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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Finnish Experiment Il (ranked 853 p4p, 100 weight class) and Bong Ji Woo (ranked 1592 p4p, 172 weight class). Ji Woo has chosen 나쁜 달 상승 as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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148 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
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149 lbs
14 - 8 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Finnish Experiment Il!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bong Ji Woo!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ji Woo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Experiment Il has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Secret Lab in the buildup to the fight.
Experiment Il looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Experiment Il drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ji Woo throws a shot to the body.
Ji Woo slips under a jab.
Experiment Il moves away from the strike by Ji Woo.
Ji Woo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Experiment Il counters with a left and a right that stings Ji Woo.
Ji Woo throws a body shot but no joy.
Ji Woo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Ji Woo.
Ji Woo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Experiment Il lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Experiment Il pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ji Woo takes one on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ji Woo cracks a nice hook into Experiment Il's ribs.
Ji Woo throws a hook to the side of Experiment Il's head but Experiment Il sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An attempted straight right counter from Experiment Il misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Experiment Il misses.
Ji Woo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Experiment Il under the eye.
Experiment Il connects with a right hand. Ji Woo shakes it off.
Good shot there by Ji Woo.
Experiment Il takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ji Woo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ji Woo with a nice cross.
Ji Woo lands a right hook to the body.
Experiment Il tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ji Woo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Decent striking displayed by Ji Woo there.
Experiment Il lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
It looks like Bong Ji Woo has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Experiment Il moves forwards but Ji Woo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Experiment Il cracks Ji Woo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ji Woo swings widly with a right hand
and Experiment Il moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il'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.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Experiment Il as Ji Woo tries to tie him up.
Ji Woo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ji Woo misses with some punches.
Ji Woo throws a head punch that misses.
Experiment Il tries to stall but Ji Woo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Experiment Il tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ji Woo avoids it.
A short right from Ji Woo.
Ji Woo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ji Woo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ji Woo cracks Experiment Il with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ji Woo looks to throw the jab but Experiment Il is out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Experiment Il looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ji Woo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Experiment Il had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Experiment Il misses with a two punch combination.
Ji Woo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Good shot there by Ji Woo.
Ji Woo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Experiment Il counters with a nice uppercut.
Experiment Il bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Experiment Il clinches.
Experiment Il lands a good knee to the midsection. Ji Woo won't want to take too many of those.
Experiment Il blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Experiment Il lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ji Woo backwards.
Experiment Il using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ji Woo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Experiment Il misses with a knee strike.
Ji Woo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Ji Woo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Experiment Il lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ji Woo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ji Woo letting Experiment Il take a breather here.
A short right from Ji Woo on the inside.
Ji Woo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Experiment Il backwards.
Experiment Il is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Experiment Il is looking to control Ji Woo's arms but Ji Woo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Experiment Il has his back to the cage.
Experiment Il with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Experiment Il looking to slow down the pace here.
Experiment Il scores a nice knee to the body.
Experiment Il tries to land a knee to the head but Ji Woo blocks with his arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ji Woo throws a punch but it's blocked by Experiment Il.
Ji Woo has a couple of punches blocked by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il stalls.
Ji Woo is looking to break free of the clinch but Experiment Il has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bong Ji Woo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bong Ji Woo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ji Woo scores with a leg kick.
Ji Woo thuds a left hand into Experiment Il's body.
Experiment Il misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ji Woo looks to score with a jab to the body but Experiment Il is just out of range.
Experiment Il tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ji Woo manages to circle out of the way.
Ji Woo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ji Woo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Experiment Il slips a straight right by Ji Woo.
A head kick misses from Experiment Il.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ji Woo. Experiment Il does a little dance to reset his feet.
Experiment Il gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ji Woo throws out a leg kick but Experiment Il moves out of range and Ji Woo only half commits.
Ji Woo misses with a right hand
and Experiment Il moves into the clinch.
Experiment Il lands a hook that snaps the head of Ji Woo backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Experiment Il.
Ji Woo misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ji Woo lands a body shot.
Experiment Il looking to throw knees to the head but Ji Woo is blocking nicely.
Experiment Il using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ji Woo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Experiment Il leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ji Woo can't find room to land a body shot as Experiment Il controls the action.
Experiment Il blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ji Woo.
Ji Woo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ji Woo has a couple of punches blocked by Experiment Il.
A head punch on the inside from Ji Woo fails to land.
Experiment Il is looking to control Ji Woo's arms but Ji Woo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Experiment Il has his back to the cage.
Experiment Il blocks an uppercut.
Ji Woo misses with some punches.
