PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bong Ji Woo (ranked 2063 p4p, 204 weight class) and Castor Rollins (ranked 2593 p4p, 255 weight class). Ji Woo comes to the cage accompanied by 나쁜 달 상승. Rollins comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ulfheonar kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ji Woo
vs
Rollins

169 cm
27
149 lbs
13 - 8 - 1

188 cm
42
132 lbs
40 - 27 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Sin City Allstars

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 - 8 - 1, 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 40 - 27 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Castor Rollins!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ji Woo connects with the punch.
Ji Woo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rollins. Rollins circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rollins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ji Woo.
Ji Woo lands with an overhand left.
Rollins throws the left hand but Ji Woo avoids the punch easily.
Ji Woo is looking to counter punch.
Rollins tries to move into range but Ji Woo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ji Woo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rollins slips under a jab.
Ji Woo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ji Woo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rollins manages to avoid it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rollins.
Ji Woo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ji Woo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ji Woo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rollins looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice straight punches there by Rollins. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rollins.
Both fighters circling a little - Rollins finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Rollins throws a solid leg kick but Ji Woo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rollins.
Ji Woo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ji Woo scores with the left hand. Rollins knows he should have avoided that one.
Ji Woo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rollins connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ji Woo scrambles back to his feet.
Rollins moves out of range as Ji Woo strikes.
A countering left hand to the body from Rollins misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ji Woo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rollins lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ji Woo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rollins throws a chopping leg kick but Ji Woo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ji Woo throws a looping overhand right but Rollins ducks down to avoid it.
Rollins slips a jab from Ji Woo.
Rollins moves out of range of the strikes.
Rollins now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice defenses there by Rollins.
Ji Woo misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ji Woo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ji Woo throws a right and a left that Rollins avoids nicely.
Rollins throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ji Woo takes a swing at Rollins's ribcage but misses.
Ji Woo misses with an uppercut. Rollins saw that one coming.
Ji Woo lands a nice shot that snaps Rollins's head back.
Ji Woo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ji Woo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ji Woo misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rollins tries to score with a low kick but Ji Woo moves his leg out of the way.
Rollins lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ji Woo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rollins counters with a stiff right hand.
Ji Woo swings for the body but Rollins moves out of range.
Ji Woo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ji Woo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Rollins misses.
Ji Woo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Ji Woo finds it's way through Rollins's defenses.
Rollins misses with a low kick.
Rollins is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A jab from Ji Woo misses.
Crunch! Rollins slams his shin into Ji Woo's torso.
Ji Woo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rollins moves out of range of the strikes.
Ji Woo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rollins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rollins shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A big right from Rollins misses.
Good work by Ji Woo as he checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rollins was well out of range. Poor timing from Ji Woo.
Rollins checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ji Woo misses with a looping left.
Rollins moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Good standup being displayed there by Ji Woo as he connects with a hook.
Ji Woo just misses with a punch to the body.
Bong Ji Woo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decent striking displayed by Rollins there.
Rollins has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Ji Woo misses with a wild body shot.
Ji Woo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rollins.
Rollins scores with a kick to the body.
Ji Woo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rollins was well out of range. Poor timing from Ji Woo.
Ji Woo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rollins has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rollins throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A jab from Ji Woo misses.
Ji Woo looks to land a right hand but Rollins moved out of range.
Ji Woo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rollins tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ji Woo is able to avoid easily.
Ji Woo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Ji Woo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rollins.
A big left from Ji Woo misses.
Rollins on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rollins misses with a hook.
Nice jab there from Ji Woo.
Rollins fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ji Woo checks it well.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rollins.
Rollins tests Ji Woo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ji Woo. Rollins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rollins is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rollins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ji Woo moves away.
Rollins misses with an uppercut.
Rollins blocks a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rollins slips under a jab.
Rollins throws a big counter head kick but Ji Woo avoids it with no problem.
A telegraphed right hand from Rollins misses the target.
Ji Woo takes a swing at Rollins's ribcage but misses.
Rollins looks to land a body kick but Ji Woo moved away.
Ji Woo tries to move into range but Rollins moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
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 Bong Ji Woo will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rollins checks a leg kick.
Rollins was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Rollins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ji Woo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ji Woo throws the left hand but Rollins avoids the punch easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rollins.
Ji Woo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rollins.
Ji Woo has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A telegraphed right hand from Ji Woo misses the target.
Ji Woo wants to slow Rollins down by chopping away at his legs.
A shot to the liver by Ji Woo. Beautiful body shot.
Ji Woo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rollins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ji Woo. That did some damage!
Rollins slips a straight right by Ji Woo.
Rollins digs a good body shot into Ji Woo's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rollins misses with a low kick.
Rollins scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ji Woo doesn't seem bothered though.
Rollins jabs Ji Woo right on the nose. Ji Woo blinks but takes it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ji Woo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ji Woo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ji Woo misses with an uppercut. Rollins saw that one coming.
Ji Woo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ji Woo misses with a looping left.
Good standup being displayed there by Ji Woo as he connects with a hook.
Ji Woo throws a shot from downtown. Rollins moves away and avoids it.
Ji Woo blocks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Ji Woo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rollins throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nice shot by Ji Woo.
Ji Woo avoids a punch combination nicely.
A jab from Ji Woo does it's job there.
Ji Woo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rollins takes one on the button.
Rollins moves out of range of the strikes.
Rollins thumps Ji Woo with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid body kick from Rollins.
