PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bong Ji Woo (ranked 12 p4p, 151 weight class) and Ispa Perkele (ranked 3 p4p, 25 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Ji Woo
vs
Perkele

179 cm
35
162
30 - 8 - 0

178 cm
28
165
22 - 6 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bong Ji Woo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Ispa Perkele!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ji Woo has Perkele up against the cage in a clinch.
Perkele misses with a punch to the body.
Ji Woo tries a body shot but Perkele blocks it.
Ji Woo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Perkele backwards.
Perkele stalling in the clinch.
Ji Woo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perkele's elbow.
Perkele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ji Woo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ji Woo tries to throw a body punch but Perkele avoids it by throwing Ji Woo back against the cage.
Ji Woo is working Perkele over against the cage.

Ji Woo successfully pulls guard.
Perkele controls from within his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkele wants to stand and escape but instead Ji Woo has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele wants to sweep here but Ji Woo controlling him for the moment.
Perkele is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Perkele working a defensive guard but Ji Woo manages to pass into side control anyway.
Perkele is holding Ji Woo down, trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Perkele tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ji Woo prevents Perkele from escaping the position.
Perkele is trying to improve his position.
Perkele struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele sneaks back into half guard.
Perkele trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Ji Woo manages to pass to mount!
Perkele regains half guard.
Perkele looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele tries to get to full guard but Ji Woo has control of the leg.
Perkele preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Perkele is trying to stand.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Perkele is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A slow jab from Perkele misses its intended target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bong Ji Woo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Perkele looks to score with a jab to the body but Ji Woo is just out of range.
Ji Woo swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ji Woo avoids the body shot from Perkele.
And Ji Woo counters with a quick kick to the body but Perkele blocks it.
Perkele jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ji Woo moves out of range as Perkele strikes.
Ji Woo throws a wild body kick that Perkele sees coming a mile off.
It seemed like Perkele was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Perkele misses with a hook.
Ji Woo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ji Woo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Perkele keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Perkele is trying to counter with his kicks.
Perkele misses with an uppercut. Ji Woo saw that one coming.
Ispa Perkele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ji Woo throws an overhand right that lands on Perkele's shoulder, as Perkele tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ji Woo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Perkele.
Ji Woo is looking to counter with a body kick.
Ji Woo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Perkele chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ji Woo can pounce on him.

Ji Woo closes the distance and clinches.
Ji Woo prevents a body shot from Perkele.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ji Woo throws a head punch that misses.
Perkele lands a shoulder strike.
Ji Woo misses with a punch on the inside.

Perkele escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ji Woo tries to clinch up.
Ji Woo cracks Perkele with an open hand slap.
Perkele pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ji Woo is out of range and Perkele settles back down.
Ji Woo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Perkele can do to turn this around?

Ji Woo has closed the distance and engaged Perkele in a clinch.
A short left from Perkele.
A short right from Ji Woo on the inside.
Ji Woo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Perkele blocks a body shot from Ji Woo.
Perkele blocks a body shot from Ji Woo.
A shot in the inside from Perkele.
Perkele misses with a punch on the inside.
Perkele has a couple of punches blocked by Ji Woo.
Perkele misses with a hook to the ribs.
Perkele looking to stall.
Perkele tries to work over Ji Woo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ji Woo prevents Perkele from breaking the clinch.

Perkele breaks from the clinch.

Ji Woo has closed the distance and engaged Perkele in a clinch.
Ji Woo tries to pull guard but Perkele forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Ji Woo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Perkele tries to work over Ji Woo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ji Woo tries to work over Perkele's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ji Woo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Perkele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ji Woo lands a shoulder strike.
Perkele's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Perkele tries a knee to the head but Ji Woo blocks it.
A short left from Ji Woo.
Perkele swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Perkele has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ji Woo seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Perkele can turn it around.
Perkele blocking some punches.
Perkele lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ji Woo misses with a punch to the body.
Ji Woo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Perkele is trying to push Ji Woo away but Ji Woo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Perkele breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perkele misses with a low kick.
Perkele tried to score with a low kick but Ji Woo checks it.
Ji Woo throws a big counter combination but Perkele scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Perkele scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Perkele does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
No joy there for Perkele, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ji Woo.
Ji Woo throws a solid leg kick but Perkele takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ji Woo.
Ji Woo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perkele.
Perkele misses with an uppercut.
Ji Woo slips a straight right by Perkele.
Perkele misses with a hook.
Perkele throws a body kick that misses.
Ji Woo throws a head kick that Perkele semi-blocks.
Ji Woo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ji Woo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ji Woo lands a glancing blow to the side of Perkele's head.
Perkele dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ji Woo. That did some damage!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perkele throws a body shot but no joy.
Perkele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ji Woo.
Perkele throws a low kick, looking for Ji Woo's leg but Ji Woo calmly moves out of range.
Ji Woo throws a body kick that misses.
Ji Woo misses with a double jab.
Perkele throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ji Woo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ji Woo feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Ji Woo moves away from the strike by Perkele.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ji Woo.
Perkele throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Perkele throws a head kick that misses
and Ji Woo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
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 corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Perkele throws a jab when Ji Woo was well out of range.
Perkele jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ji Woo staying out of range there.
Ji Woo connects with a jab.
Ji Woo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perkele throws an overhand right that lands on Ji Woo's shoulder, as Ji Woo tries to avoid the shot.
Ji Woo misses with a body shot.
Perkele throws a body shot but no joy.
Ji Woo throws a push kick but Perkele slaps the foot to one side.