Ji Woo has a couple of punches blocked by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il wants to stall.
Ji Woo has a couple of punches blocked by Experiment Il.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ji Woo backwards.
Experiment Il misses with a knee strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ji Woo misses with a punch on the inside.
Ji Woo misses with some punches.
Experiment Il blocks an uppercut.
Ji Woo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Experiment Il has Ji Woo pressed against the cage.
Ji Woo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ji Woo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Experiment Il tries a knee to the head but Ji Woo blocks it.
Ji Woo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Experiment Il slows down the pace here.
Ji Woo lands a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ji Woo blocks it with crossed arms.
Experiment Il leaning his opponent against the cage.
Experiment Il looking to slow down the pace here.
Still in the clinch, Ji Woo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Experiment Il blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Experiment Il is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ji Woo is defending well for now.
Ji Woo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Experiment Il throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ji Woos head.
Ji Woo tries to break the clinch but Experiment Il is controlling the position.
Ji Woo misses with some punches.
Experiment Il lands a knee to the body.
Ji Woo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ji Woo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ji Woo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il looking to throw knees to the head but Ji Woo is blocking nicely.
Experiment Il effectively controlling the action here.
Ji Woo manages to break the clinch.
Ji Woo misses with a straight right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ji Woo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Experiment Il.
It looked like Experiment Il wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice defenses there by Experiment Il.
Ji Woo throws out a loose jab but Experiment Il uses good head movement to avoid it.
Experiment Il was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ji Woo scores with a punch to the head.
Ji Woo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Experiment Il takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ji Woo misses the jab.
Experiment Il lands a glancing blow to the side of Ji Woo's head.
Experiment Il misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bong Ji Woo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bong Ji Woo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Experiment Il connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ji Woo. Ji Woo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ji Woo swings widly with a right hand
and Experiment Il counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A cross from Ji Woo lands.
Experiment Il takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ji Woo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Experiment Il was well out of range. Poor timing from Ji Woo.
Experiment Il throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bong Ji Woo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Experiment Il throws out a loose jab but Ji Woo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Experiment Il takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Experiment Il is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Experiment Il, as that shot connected.
Ji Woo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Experiment Il.
A telegraphed right hand from Ji Woo misses the target.
Experiment Il throws a nice looking combination but Ji Woo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Experiment Il takes a body punch but keeps moving.
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!
Experiment Il throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ji Woo throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd cheers as Ji Woo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Experiment Il doesn't seem phased though.
Experiment Il fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ji Woo on the side of the head.
Ji Woo takes a swing at Experiment Il's ribcage but misses.
A head kick misses from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Ji Woo.
Ji Woo works the jab nicely.
No joy there for Experiment Il, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ji Woo. Experiment Il does a little dance to reset his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Experiment Il misses the target.
Experiment Il throws a lazy right hand but Ji Woo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice uppercut there from Ji Woo.
Experiment Il steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ji Woo.
Bong Ji Woo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ji Woo misses with an uppercut. Experiment Il saw that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ji Woo scores with a punch to the head.
Ji Woo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Experiment Il keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ji Woo. Experiment Il does a little dance to reset his feet.
Experiment Il fails to land with a series of punches.
Ji Woo throws a hook to the side of Experiment Il's head but Experiment Il sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Experiment Il tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ji Woo was well out of range. Poor timing from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ji Woo takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ji Woo throws a hook but Experiment Il blocks it.
Experiment Il misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Experiment Il lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
A big right from Ji Woo misses.
Bong Ji Woo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Experiment Il avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ji Woo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Experiment Il.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ji Woo, as that shot connected.
A swing and a miss from Ji Woo.
Ji Woo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Experiment Il misses the target.
Finnish Experiment Il has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ji Woo misses with an uppercut. Experiment Il saw that one coming.
A big left from Ji Woo misses.
It looked like Experiment Il wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Experiment Il slips under a jab from Ji Woo.
Ji Woo misses with a straight right.
Ji Woo tests Experiment Il's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ji Woo missing with a left hand there. Experiment Il was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ji Woo.
Experiment Il misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ji Woo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il moves forwards but Ji Woo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Experiment Il throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Experiment Il closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A bit of stalling here from Ji Woo.
Experiment Il'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.
Ji Woo throws a punch but it's blocked by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il lands a shot to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Ji Woo.
Experiment Il blocks a body shot from Ji Woo.
Ji Woo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Experiment Il obliges.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bong Ji Woo.
I've got Ji Woo winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bong Ji Woo!
Bong Ji Woo spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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hype
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pop
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