UFC Charlotte: Twitter trashes crazy sequence of events to end Kim Ji-yeon vs. Mandy Bohm
See MMA Twitter take the Kim Ji-yeon vs. Mandy Bohm fight at UFC Charlotte to town
At UFC 288 a week ago, Kron Gracie's 1990s-style performance (to put it lightly) against Charles Jourdain led to a lot of mockery on Twitter — and making the fight an early nominee for the worst of 2023.
Just a week later now at UFC Charlotte, the preliminary card bout between Kim Ji-yeon and Mandy Bohm may have topped that.
Ji-yeon did damage in the fight early in an active first round from both women, but the second saw a severe slowing down of pace. While both women had submission attempts in the first, the second saw neither woman really show much effective dominance in grappling (especially Ji-Yeon), let alone neither having much striking activity.
But it was at the end of the second round when the madness really kicked up a notch. A shove kick on the ground by Ji-yeon after the horn had sounded resulted in the referee deducting one point from Ji-yeon.
This was followed by more questionable fight decision-making by Ji-yeon, who choose to engage and grapple with Bohm instead of striking from range. During their engagement, Ji-yeon landed an illegal knee to a grounded Bohm. After some consultation from the doctor, the fight was declared off due to an unintentional illegal knee, forcing the bout to go to a rare technical decision.
But the referee wasn't done, deducting another point from Ji-yeon following the bout's ending due to the illegal knee. The problem? The judges had already given their scorecards, forcing another brief delay for them to do a re-do.
Twitter left baffled, facepalming the ending sequence of Kim Ji-yeon vs. Mandy Bohm at UFC Charlotte
Did ya'll see Kim kick Bohm off her?! LMAO #UFCCharlotte
— Vinny Talks MMA (@vinnytalks_) May 13, 2023
Kim at the end of the 2nd #UFCCharlotte pic.twitter.com/rt1bxa7vY6
— Josh (@JUchiha909) May 13, 2023
Jim Krause after dropping Kim the bag #UFCCharlotte pic.twitter.com/rnOXoySMtd
— On The Line Podcast (@TheOntheLinePod) May 13, 2023
Ji Yeon Kim is having revenge, but at what cost #UFCCharlotte
— Skoo (@SkoooSkee) May 13, 2023
Ha ha! Kim gonna lose another point for that illegal knee 📷#UFCCharlotte pic.twitter.com/7Pm4wXAI9N
— Nonlinear Horse (@NonlinearHorse) May 13, 2023
Kim RN #UFCCharlotte pic.twitter.com/bHt6CN9uJV
— MMA On Point (@OnPointMMA) May 13, 2023
WTF is Kim doing!?!? #UFCCharlotte #UFC This surely will be her final fight in the UFC
— Maxwell (@geremy92697664) May 13, 2023
Begging for a stoppage after losing the first two rounds is such loser energy … hope this is both Bohm’s and Kim’s last fight in this promotion #UFCCharlotte
— Tony Sartori (@tony_sartori) May 13, 2023
Mandy Bohm #UFCCharlotte pic.twitter.com/MZJJxcoQpq
— The Finz (@finz_the) May 13, 2023
The acting from Bohm is horrendous but it’s probably going to get her the win so fair play.😭😭😭#UFCCharlotte
— Logan Offord (@loganofford) May 13, 2023
Is this Kim/Bohm fight on ABC or is it just the main card? If I were thinking about becoming a UFC fan, this fight would turn me right the hell around. Tf are they even doing? The knee happened like 20 minutes ago. #UFCCharlotte
— Strong and Jacket MMA Picks©️ (@strongandjacket) May 13, 2023
Bohm won the fight on a technical split decision, being awarded two 28-27s, with the third judge awarding a 28-27 to Ji-yeon.
In her third UFC fight, Bohm now scores (under dubious circumstances) her first win in the Octagon.
Ji-yeon has now lost five straight fights.