Rollins lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bong Ji Woo is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Rollins does it's job there.
Ji Woo misses with a wild combination.
Ji Woo throws a lazy uppercut
and Rollins counters with a straight right hand.
Ji Woo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ji Woo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rollins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ji Woo throws a lazy uppercut
and Ji Woo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rollins ducks right into an uppercut from Ji Woo.
Jab, jab by Ji Woo - just one landing.
Ji Woo throws a big shot that misses.
Ji Woo slips under a jab from Rollins.
Ji Woo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ji Woo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ji Woo swings for the body but Rollins moves out of range.
Ji Woo with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rollins scores with a jab. Ji Woo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ji Woo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ji Woo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rollins checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rollins walks into a jab.
Rollins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ji Woo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rollins closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Rollins avoids the body shot from Ji Woo.
Rollins looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rollins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ji Woo.
Rollins lands a jab.
Ji Woo throws a jab when Rollins was well out of range.
Rollins misses with a head kick.
Rollins throws a head kick but Ji Woo moves out of range.
Rollins blocks a jab.
And Rollins responds with a good body kick, but Ji Woo manages to step out the way in time.
Rollins misses with a body kick.
Ji Woo looks to throw the jab but Rollins is out of range.
Ji Woo takes a swing at Rollins's ribcage but misses.
Rollins walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ji Woo moves out of range of the body kick.
Ji Woo throws a jab but it's blocked by Rollins.
Nice defenses there by Rollins.
Rollins drops his hands momentarily and Ji Woo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rollins misses the shot to the body.
Ji Woo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ji Woo looks to score with a jab to the body but Rollins is just out of range.
Rollins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ji Woo.
Ji Woo misses with a double jab
and Rollins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ji Woo throws a hook to the side of Rollins's head but Rollins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rollins looks for the body kick but Ji Woo saw that one coming.
Rollins misses with a body kick.
Ji Woo looks to throw the jab but Rollins is out of range.
Ji Woo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rollins swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Ji Woo to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rollins throws a hook to the side of Ji Woo's head but Ji Woo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rollins misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bong Ji Woo dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Rollins moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A big right from Ji Woo misses.
Ji Woo lands a right hook to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Rollins might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Ji Woo has got the better of the exchanges.
Ji Woo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ji Woo looks to land a right hand but Rollins moved out of range.
Rollins was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Rollins looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rollins has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ji Woo tried to score with a low kick but Rollins checks it.
A nice combination there by Ji Woo.
Rollins misses the jab.
Ji Woo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rollins can do to turn this around?
A lazy left from Ji Woo finds it's target.
Rollins cracks Ji Woo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rollins is looking to land body kicks.
Ji Woo catches Rollins with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ji Woo jabs Rollins to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ji Woo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rollins throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ji Woo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rollins gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ji Woo.
Ji Woo throws an off balance right hand
and Rollins counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ji Woo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rollins.
Ji Woo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ji Woo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rollins.
Ji Woo takes one on the button.
Ji Woo just misses with a punch to the body.
Rollins lunges at Ji Woo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ji Woo's hand.
Ji Woo looks to land a right hand but Rollins moved out of range.
Ji Woo misses with an uppercut.
Ji Woo scores with a decent looking hook.
Ji Woo misses with a wild body shot.
Rollins throws out a counter right but Ji Woo avoids it with no problem.
Ji Woo throws an overhand right that lands on Rollins's shoulder, as Rollins tries to avoid the shot.
Ji Woo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rollins manages to avoid it.
Rollins takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ji Woo misses with a hook. Rollins ducked under it nicely.
Ji Woo throws a shot from downtown. Rollins moves away and avoids it.
Rollins feints a counter leg kick.
Ji Woo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rollins throws a leg kick but Ji Woo checks it.
Castor Rollins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bong Ji Woo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ji Woo looks to throw the jab but Rollins is out of range.
Ji Woo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rollins.
Rollins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rollins throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ji Woo.
Ji Woo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rollins was well out of range. Poor timing from Ji Woo.
Rollins takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ji Woo throws a hook but Rollins blocks it.
Rollins misses with a low kick.
Rollins on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ji Woo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ji Woo misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ji Woo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ji Woo takes a swing at Rollins's ribcage but misses.
Rollins lands the left hand.
Rollins fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ji Woo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ji Woo throws a looping overhand right but Rollins ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rollins throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ji Woo misses the body punch
and Rollins counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rollins lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rollins swings widly with a right hand
and Ji Woo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A slow jab from Rollins misses its intended target.
Rollins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ji Woo.
Ji Woo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rollins missing with a left hand there. Ji Woo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ji Woo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rollins.
Ji Woo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rollins manages to avoid it.
Ji Woo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rollins, as that shot connected.
Rollins gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Ji Woo counters with a stiff right hand.
Ji Woo lands a slapping body shot.
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!
Ji Woo connects with a right hand. Rollins shakes it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rollins avoids the body shot from Ji Woo.
Ji Woo checks a leg kick nicely.
Ji Woo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rollins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ji Woo connects with a nice looking jab.
Rollins checks a leg kick.
Rollins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ji Woo.
Rollins on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rollins walks into a stiff left hand from Ji Woo.
Rollins scores with a kick to the body.
Ji Woo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rollins scores with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rollins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ji Woo.
Rollins misses with a kick to the body.
A big right from Rollins misses.
Ji Woo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bong Ji Woo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ji Woo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bong Ji Woo!
In his post fight interview, Bong Ji Woo started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
Castor Rollins spoke after the fight, saying 'I Will Come Back No Doubt About That '.