PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Finnish Experiment Il (ranked 639 p4p, 74 weight class) and Bong Ji Woo (ranked 1405 p4p, 146 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ji Woo's choice of entrance music: 나쁜 달 상승. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Experiment Il
vs
Ji Woo

175 cm
27
148 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

169 cm
26
149 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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 11 - 2 - 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 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bong Ji Woo!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Ji Woo.
Ji Woo moves out of range of the strikes.

Experiment Il fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ji Woo, pushing him back against the cage.
Experiment Il is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Experiment Il lands a shoulder strike.
Experiment Il throws a head punch that misses.
Experiment Il stalling against the cage.
Ji Woo tries to pull guard but Experiment Il forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Ji Woo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Good body shot from Ji Woo.
Experiment Il working aggressively here.
Ji Woo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Experiment Il has a couple of punches blocked by Ji Woo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ji Woo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Experiment Il scores with a shot to the side of Ji Woo's head.
Ji Woo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ji Woo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ji Woo is trying to pull guard but Experiment Il turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Experiment Il displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ji Woo up against the cage.
Ji Woo lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Experiment Il creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Experiment Il with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Experiment Il lands an uppercut.
Ji Woo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ji Woo lands a shoulder strike.
Experiment Il stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ji Woo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Finnish Experiment Il has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bong Ji Woo.
Ji Woo misses with a body punch.
Ji Woo jumps guard but Experiment Il stands there with Ji Woo around his waist. Ji Woo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ji Woo tries to work over Experiment Il's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
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.
Ji Woo tries to throw a body punch but Experiment Il avoids it by throwing Ji Woo back against the cage.
Experiment Il is trying to stall.

Ji Woo manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ji Woo is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Experiment Il frees his head nicely. Oh but Ji Woo has switched to an armbar! Experiment Il is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Bong Ji Woo!
Bong Ji Woo decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.