PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Lim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Incheol Wonha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lim
vs
Wonha

168 cm
23
160 lbs
17 - 1 - 1

161 cm
25
142 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

REAR NAKED CHOKE NUTRITION
Sun-Tzu. 15%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Charlie Lim!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Incheol Wonha!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wonha is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lim lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Lim misses with a body kick.
Lim lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lim.
Lim throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Lim just misses with a punch to the body.
Lim has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Lim lands a head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lim explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Wonha throws an overhand right that lands on Lim's shoulder, as Lim tries to avoid the shot.
Lim fakes the leg kick and cracks Wonha in the body.
Wonha checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lim on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wonha. Wonha obviously looking to wear him down.
Wonha moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lim delivers a nice body kick.
Lim scores with a nice right hand.
Lim misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sloppy strikes from Lim. Those never looked like landing.
Wonha tries to counter with a clinch but Lim shakes him off and moves away.
Lim misses with a body shot.
Wonha has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Wonha clinches.
Lim struggles to land a body shot inside as Wonha controls his hands.
Wonha putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lim in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wonha landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wonha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lim.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wonha pushes off an throws an elbow but Lim leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lim misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lim blocks an elbow strike.
Lim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wonha looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lim lands with a short shot to the head.
Wonha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lim throws a head punch that misses.
Lim tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wonha lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lim lands a body punch.
Lim misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wonha lands a damaging elbow.
Lim stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wonha scores a nice knee to the body.
Lim misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wonha creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lim's defenses.
Wonha creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lim working aggressively here.
Lim scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lim can't find room to land a body shot as Wonha controls the action.
Lim tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wonha tries to land knees in the clinch but Lim avoids the damage to the body.
Lim throws a head punch that misses.
Wonha blocking some punches.
Lim doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wonha throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lim presses Wonha against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lim takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lim throws a head punch that misses.
Wonha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wonha just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lim's brow.
Lim misses with a punch to the body.
Lim swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wonha throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lim blocks it with crossed arms.
Lim tries a body shot but Wonha blocks it.
Lim struggles to land a body shot inside as Wonha controls his hands.
Wonha throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lim swings wildly with an uppercut but Wonha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lim misses with the head strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wonha obliges.
Come on Lim - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lim avoiding damage as Wonha throws knees to the body.
Wonha landing knees to the body.
Lim doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wonha throws an elbow that misses.
Lim tries to work over Wonha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lim blocks the elbow strike.
Wonha prevents a body shot from Lim.
Wonha with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Charlie Lim will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Wonha tries to clinch but Lim moves out of range.
Wonha takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lim is looking to land body kicks.
Wonha tries to counter by closing the distance.
Lim chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lim.
Lim lands a jab to Wonha's midsection.
Lim lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wonha moves out of range as Lim throws a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lim swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lim throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Wonha.
Lim keeps Wonha at a distance using the push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lim cracks Wonha with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A big right from Wonha misses.
Wonha looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wonha blocks a low kick nicely.
Wonha wants to counter with a clinch but Lim pushes him away.
Wonha misses the shot to the body.
Wonha tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lim swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wonha blocks a head kick by Lim.
Wonha tries to counter with a clinch but Lim shakes him off and moves away.
Lim misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed right hand from Wonha misses the target.
Wonha keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wonha slips under a jab.
Wonha wants to counter with a clinch but Lim pushes him away.
Lim misses with a body kick.
Lim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lim throwing a counter right hand but Wonha manages to avoid it.
Lim connects with a solid leg kick.
Lim throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lim sets himself, and Wonha steps forward looking for the clinch! Lim avoids it this time.
Lim looks to score with a jab to the body but Wonha is just out of range.
Lim tries to work over Wonha's front leg with a kick but Wonha checks it.
Lim fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lim throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wonha has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lim.
Lim pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lim sets himself, and Wonha steps forward looking for the clinch! Lim avoids it this time.
A big right from Wonha misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Lim coming out on top.
Lim throws a wild body kick that Wonha sees coming a mile off.
Lim goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Lim throws a body shot but no joy.
Wonha steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Lim.
A left lands for Wonha.
Lim tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wonha was well out of range. Poor timing from Lim.
A right-left combo lands from Lim.
Wonha tries to work over Lim's front leg with a kick but Lim checks it.
Lim swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wonha has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lim.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lim.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lim digs a good hook to Wonha's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lim ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wonha moves away.
A swing and a miss from Lim.

Wonha closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Incheol Wonha seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lim misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lim.
Wonha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wonha creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lim's defenses.
Wonha landing knees to the head.
Lim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wonha tries to land knees in the clinch but Lim avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wonha obliges.
Lim is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wonha can do to turn this around?
Lim throws a punch but it's blocked by Wonha.
Wonha throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wonha using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lim has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Lim dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Wonha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wonha doesn't manage to clinch there - Lim circles away.
Lim looks to land a body kick but Wonha moved away.
A jab from Lim misses.
Wonha tries to counter by closing the distance.
Lim lands a high kick!
Wonha avoids the head kick by Lim.
Lim avoids the head kick by Wonha.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lim scoring well with a low kick there.
Lim tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lim looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wonha tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lim paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lim misses with a head kick.
Wonha tries to counter by closing the distance.
A big left from Wonha misses.
Lim thinks about countering with a body kick.

