Phil Baroni Signs with Canadian Promotion XMMA
Phil “New York Bad Ass” Baroni has signed to fight for XMMA 7 on Feb 27th, in Montreal against Canadian rising superstar Guillaume de Lorenzi. The winner of this matchup looks to get to the UFC as XMMA’s 7th installment takes place at the Bell Center as they look to take over the void left by TKO’s departure from the Canadian scene in 2008.
Also confirmed for this card is the addition of Rickson Gracie blackbelt Shane Rice to take on undefeated rising star from BTT Canada Tim Wadsworth. Shane has wins over Mark Hominick in TKO, and has been a staple in the Rickson Gracie program for years. This is a great matchup with two very accomplished fighters.
Here is the rest of the XMMA 7: Inferno card
Martin Désilets vs Todd Gouwenberg
Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos vs TBA
Ryan Jimmo vs Mike Nickels
Steve Claveau vs Kajan Johnson
Guillaume De Lorenzi vs Phil Baroni
Thierry Quenneville vs Douglas Evans
Dan Grandmaison vs Markhaile Wedderburn
William Romero vs Mitch Gagnon
Valerie Létourneau vs Kate Roy
Daylin Logan vs Dominic Poissant
Sebastien Deroy vs Jeff Royer
Mike Ricci vs TBA
Tim Wadsworth vs Shane Rice
Is that Mike Ricci, X Hockey player?
:) Ricci is a 3-0 fighter who has fought on TKO and XMMA cards and has never played centre for the San Jose Sharks.
And isn’t NEAR as ugly as the hockey player. (Yet)