Results - Shamrock vs. Baroni
Round 1 - As the round begins, both fighters are very acitve and come out swing. After the initial flury, Baroni takes the fight to the ground. While on the groun, Baroni gets out of Shamrock’s guard and they scramble back on their feet. Back to the stand up, Shamrock drops Baroni with a flurry and then follows up with a guillotine choke attempt. Baroni is able to get out of it and then Shamrock then landed a couple of punches to the back of Baroni’s head. Franks gets deducted a point. The remainder of the round Shamrock outscores and rocks Baroni with punches. Baroni does get another takedown and the round ends with Phil in Shamrock’s guard.
Round 2 - Baroni comes out landing the clear punchs and Shamrock landing low kicks. Things start to shift as Shamrock starts landing punches as they move up against the cage and the pace begins to slow. Baroni lands a couple of big shots that rattled Shamrock, then Shamrock returns with a flury of his own that rocked Baroni. Baroni in touble goes for the takedown again, holding on to Shamrock’s legs. Shamrock quickly spins around and gets to Baroni’s back and attempts a rear naked choke. With a smile on his face, Shamrock sinks it in nice and deep and Baroni goes nighty night.
At the conclusion of the fight Baroni “wakes up” and walks over to congratulate Shamrock.
Both fighters showed a a lot of wear and tear on their faces but at the end it was a fairly dominating performance by Frank Shamrock.
Frank Shamrock def. Phil Baroni by TKO (Passed out due to Choke) at 4:00, Round 2
Complete EliteXC Strikeforce event results:
-Frank Shamrock Phil Baroni TKO (Rear Naked Choke) 2 4:00
-Murilo Rua Joey Villasenor TKO (Strikes) 2 1:05
-Cung Le Tony Fryklund TKO (Strikes) 3 0:25
-Paul Buentello Carter Williams KO (Punch) 2 0:10
-James Edson Berto Victor Valenzuela Submission (Heel Hook) 1 0:47
-Josh Thomson Nick Gonzalez Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 1 1:42
-Paul Daley Duane Ludwig TKO (Strikes) 2 0:42
-Seth Kleinbeck Sam Spengler TKO (Strikes) 2 2:55
-Chris Cariaso Anthony Figueroa Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
-Rex Richards Ray Seraille TKO (Punches) 1 0:34
-Luke Stewart Jason Von Flue TKO (Strikes) 3 2:17
-Mike Pyle Aaron Wetherspoon Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
-Nik Theotikos Nikk Covert KO (Punch) 1 1:13
