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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bong Ji Woo (ranked 89 p4p, 136 weight class) and Ispa Perkele (ranked 18 p4p, 28 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 25 - 8 - 0, 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 26 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ispa Perkele!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkele tries a head kick but it misses.
Ji Woo tries to move into range but Perkele moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ji Woo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ji Woo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ji Woo moves out of range of the strikes.
Ji Woo jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Perkele walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ji Woo throws a body kick that misses.
Perkele throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ji Woo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ji Woo has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Convicted Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Ji Woo cracks Perkele with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Perkele lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ji Woo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ji Woo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab, jab by Ji Woo - just one landing.
Ji Woo scores with a jab.
Perkele jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ji Woo throwing a counter right hand but Perkele manages to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Ji Woo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele misses with a left hand
and Ji Woo counters with a left to the body.
Perkele throws a body punch but Ji Woo moves out of range.
Perkele misses with an uppercut. Ji Woo saw that one coming.
Perkele has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Perkele misses with a wild body shot.
Perkele jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Perkele lands a nice shot to the body.
Ji Woo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Perkele pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Perkele lands a nice shot to the body.
Ji Woo lands a slapping body shot.
Ji Woo scores with a hook to the body. Perkele takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ji Woo scores with a sloppy right hand. Perkele should have avoided that one.
Ispa Perkele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ji Woo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's two 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!
Perkele misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ji Woo counters with a nice leg kick.
Ji Woo slips under a jab.
Ji Woo misses with a double jab.
Perkele misses with a low kick.
As Perkele backs away, Ji Woo returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Ji Woo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Perkele throws a hook but Ji Woo avoids it easily.
Perkele moves out of range of the strikes.
Perkele connects with a body shot.
Ji Woo throws a hook but Perkele blocks it.
Perkele swings widly with a right hand
enabling Ji Woo to counter with a crisp jab.
Perkele on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ji Woo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Perkele fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ji Woo is out of range.
Ji Woo is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ji Woo lands a slapping body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Perkele.
Perkele looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ji Woo throws out a loose jab but Perkele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ji Woo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ji Woo misses with a body shot.
Perkele throws a big counter head kick but Ji Woo avoids it with no problem.
Ji Woo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Perkele misses with an uppercut. Ji Woo saw that one coming.
Perkele swings widly with a right hand
and Ji Woo counters with an inside leg kick.
Perkele walks into a jab.
Perkele connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ji Woo. Ji Woo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ji Woo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ji Woo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Perkele tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ji Woo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Ji Woo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Crunch! Ji Woo slams his shin into Perkele's torso.
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!
Good standup being displayed there by Ji Woo as he connects with a hook.
A slapping leg kick lands for Perkele.
Ji Woo throws a leg kick but Perkele sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ji Woo scores with a shot to the body.
Ji Woo lands a nice hook to Perkele's body. Perkele takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Perkele motions for Ji Woo to come forward. Perkele throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Ji Woo misses the target.
Ji Woo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A low kick from Perkele is predictable there
and Ji Woo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A head kick misses from Perkele.
Ji Woo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Perkele misses with a looping right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bong Ji Woo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ji Woo is looking to clinch.
Ji Woo scores with a spinning back kick!
Perkele thuds a left hand into Ji Woo's body.
Ji Woo pushes Perkele away with a front kick.
Ji Woo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Perkele is out of range.
Perkele throws a lazy uppercut
and Ji Woo counters with a nice body kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Perkele 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 thumps Perkele with a low kick.
Perkele misses the jab.
Perkele is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ji Woo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Perkele is out of range and Ji Woo settles back down.
Ji Woo blocks a jab.
Perkele misses with a kick to the body.
Ji Woo throws a counter high kick but Perkele was just alert enough to avoid it.
Perkele throws a leg kick
and Ji Woo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Perkele's knee momentarily.
Nice uppercut lands for Ji Woo. That snapped Perkele's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ji Woo.
Perkele staying out of range there.
Ji Woo lands with a cross.
Perkele misses the jab.
Ji Woo cracks a nice hook into Perkele's ribs.
Ji Woo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
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.
Perkele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ji Woo.
Perkele misses with a low kick as Ji Woo jumps back.
Perkele has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ji Woo finds it's way round the side to connect with Perkele's head.
Ji Woo just misses with a punch to the body.
Ji Woo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Perkele walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ji Woo.