Ji Woo closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ji Woo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Ji Woo jumps into guard, dragging Perkele to the mat.
Perkele sitting in guard here, content to control.
Perkele trying to control but Ji Woo is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Perkele trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ji Woo can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Perkele controls the pace.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ji Woo wants to slow Perkele down by chopping away at his legs.
Ji Woo misses with the body kick
and Perkele counters with a nice body kick.
Perkele uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ji Woo.
Perkele throws a hook to the side of Ji Woo's head but Ji Woo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Perkele takes a swing at Ji Woo's ribcage but misses.
Ji Woo fires out a quick counter leg kick but Perkele just manages to avoid it.
Perkele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Perkele.
Ji Woo slips a jab from Perkele.
Ji Woo lands with an uppercut that bounces Perkele off the cage and back into range.
Ispa Perkele seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Perkele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ji Woo counters with a left to the body.
Ji Woo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Perkele looks to land a right hand but Ji Woo moved out of range.
Ji Woo tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Perkele manages to circle out of the way.
Perkele tries a head kick but it misses.
Perkele looks to land a left hand but Ji Woo moved out of range nicely.
Ji Woo was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Perkele takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Perkele walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Perkele misses the shot to the body.
Perkele fails to land with a series of punches.
Ji Woo fails to land with a series of punches.
Ji Woo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Perkele throws out a leg kick but Ji Woo moves out of range and Perkele only half commits.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ji Woo. Perkele shrugs it off though.
Perkele throws a low kick but Ji Woo moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele throws a lazy right hand but Ji Woo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ji Woo is looking to counter punch.
Perkele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ji Woo is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Perkele.
Ji Woo misses with a double jab
and Perkele connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from Perkele.
Perkele misses with a hook.
Perkele ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ji Woo moves away.
Ji Woo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Perkele on the side of the head.
Ji Woo works Perkele's body with a nice hook.
Ji Woo motions for Perkele to come forward. Ji Woo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Perkele throws a jab when Ji Woo was well out of range.
Ji Woo defending well as Perkele loads up on a big left hand.
Perkele throws an off balance right hand
and Ji Woo counters with a nice body shot.
Perkele is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ji Woo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Bong Ji Woo did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Perkele throws a jab but it's blocked by Ji Woo.
Ji Woo seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Perkele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ji Woo.
Perkele throws a poor cross that misses
and Ji Woo counters with a stiff right hand.
Ji Woo ducks under a wild hook from Perkele.
Ji Woo throws the kick towards the body but Perkele avoids it.
Ji Woo ducks under a wild hook from Perkele.
Ji Woo lands a head shot.
Perkele throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ji Woo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ji Woo appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ji Woo misses with a leg kick
and Perkele counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ji Woo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkele tries a head kick but it misses.
Ji Woo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Perkele's hands.
Perkele throws a shot from downtown. Ji Woo moves away and avoids it.
Ji Woo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Perkele closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele avoids the head kick by Ji Woo.
Perkele with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Perkele throws a hook to the side of Ji Woo's head but Ji Woo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Perkele throws a sloppy head kick and Ji Woo moves out of range easily.
A jab from Ji Woo misses.
Perkele moves out of range of the body kick from Ji Woo.
Perkele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ji Woo jabs at Perkele's body.
Perkele ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ji Woo moves away.
Ji Woo takes a swing at Perkele's ribcage but misses.
Ji Woo looks to score with a jab to the body but Perkele is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Perkele.
Ji Woo checks a leg kick.
Perkele uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ji Woo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo is looking to chop away at Perkele's legs.
Perkele avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ji Woo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A big right from Perkele misses.
Perkele throws a shot from downtown. Ji Woo moves away and avoids it.
Ji Woo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Perkele takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Perkele misses with a right hand
enabling Ji Woo to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ji Woo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Perkele throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Perkele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ji Woo connects with the punch.
Ji Woo blocks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Perkele counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice defenses there by Perkele.
Perkele lands a jab to Ji Woo's midsection.
Perkele throws a sloppy body shot
and Ji Woo counters with a leg kick.
Perkele misses with a body shot
and Ji Woo counters with a nice body kick.
Perkele swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Perkele misses the jab.
Ji Woo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Perkele on the side of the head.
Ji Woo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Perkele throws out the jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Ji Woo misses the target.
Ji Woo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Perkele counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Perkele takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ji Woo throws a body kick that misses.
Perkele throws a shot from downtown. Ji Woo moves away and avoids it.
Ji Woo swings for the body but Perkele moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo throws a body kick that misses.
Ji Woo works Perkele's body with a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ji Woo lands a nice looking body shot.
Ji Woo slips a straight right by Perkele.