Wonha forces Lim back against the cage and clinches.
Wonha creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lim's defenses.
Wonha is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Knees to the body from Wonha.
Wonha throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lim blocks it with crossed arms.
Wonha lands an elbow inside that Lim shrugs off.
Wonha tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lim avoids it.
Lim tries a body shot but Wonha blocks it.
Lim dodges an elbow strike from Wonha.
Lim misses with a body punch.
Wonha creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wonha throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wonha throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Lim fails to land.
Wonha throws an elbow but it misses.
Wonha connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lim's face.
Wonha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lim is defending well for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lim blocks an elbow strike from Wonha.
Wonha comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wonha creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short right from Lim on the inside.
Lim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lim avoids a wild elbow strike from Wonha.
Wonha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lim.
Lim has a couple of punches blocked by Wonha.
Lim working aggressively here.
Wonha throws an elbow but it misses.
Wonha lands an elbow that stopped Lim in his tracks for a moment.
Lim doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lim.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wonha looking to throw knees to the head but Lim is blocking nicely.
Lim tries to throw a body punch but Wonha avoids it by throwing Lim back against the cage.
Wonha lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wonha lands an elbow that stopped Lim in his tracks for a moment.
Lim misses with a punch to the body.
Lim dodges an elbow strike from Wonha.
Lim tries a body shot but Wonha blocks it.
Lim blocks an elbow strike from Wonha.
Wonha creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lim's defenses.
Lim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lim avoids the elbow strike from Wonha, against the cage.
Lim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lim lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wonha lands an elbow just above Lim 's eye.
Lim slows down the pace here.
Still in the clinch, Lim scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lim makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wonha lands a damaging elbow.
Lim takes an elbow to the temple.
A shot in the inside from Lim.
A right hook to the body lands for Lim.
Lim avoiding damage.
Lim misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Lim fails to land.
Wonha blocks an uppercut.
Lim tries a body shot but Wonha blocks it.
Wonha pushes off an throws an elbow but Lim leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lim avoiding damage as Wonha throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wonha.
A head punch on the inside from Lim fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Incheol Wonha really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Wonha avoids the body shot from Lim.
Lim misses with a few strikes there.
Lim looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wonha tries to counter with a clinch but Lim shakes him off and moves away.
Wonha throws a big shot that misses.
Charlie Lim is winning the standup battle so far.
Wonha is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wonha checks a low kick from Lim.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wonha takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lim connects with a high kick.

It looks like Incheol Wonha has been cut.
Wonha looks to throw the jab but Lim is out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Lim misses its target.
Wonha fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lim scores with a body shot.
Lim misses with a body kick.
Wonha tries to counter by closing the distance.

Wonha has managed to clinch.
Wonha throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wonha lands an elbow just above Lim 's eye.
Wonha tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wonha lands an elbow that stopped Lim in his tracks for a moment.
Wonha gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wonha takes a shot to the head.
Lim is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lim working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lim lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wonha looking to throw knees to the head but Lim is blocking nicely.
Lim misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good body shot from Lim.
Wonha lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lim wants to stall.
Wonha blocks an uppercut.
Lim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wonha's elbow.
Wonha looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Lim fails to land.
Wonha comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lim stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lim is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Wonha misses with an elbow strike.
Lim lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wonha.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lim avoiding damage as Wonha throws knees to the body.
Lim working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lim stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wonha tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lim avoids it.
Wonha looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lim blocks an elbow strike from Wonha.
Lim lands a shoulder strike.
Wonha tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lim takes a knee to the side of the body.
Still in the clinch, Lim scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wonha misses with an elbow strike.
Lim digs a right hand underneath Wonha's ribcage. Wonha let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lim throws a punch but it's blocked by Wonha.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lim misses with a punch to the body.
Lim lands a right hand.
Lim has a couple of punches blocked by Wonha.
Wonha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lim lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice body punch from Lim - that landed with a thud.
Wonha throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lim misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wonha looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lim managing to block the knees to the body from Wonha.
Lim lands a left hand.
Wonha throws an elbow that misses.
Wonha creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lim dodges an elbow strike from Wonha.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Charlie Lim will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Incheol Wonha's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Lim tries a head kick but it misses.
Lim scores with a spinning back kick!
A chopping leg kick lands by Lim.
Lim throws a big shot that misses.
Wonha wants to counter the offense by Lim and move into the clinch position.
Lim lands with a straight right. Wonha didn't see that one coming.
Wonha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wonha takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lim tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lim looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wonha is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wonha takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lim throws the kick towards the body but Wonha avoids it.
Wonha is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wonha moves out of range of the body kick.
Wonha throws a body shot but no joy.
Wonha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lim misses with a right hand

and Wonha counters by clinching up.
Lim takes an elbow to the temple.
Wonha landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lim misses with a body punch.
Wonha blocks an uppercut.
Wonha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wonha lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wonha creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lim avoids a wild elbow strike from Wonha.
Lim tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lim misses with some punches.
Lim misses with a punch on the inside.
Lim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wonha's elbow.
Lim lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Lim fails to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wonha tries to land knees in the clinch but Lim avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wonha creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lim's defenses.
Wonha with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wonha throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lim blocks it with crossed arms.
Wonha misses with an elbow over the top.
Lim tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Lim.
Wonha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lim is defending well for now.
Wonha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lim is defending well for now.
Lim makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wonha trying to land knees to the body.
Lim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wonha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lim.
Lim blocks the elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lim.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wonha throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Lim.
Wonha creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lim misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lim tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lim doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wonha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lim is defending well for now.
A right hook to the body lands for Lim.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wonha trying to land knees to the body.
Lim blocks an elbow strike.
Wonha throws an elbow that misses.
Lim blocks the elbow strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wonha throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wonha prevents a body shot from Lim.
Lim misses with a body punch.
Incheol Wonha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Charlie Lim is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lim lands a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Charlie Lim.
I think Lim has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 49:46
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 49:46
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charlie Lim!
Charlie Lim retains his featherweight title!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Charlie Lim waved his t-shirt featuring REAR NAKED CHOKE NUTRITION 's logo in front of the cameras.