civil durring and afterwards.. but the hater in me thinks he didn’t do anything cuz he’s not htat good of a fighter or that dude was just way to fast of a runner for Phil to catch… lol.

but seriously; either way it was good to see him take the high road.. maybe he’s growing up?!

3. John Chandler
from Philadelphia, PA
Jul 14, 2008 3:54 PM

I think that Baroni’s three-fight losing streak may have humbled him a lot mentally. He obviously hasn’t been the most consistent fighter in terms of winning during his career, but this was really the first time that everyone else in the MMA community pushed aside as being washed up in a way. Couple that with the fact that his last three bouts against Shamrock, Hose, and Villasenor saw Phil talk trash more than ever and he’s put himself in a comprising situation.

He seems very confident in dropping down to welterweight. I think it was a good career move for him. He’s going to come in way bigger than most of his opponents, an obvious advantage. It also provides organizations with new, intriguing matchups that they can promote. It’s possible that the fear of potentially being released by ProElite and having to find yet another place of employment forced Baroni to shackle down and start fully committing himself to the sport.

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