PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Sutter Cane (ranked 5232 p4p, 473 weight class) and Incheol Wonha (ranked 1488 p4p, 172 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Cane
vs
Wonha

167 cm
34
157 lbs
12 - 2 - 1

161 cm
37
157 lbs
24 - 14 - 3

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sutter Cane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Incheol Wonha!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wonha misses with an uppercut.

Wonha tries to keep at a distance but Cane has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wonha crunches a lovely knee into Cane's ribcage.
A shot in the inside from Cane.
Cane misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Wonha creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Wonha just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cane's brow.
Cane avoids the elbow strike from Wonha, against the ropes.
Wonha tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cane's elbow.
Cane goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wonha lands with a light punch inside.
Cane misses with a punch to the body.
Wonha trying to stall but Cane improves his position.
Wonha working aggressively here.
Cane misses with some punches.
Cane struggles to land a body shot inside as Wonha controls his hands.
Cane struggles to land a body shot inside as Wonha controls his hands.
Wonha pushes Cane back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Cane throws a head punch that misses.
Wonha tries to throw a body punch but Cane avoids it by throwing Wonha back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cane misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wonha with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cane lands with a light punch inside.
Wonha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wonha blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Cane scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cane managing to block the knees to the body from Wonha.
Cane has a couple of punches blocked by Wonha.
Wonha gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wonha can't find room to land a body shot as Cane controls the action.
Wonha creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cane's defenses.
Wonha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cane.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Wonha throws an elbow but misses.
Cane softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Wonha throws an elbow but it misses.
Cane works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wonha lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wonha tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cane's elbow.
Cane misses with the head strike.
Wonha lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Cane fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wonha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wonha tries to throw a body punch but Cane avoids it by throwing Wonha back against the ropes.
Wonha lands an elbow that stopped Cane in his tracks for a moment.
Wonha goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wonha takes a shot to the head.
Cane tries to throw a body punch but Wonha avoids it by throwing Cane back against the ropes.
Wonha trying to land knees to the body.
Cane lands with a right to the head.

It looks like Incheol Wonha has been cut.
Cane lands with a light punch inside.
Cane doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cane throws a head punch that misses.
I was talking to Cane's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A right hand to the body from Wonha.
Cane lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cane swings wildly with an uppercut but Wonha uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Wonha.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cane lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wonha.
Nice body punch from Cane.
Wonha landing knees to the head.
Wonha lands an elbow that stopped Cane in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Incheol Wonha will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Incheol Wonha's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cane pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cane takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cane uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wonha.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wonha lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cane has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cane and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
An attempted straight right counter from Cane misses the target.
Cane uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wonha.
Wonha scores with a jab. Cane acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cane moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cane throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cane misses with a looping left.
Cane thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Wonha if he has to take too many more of those.
Cane takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cane lands with a shot to the body.
Wonha takes one to the side of the head.
Good exchange - Cane coming out on top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wonha scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Cane instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cane throws a punch but it's blocked by Wonha.
Cane throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wonha lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cane backwards.
Cane lands with a right to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Wonha.
Cane misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wonha.
Wonha throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wonha misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sutter Cane has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wonha.
A short left from Cane.
Cane swings wildly with an uppercut but Wonha uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wonha.
Cane misses with a punch to the body.
Wonha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cane.
Cane doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wonha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wonha.
Cane working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wonha swings wildly with an uppercut but Cane uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cane has a couple of punches blocked by Wonha.
Cane gets through Wonha's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Cane fails to land.
Wonha throws an elbow that misses.
Cane misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Cane scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wonha doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wonha lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Cane working aggressively here.
Cane makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wonha prevents a body shot from Cane.
Wonha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wonha lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cane backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good body shot from Cane.
Wonha doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cane works on Wonha's body with a couple of short punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wonha obliges.
Wonha tries to work over Cane's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Sutter Cane 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! This is the final round!

Wonha moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Some bone on bone action there as Wonha checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cane throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Cane instigates a clinch.
Wonha tries to throw a body punch but Cane avoids it by throwing Wonha back against the ropes.
Wonha misses with a punch to the body.
Wonha misses with a punch to the body.
Cane taking a breather.
Wonha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cane.
Cane throws a punch but it's blocked by Wonha.
Cane tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cane trying to control the position but instead, Wonha has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cane into the ropes.
Cane presses Wonha against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wonha blocks a body shot from Cane.
Wonha tries to throw a body punch but Cane avoids it by throwing Wonha back against the ropes.
Cane tries to throw a body punch but Wonha avoids it by throwing Cane back against the ropes.
Wonha stalling in the clinch but Cane improves position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wonha can't find room to land a body shot as Cane controls the action.
Wonha unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cane lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wonha.
Cane lands an uppercut.
Wonha tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cane avoids it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Wonha creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cane takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wonha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cane tries to throw a body punch but Wonha avoids it by throwing Cane back against the ropes.
Cane is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Wonha scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wonha can't find room to land a body shot as Cane controls the action.
Cane's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short right from Cane.
Cane tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wonha's elbow.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Wonha throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wonha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wonha lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wonha is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Wonha lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Wonha tries to work over Cane's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cane has a couple of punches blocked by Wonha.
Wonha lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cane misses with some punches.
Cane can't find room to land a body shot as Wonha controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cane.
Wonha pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Wonha stalling in the clinch.
Wonha lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cane backwards.
Cane scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wonha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wonha lands a knee to the body.
Wonha throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wonha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cane lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Incheol Wonha.
I think Wonha has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Incheol Wonha!
After the big win, Incheol Wonha made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Sully's Bar & Grill and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.