Baroni-Alfonso Inked for Fall PFC

Phil Baroni. Photo by Jon Swenson.

Jul 22, 2008 6:08 PM John Chandler - www.MMAonTap.com

Fresh off his successful welterweight debut earlier this month, Phil Baroni will attempt to stay undefeated in his new weight class when he faces former World Extreme Cagefighting mainstay Olaf Alfonso at the Palace Fighting Championship’s scheduled “Explosive” event on September 26th.

MMA on Tap confirmed the main event matchup with PFC promoter Christian Printup over the weekend. The card will also feature a number of notable fighters in action including WEC veterans Antonio Banuelos and Charlie Valencia as well as a PFC welterweight title fight between Bryan Travers and Morris Aldaco.

Baroni dropped down to welterweight for the first time in his career just two weeks ago and knocked out scrappy England native Scott Jansen in the first round of their fight at Cage Rage’s recent ““Step Up” show at the Wembley Arena in London. Prior to his bout against Alfonso, Baroni is scheduled to take on Ron Verdadero at ICON Sport’s “Hard Times” event on August 2nd.

Alfonso snapped a dreadful six-fight losing streak with a surprising knockout of lightweight prospect Casey Olson at a PFC boxing/MMA card in February. He followed up with a quick stopage of Chris Solomon in less than 30 seconds at another PFC show in May. Regardless of the outcome of his fight against Baroni, PFC officials intend on offering Alfonso a shot at the promotion’s lightweight title later this year.