Ji Woo lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo blocks a low kick nicely.
Perkele's corner calls for a 1-2. Perkele obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perkele swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Perkele ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little jabbing left from Perkele on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ji Woo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Perkele can do to turn this around?
Ji Woo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ji Woo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Perkele thumps Ji Woo with a low kick.
Perkele cracks Ji Woo with an open hand slap.
Ji Woo moves into the clinch.
Ji Woo lands a nice shot to the body.
Perkele tries a knee to the head but Ji Woo blocks it.
Perkele tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ji Woo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Perkele backwards.
Ji Woo cracks Perkele with a nice body shot.
Perkele lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele blocking some punches.
Perkele misses with a punch to the body.
Ji Woo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Still in the clinch, Ji Woo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ji Woo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Perkele manages to break the clinch.
Ji Woo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Perkele lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ji Woo throws a leg kick but Perkele sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ji Woo tries to clinch up but Perkele circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Perkele lands with a light punch inside.
Ji Woo blocking some punches.
Ji Woo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Perkele swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Ji Woo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perkele landing knees to the head.
It looks like Bong Ji Woo has been cut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perkele.
Perkele breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ji Woo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Perkele.
A big right from Perkele misses.
Perkele tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ji Woo is able to avoid easily.
Good work by Ji Woo as he checks the leg kick.
Ji Woo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ji Woo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Perkele finds it's way round the side to connect with Ji Woo's head.
Ji Woo connects with a single shot there.
Good exchange - Ji Woo coming out on top.
Danga de danga de dang - Ji Woo scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ji Woo throws the kick towards the body but Perkele avoids it.
Perkele scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
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 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 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!
Perkele tried to score with a low kick but Ji Woo checks it.
Ji Woo throws a push kick but Perkele slaps the foot to one side.
Perkele looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Perkele throws a solid leg kick but Ji Woo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Perkele.
Perkele throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ji Woo feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Perkele throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ji Woo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Perkele rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ji Woo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Perkele misses the shot to the body.
Ji Woo throws a series of punches but Perkele avoids them all with ease.
A lazy left from Ji Woo finds it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice leg kick from Perkele, right into the meat of the thigh.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ji Woo.
Perkele takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ji Woo throws a looping overhand right but Perkele ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele tries to work over Ji Woo's front leg with a kick but Ji Woo checks it.
Ji Woo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Perkele throws a big shot that misses.
Perkele misses with a low kick.
Ji Woo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ji Woo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ji Woo takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Perkele throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ji Woo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Perkele punishes Ji Woo's body with a nice straight punch.
Ji Woo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ji Woo with a nice calf kick.
Bong Ji Woo is winning the standup battle so far.
An inside leg kick lands from Perkele.
Ji Woo misses the shot to the body.
Ji Woo checks the leg kick.
Ji Woo went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Perkele has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ji Woo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Perkele paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ji Woo throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ji Woo lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Perkele has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Perkele and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Perkele throws a big shot that misses.
Ji Woo feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Perkele throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ji Woo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Perkele.
Ji Woo misses with a hook. Perkele ducked under it nicely.
Perkele throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Perkele swings widly with a right hand
and Ji Woo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Perkele misses with a leg kick
and Ji Woo counters with a nice kick to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Perkele. That's going to slow Ji Woo down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo moves out of range as Perkele strikes.
Perkele keeps Ji Woo at a distance using the push kick.
Perkele cracks Ji Woo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Perkele moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ji Woo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ji Woo misses with a double jab.
Ji Woo gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Perkele counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Perkele on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Perkele is looking to score with low kicks.
Ji Woo seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Perkele misses with a body shot.
Ji Woo sizes up Perkele with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Perkele misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo misses with a hook.
Perkele's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ji Woo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Perkele doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ji Woo looks for the body kick but Perkele saw that one coming.
Perkele keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ji Woo is looking to clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Perkele lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ji Woo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ji Woo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Perkele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ji Woo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Perkele rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ji Woo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ji Woo misses with an uppercut.
Ispa Perkele has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ji Woo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perkele.
Perkele throws a hook but Ji Woo blocks it.
It looked like Ji Woo was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Perkele.
Ji Woo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bong Ji Woo.
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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bong Ji Woo!
During a confident post fight interview, Bong Ji Woo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Ispa Perkele stepped up to the mic, saying 'Back to the gym I guess.'.
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