"New York Bad Ass" Phil Baroni (13-10) extended his "W" streak to three with a one-sided UD over Mexican welterweight Olaf Alfonso (7-9) Friday night in Lemoore, southeast of San Francisco. Baroni got cut early, but tagged Alfonso with punches and floored him with takedowns the majority of the fight. Bryan Travers (11-1) picked up the Palace Fighting Championship welterweight title with a close UD over Jeremiah Metcalf (9-6) by scores of 48-47 on all three judges' score cards. Shawn Klarcyk (9-2) defended his PFC Bantamweight Championship from Brandon Miller (3-3) by armbar at 2:19 of round two. PFC Lightweight Champion Brian Cobb (13-4) also fought off David Gardner's (14-10) advances on his gold in a UD by scores of 50-45 from all three judges. ...

The Palace Fighting Championship has announced that “New York Bad Ass” Phil Baroni (12-10) will face WEC veteran Olaf Alfonso (7-8) in a welterweight match at PFC 10, reported Five Ounces of Pain Monday. The event will take place 26 September in Lemoore, CA, located in the San Joaquin Valley between San Francisco and Los Angeles. After moving down to welterweight, Baroni won his two recent fights, a first-round knockout of Scott Jansen (3-3) in July, and a 51-second TKO of Ron Verdadero (3-6) less than a month later. Alfonso won his last two fights after dropping six in a row, most recently knocking out Chris Solomon (1-5) in 28 seconds in May. ...

"Irish" Jake O'Brien (10-1) has joined Palace Fighting Championship, the promotion has announced. “We are very excited to bring in one of the most promising young heavyweights in the country.  He’s proven himself at the sports highest level.  He beat Heath Herring,” PFC Promoter Chrisitan Printup said.  “Jake is a great wrestler with solid boxing skills.  A lot of people haven’t seen that, but we want to put him in some fights where he can show it.  We want to thank Ken Pavia for making the deal work.” O'Brien went 3-1 in the UFC before being released after losing by TKO to Fighters.com's fifth-ranked heavyweight "Pitbull" Andrei Arlovski (12-5) in March. "Irish" won a UD over seventh-ranked "Texas Crazy Horse" Heath Herring (28-13) in January 2007.  It was Herring's much-hyped UFC debut. O'Brien will debut in the Lemoore, California-based PFC 17 July.  No opponent has been named. O'Brien is expected to make an immediate impact in the PFC's heavyweight division, which has featured "The Project" Wes Sims (19-11-1) and "Butterbean" Eric Esch (10-6-1) in the past. The PFC debuted in January 2007 and promotes its events at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore. ...