Ji Woo instigates a clinch.
Bong Ji Woo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right handed body shot lands from Ji Woo.

Perkele's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perkele. Ji Woo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ji Woo.
Ji Woo checks a low kick from Perkele.
Perkele throws an off balance right hand
and Ji Woo counters with a solid body kick.
Ji Woo misses with a looping right.
Perkele throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ji Woo connects with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bong Ji Woo had his way with Ispa Perkele in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Ji Woo darts in trying to clinch
and Perkele counters with a two punch combo.

Ji Woo forces Perkele back against the cage and clinches.
Perkele lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ji Woo.
Ji Woo lands with a short shot to the head.

Perkele's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Perkele misses with a head kick.
Perkele ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ji Woo moves away.
Ji Woo slips a jab from Perkele.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkele throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ji Woo tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Perkele manages to circle out of the way.
Perkele misses with a straight left.
Ji Woo scoring well with a low kick there.
A lazy body kick from Ji Woo
and Perkele counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Perkele misses
and Ji Woo counters with a straight right hand.
Ji Woo moves out of range as Perkele strikes.
Perkele throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ji Woo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Perkele throws a chopping leg kick but Ji Woo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Perkele's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Perkele avoids a kick to the body.
Ji Woo defending well as Perkele loads up on a big left hand.
Ji Woo throws a wild body kick that Perkele sees coming a mile off.
Perkele throws out a counter right but Ji Woo avoids it with no problem.
Ji Woo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ji Woo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Perkele.
Ji Woo connects with an inside leg kick.

Ji Woo clinches with his opponent.
Perkele softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ji Woo tries a body shot but Perkele blocks it.
A body shot lands from Ji Woo.
Ji Woo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Perkele walks away with a smile on his face. Ji Woo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo tries to clinch there but Perkele circles away.
Perkele looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ji Woo tries to clinch but Perkele moves away
and Perkele counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ji Woo throws a push kick but Perkele slaps the foot to one side.
Ji Woo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Perkele counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Perkele takes a swing at Ji Woo's ribcage but misses.
Ji Woo jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Ji Woo connects with a solid leg kick.
Perkele throws a hook to the side of Ji Woo's head but Ji Woo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ji Woo misses the shot to the body.
Perkele throws a nice outside leg kick.
Perkele throws a jab but it's blocked by Ji Woo.
Perkele throws a hook but Ji Woo avoids it easily.
As Perkele backs away, Ji Woo returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Perkele throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ji Woo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Perkele swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele throws the left hand but Ji Woo avoids the punch easily.
Nice defenses there by Ji Woo.
The fighters circling - Perkele throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Perkele thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ji Woo tried to counter with a leg kick but Perkele avoided it.
Ji Woo misses with a leg kick.
Perkele doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Perkele on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ji Woo. Ji Woo obviously looking to wear him down.
A good leg kick by Ji Woo.
Ji Woo lands a really nice looking cross but Perkele seems unphased.
Ji Woo avoids the head kick by Perkele.
Ji Woo wants to land a leg kick but Perkele is out of range.
Perkele throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ji Woo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ji Woo throws a poor cross that misses
and Perkele counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ji Woo's knee momentarily.
Perkele throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ji Woo throws a hook but Perkele avoids it easily.
Perkele unleashes a big counter combination but Ji Woo bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Perkele just misses with a punch to the body.
Perkele pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ji Woo misses the body punch
letting Perkele counter with a right hand.
Nice body kick there by Ji Woo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perkele throws a looping overhand right but Ji Woo ducks down to avoid it.
A cross from Ji Woo lands.
Ji Woo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ji Woo moves away from the strike by Perkele.
Ji Woo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ji Woo checks a leg kick.
Perkele misses with a hook. Ji Woo ducked under it nicely.
Ispa Perkele has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ji Woo cracks Perkele with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ispa Perkele comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ji Woo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 49:46
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 49:48
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bong Ji Woo!
Bong Ji Woo retains his lightweight title!
Bong Ji Woo was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.