Hose TKOs Baroni for ICON Title

[Warchief]

Hawaii's popular ICON Sport promotion has a new middleweight champ as local slugger Kala Kolohe Hose (6-1) scored an upset of former UFC and PRIDE fighter Phil Baroni (10-9) at Saturday's "ICON: To Hell and Back" event.

The fifth-round TKO took place in the night's main event at the Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. The event was streamed live on ProElite.com.

Takedowns, followed by ground and pound, worked wonders for Baroni early in the fight, but Hose's endurance and conditioning proved the deciding factors. With Baroni bloodied, battered and winded, Hose forced the TKO stoppage 24 seconds into the fifth round.

With the victory, Hose earned the ICON middleweight belt. And it was a long time coming. The title was was stripped from former champ Robbie Lawler last month after three previously scheduled fights with Hose were scratched due to injuries suffered by Lawler.

Baroni dominated much of the first round thanks to double-leg takedowns with ground and pound from sidemount. He also did some damage early in the second round with stomps and soccer kicks. However, with each passing round, the shots became slower, and Hose began to set the pace. By the fourth round, he was on the prowl -- so much so that Baroni was deducted a point for trying to escape the ring to avoid Hose's blows.

Early in the fifth, Hose sent Baroni to the canvas with a big hook, and a barrage of kicks and punches forced the stoppage just seconds later.

With the loss, Baroni drops to 10-9 and has now lost three of his past four fights.

Meanwhile, the victory, undoubtedly the biggest of his career, gives Hose his sixth consecutive win -- all by way of
knockout.

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Did Baroni was mention before that no Hawaiian guy going to beat him for title? and he has now lost three of his past four fights...What a Joke.

[Legend]

You put the result of the fight in the thread title and then put (Spoiler) right next to it. lol and I'm the idiot?

[leedogg900]

LOL...

Nice title .

but im glad phil baloni go destroyed agian

[unrealism]

Nice tittle for your thread dumbass.

[Gr8_White_Rabbit]

The fight was a joke. Baroni came out and stomped on Hose's head and actually looked like a fighter but after the first round he gased. Then he felt the need to crawl under the ropes every chance he got. Almost worth watching that crap card to see Baroni's head swell to twice its normal size.

[Problematique]

This made me laugh. =]

[twankydawg]

Everytime Baroni fights it reminds me of someone who's leaving a party hangin out the car window talking shit after they just got their ass kicked. I keep waiting on him to stomp someones foot during the pre fight staredown and take off running.

[The Iceman]

Originally Posted by twankydawg

Everytime Baroni fights it reminds me of someone who's leaving a party hangin out the car window talking shit after they just got their ass kicked. I keep waiting on him to stomp someones foot during the pre fight staredown and take off running.

LMAO!Thats exactly what he reminds me of. Baroni talks to much shit not to be able to back it up

[twankydawg]

Originally Posted by The Iceman

LMAO!Thats exactly what he reminds me of. Baroni talks to much shit not to be able to back it up

I know dude, everytime he has a fight I get caught up thinking he's gonna whoop some ass and then he gets fucking steamrolled.

[The Iceman]

Originally Posted by twankydawg

I know dude, everytime he has a fight I get caught up thinking he's gonna whoop some ass and then he gets fucking steamrolled.

I honestly thought he was going to win this fight...*steps on twanky's foot and runs out of the thread*