Phil Baroni recently got an offer to fight for WEC, which he turned down, apparently feeling that if he took the offer, it would stall any attempt to get into the UFC.

Baroni will make his return to competition in March 2008 at World Victory Road's inaugural event, Sengoku. He last fought at Strikeforce Shamrock vs. Baroni, a co-promotion between EliteXC and Strikeforce on June 22nd, 2007, where he suffered a TKO loss to Shamrock via a rear naked choke in the second round.