Phil Baroni Fighting For Strikeforce in May

by Randomus on Feb 10, 2009 1:50 PM EST

Phil Baroni (13-10) has publicly said he'll make his return to MMA at a May Strikeforce event that is scheduled to take place in Seattle. The scheduled bout will take place in the welterweight division, and it's unknown who Baroni's opponent will be.

"I've started my training camp at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas... I'm very happy to be fighting in Strikeforce for Scott Coker again," Baroni said on a post on the UG forums.

Since dropping from middleweight to welterweight, Baroni has a three-fight win streak against the likes of Olaf Alfonso, Ron Verdadero and Scott Jansen. Prior to his move to 170, he lost three straight, a slide started by Frank Shamrock submitting him in a middleweight title fight during StrikeForce Shamrock vs. Baroni in 2007.

Strikeforce had eight shows in 2008, but after a recently announced deal with Showtime, the organization hopes to have 16 live televised MMA events this year.

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I was hoping for Baroni in DREAM’s welterweight GP. Same goes for Diaz and Sheilds. Way to fuck things up, Strikeforce.

by AnonymousA on Feb 10, 2009 2:16 PM EST reply actions

It looks like Shields is looking to either fight in San Jose or Las Vegas (especially Vegas), so a trip to Japan was rather unlikely IMO.

by Randomus on Feb 10, 2009 2:17 PM EST up reply actions

That’s exactly what I’m saying. Because of Strikeforce/ElietXC comeback these three fights, whom I had been hoping to see fight in a grandprix, now are unlikely to.

by AnonymousA on Feb 10, 2009 3:18 PM EST up reply actions

Why? When was the last time Baroni was even closer to being competitive? And you want to see him in a tournament?

by Bigperm on Feb 10, 2009 2:25 PM EST up reply actions

I just dig watching Baroni fight. He’s an exciting dude, even when he’s gassing. I remember when Baroni was fighitng Kala Hose and he was taking a beating, and the ref asked him a question to the extent of, “Do you give up?” and Baroni was like, “No DICK, why would you ax me that, bro?” Beautiful.

So, if it’s all right with you, I wouldn’t mind watching Baroni fight again, preferably in a tournament.

by AnonymousA on Feb 10, 2009 3:21 PM EST up reply actions