PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Caio Victor (ranked 284 p4p, 575 weight class) and Bong Ji Woo (ranked 39 p4p, 77 weight class). Bong Ji Woo will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Victor
vs
Ji Woo

165 cm
31
164
19 - 6 - 0

179 cm
27
168
9 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Conviction
Conquer

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 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Caio Victor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bong Ji Woo!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ji Woo misses with a wild body shot.
Ji Woo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ji Woo moves out of range of the body kick.
Ji Woo is looking to land body kicks.
Victor drops down looking for a counter takedown but Ji Woo sprawls and moves away.

Victor changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ji Woo looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Ji Woo is not content to let Victor control the position.
Ji Woo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Victor trying to control the position but Ji Woo is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Victor content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ji Woo is not content to let Victor control the position.
Ji Woo is looking to reverse the position.
Ji Woo prevents Victor from improving position.
Victor wants to take a breather but Ji Woo manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Victor.

That's two 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.
Victor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ji Woo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Our spies down at at Convicted Fight Club inform us that Ji Woo has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Victor looking to sit in guard and control but Ji Woo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Victor is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ji Woo trying to control the position from guard on top but Victor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Victor looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Ji Woo passes into side control.
Victor is looking for a sweep.
Ji Woo works to advance to full mount. Victor defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ji Woo controlling from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Victor tries to reverse the position but Ji Woo maintains control.
Ji Woo controlling from mount.
Victor regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victor is trying to get back to full guard.

Victor looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Victor is trying to get back to full guard.
Ji Woo wants to control but Victor is keeping him busy.
Ji Woo stalling.
Victor is trying to get back to full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ji Woo moves nicely into side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bong Ji Woo will probably get the nod.
That's time! Victor's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ji Woo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ji Woo misses with a looping left.
Victor drops down looking for a counter takedown but Ji Woo sprawls and moves away.
Victor lands with a nice body punch.
Ji Woo swings widly with a right hand

and Victor counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ji Woo has Victor pulled in close to control his posture.
Victor trying to control but Ji Woo is working from the bottom.
Victor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Victor trying to control but Ji Woo is working from the bottom.
Ji Woo looking for a sweep. Not yet Ji Woo, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ji Woo seems keen to control Victor's posture.
Victor tries to free his leg and advance position but Ji Woo is retaining full guard.
Ji Woo lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Ji Woo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ji Woo trying to control but Victor is working from the bottom.
Victor looking for a sweep. Not yet Victor, not yet.
Ji Woo postures up.
Victor keeping moving, preventing Ji Woo from controlling successfully.
Victor is trying to control the position but Ji Woo postures up.
Victor seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo slips nicely into half guard.
Victor wants to improve his position but Ji Woo is controlling well.
Ji Woo is thwarting Victor's attempts to control the position.

Victor is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Ji Woo pulls his head out easily.
Ji Woo trying to mount his opponent but Victor defends it.
Ji Woo stalling.
Victor trying to hold on to Ji Woo's head to control him but Ji Woo postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Ji Woo seems content to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Ji Woo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Victor moves out of range of the body kick from Ji Woo.
Bong Ji Woo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Victor doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ji Woo counters with a leg kick.
Victor throws out a loose jab but Ji Woo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Victor shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ji Woo pinned against the cage. Ji Woo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ji Woo only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Ji Woo as Victor shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caio Victor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ji Woo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Victor.
Ji Woo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo throws a leg kick which misses Victor's front leg but catches the back leg as Victor tries to avoid it.
Ji Woo throws a leg kick

and Victor counters with a takedown into side control.
Victor tries to advance to mount but Ji Woo denies him.
Ji Woo is looking to reverse the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Victor working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Victor tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ji Woo is looking for a sweep.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Caio Victor 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. This is the final round!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Victor.
Ji Woo steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Victor misses with a shot to the body
enabling Ji Woo to counter with a crisp jab.
Bong Ji Woo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ji Woo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Victor on the side of the head.
Victor fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The fighters circling - Ji Woo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ji Woo scores with a hook to the body. Victor takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bong Ji Woo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ji Woo throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Victor decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ji Woo's guard.
Ji Woo keeping full guard, as Victor tries to pass.
Victor trying to move into half guard but instead Ji Woo has managed to sweep!

This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ji Woo slips nicely into half guard.
Ji Woo trying to control the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victor is looking for a sweep. Ji Woo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Victor makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Victor.
Victor is trying to keep Ji Woo in close.
Ji Woo 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.
Victor has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ji Woo has passed into side control.
Caio Victor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ji Woo controls the position.
Ji Woo advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Victor manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Victor is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Victor has a hand on Ji Woo's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Ji Woo takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Victor is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo controlling the position easily from mount.
Ji Woo's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Victor wants to control but Ji Woo is having none of it.
Ji Woo controlling from the full mount.
Victor is looking to get to half guard.
Victor is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ji Woo controlling his opponent.
Victor is working to get back to half guard.
Ji Woo controlling the pace for now.
Victor is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ji Woo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bong Ji Woo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ji Woo 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Bong Ji Woo!
A very excited looking Bong Ji Woo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.