PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bong Ji Woo (ranked 377 p4p, 373 weight class) and Marcinho Sitsongrit (ranked 52 p4p, 51 weight class). Ji Woo comes to the cage accompanied by 나쁜 달 상승. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Ji Woo
vs
Sitsongrit

169 cm
33
149
25 - 13 - 2

172 cm
31
152
18 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
Core Combat

Urban Fighter
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 25 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bong Ji Woo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcinho Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ji Woo misses with a right hand
and Sitsongrit counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sitsongrit swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sitsongrit swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ji Woo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ji Woo manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Ji Woo misses its intended target.
Sitsongrit takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ji Woo fails with a takedown attempt.
Ji Woo throws a sloppy head kick
and Sitsongrit counters with a straight right hand.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sitsongrit clobbers Ji Woo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Ji Woo shoots in and bounces Sitsongrit off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ji Woo trying to control the position from guard on top but Sitsongrit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ji Woo advances to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ji Woo is working for a submission of some sort.
Sitsongrit makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Ji Woo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sitsongrit looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Sitsongrit is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ji Woo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sitsongrit is working away from the top position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo tries to roll over but Sitsongrit keeps him under control.
Ji Woo moves into full guard.
Sitsongrit trying to control the position from guard on top but Ji Woo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sitsongrit stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ji Woo swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ji Woo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sitsongrit pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ji Woo is keeping the position for now.
Sitsongrit passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Sitsongrit tries for a kimura but Ji Woo is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo manages to get back to half guard.
Ji Woo wants to improve his position but Sitsongrit is controlling well.

Sitsongrit wants to work for an arm triangle but Ji Woo is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Ji Woo manages to get to full guard.
Sitsongrit pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ji Woo is keeping the position for now.

Ji Woo working for a triangle but Sitsongrit defends it easily.
Sitsongrit seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sitsongrit looking to pass the guard.
Ji Woo seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

Ji Woo had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sitsongrit defends it easily.

Ji Woo looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Sitsongrit has picked Ji Woo up and slammed him! Ji Woo can't keep hold of the triangle and Sitsongrit manages to pass to side control!
Ji Woo struggling a bit here.

Sitsongrit swings around for an armbar but Ji Woo sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Sitsongrit's guard.

Sitsongrit has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ji Woo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Sitsongrit is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Ji Woo wants to control from the top but Sitsongrit keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Marcinho Sitsongrit will probably get the nod.
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.

A shot to the liver by Sitsongrit. Beautiful body shot.
Ji Woo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ji Woo throws a right hand that misses
and Sitsongrit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Ji Woo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Ji Woo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ji Woo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sitsongrit manages to get back to half guard.
Ji Woo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sitsongrit keeps working.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit is pressing down on Ji Woo's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ji Woo is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Sitsongrit has an active guard here but Ji Woo has managed to pass into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ji Woo is working for a submission of some sort.
Sitsongrit is concentrating on defense, preventing Ji Woo from advancing position.

Sitsongrit looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bong Ji Woo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ji Woo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sitsongrit's head.
Sitsongrit wants to get back to full guard.

Ji Woo is working for a kimura here but Sitsongrit manages to reverse the position and he's now in Ji Woo's guard.
Sitsongrit slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sitsongrit looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Sitsongrit working away.
Ji Woo is looking to reverse the position.
Sitsongrit moves into full mount!

Sitsongrit jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Ji Woo manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Ji Woo is trying to control Sitsongrit's posture but Sitsongrit avoids it.
Ji Woo is not content to let Sitsongrit control the position.
Sitsongrit is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Ji Woo's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Sitsongrit is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Sitsongrit wants to control but instead Ji Woo manages to regain half guard.
Ji Woo is trying to control but can't.
Sitsongrit trying to control the action but Ji Woo is working from the bottom.
Ji Woo works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ji Woo looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Sitsongrit puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Ji Woo wants to control but Sitsongrit is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sitsongrit passes to full mount!
Ji Woo is trying desperately to improve position.
Sitsongrit wants to control the pace but Ji Woo is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo is desperately trying to improve his position but Sitsongrit has a good base and remains in mount.
Ji Woo regains half guard.
Sitsongrit not doing much here.
Sitsongrit prevents Ji Woo from improving his position.

Sitsongrit is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Ji Woo is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marcinho Sitsongrit!
A very excited looking Marcinho Sitsongrit rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.