Lim Su-Jeong (kickboxer)

Lim Su-Jeong
Born October 17, 1985 (1985-10-17) (age 26)
South Korea
Nationality South Korean
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight 53 kg (120 lb)[1]
Style Muay Thai
Fighting out of South Korea
Team T-Entertainment / Sam Sun Eagle
Kickboxing record
Total 8
Wins 6
Losses 2
last updated on: November 1, 2010 (2010-11-01)
Not to be confused with Lim Su-Jeong (taekwondo).
Not to be confused with Su-jeong Lim.

Lim Su-Jeong (Korean: 임수정, im-su-jeong, Korean pronunciation: [], born October 17, 1985(1985-10-17)), often anglicised to Su-Jeong Lim, is a South Korean female Muay Thai kickboxer.

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Background

Lim was born on October 17, 1985(1985-10-17) in South Korea.[2][1][3][4]

Lim started to train in Muay Thai for dieting when she was a high school student, and in November 2007 at the age of 22, she went to Thailand and stayed there for 3 months to practice Muay thai.[5][6][7]

After fighting for several years in South Korea and Thailand, Lim became the bronze medalist of the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA) World Championships held in Bangkok in 2007.[2] Lim was the Muay Thai association rookie of the year in 2004.[8] She became the South Korea Muay Thai bantamweight champion in 2006 and became the -52kg champion of South Korean promotion Neo Fight in 2006.[2][8][3][4]

Kickboxing career

Before competing in Japan, Lim's professional Muay thai record stood at 17-0-4 (win-tie-loss).[9][10]

In her first bout in Japan, Lim was defeated by Japanese fighter Tomomi Sunaba by majority decision on October 7, 2006 (2006-10-07) at All Japan Kickboxing Federation event Cub*Kick's 3 days 1st - AJ Night: Tradition.[11][12]

At the event The Khan 1 in Seoul on March 30, 2008 (2008-03-30), Lim defeated Australian Muay Thai fighter Ashley Lee in the third round, after breaking her nose, making the doctor stop the fight.[13][14][15][16]

Debuting in K-1, on March 20, 2009 (2009-03-20), Lim faced and defeated future shoot boxing champion Rena Kubota by split decision after an extra round at K-1 Award & MAX Korea 2009.[17][18]

Making her debut in shoot boxing, during the quarterfinals of Girls S-Cup 2009, on August 23, 2009 (2009-08-23) at the event Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup 2009, in an upset, Lim, one of the favorites to win the cup, lost via unanimous decision against mixed martial artist Mei Yamaguchi, who was also debuting in shoot boxing (in kickboxing in general) and was the eventual runner-up.[19][20]

On September 26, 2009 (2009-09-26) at the event K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Final 16, Lim beat Chinese Sanda fighter Chen Qing by unanimous decision in a fight in which Qing started with 1 point disadvantage due to not making the contracted weight.[21][22][23]

Lim participated in a four people tournament at the event The Khan 2, held on November 27, 2009 (2009-11-27) in South Korea, where she first defeated Czech Alena Hola by unanimous decision after three rounds, and next Lim defeated fellow South Korean Woo Yeon Park also by decision to win the tournament.[24][25]

At the event J-Girls: Catch the stone 6 on March 28, 2010 (2010-03-28), Lim defeated Satoko Sasaki by majority decision after an extra round.[26][27]

Lim was scheduled to fight against Ikue Tanimura on October 3, 2010 (2010-10-03) at K-1 World MAX 2010 -70kg World Championship Tournament Final 16 in Seoul but the match did not take place since Lim fell ill.[28][29][30]

Outside sports

Aside from kickboxing and Muay Thai, Lim has appeared in several TV shows and worked as an actress as a side job, appearing in TV series in South Korea.[31][32] Also in 2008, Lim appeared in the Thai martial arts film Chocolate.[33]

Kickboxing record

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Kickboxing record
8 Fights 6 wins 2 losses
Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 6-2-0 Satoko Sasaki Decision (2-0) J-Girls: Catch the stone 6 02010-03-28 March 28, 2010 3+1e 2 Tokyo, Japan
Win 5-2-0 Woo Yeon Park Decision The Khan 2 02009-11-27 November 27, 2009 3 2 Seoul, South Korea King of the Ring Grand Prix final.
Win 4-2-0 Alena Hola Decision (3-0) The Khan 2 02009-11-27 November 27, 2009 3 2 Seoul, South Korea King of the Ring Grand Prix semi-final.
Win 3-2-0 Chen Qing Decision (3-0) K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Final 16 02009-09-26 September 26, 2009 3 3 Seoul, South Korea Qing was deducted a point for not making the contracted weight.
Loss 2-2-0 Mei Yamaguchi Decision (0-3) Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup 2009 02009-08-23 August 23, 2009 3 2 Tokyo, Japan Girls S-Cup 2009 quarterfinals.
Win 2-1-0 Rena Kubota Decision (2-1) K-1 Award & MAX Korea 2009 02009-03-20 March 20, 2009 3+1e 3 Seoul, South Korea
Win 1-1-0 Ashley Lee TKO (broken nose) The Khan 1 02008-03-30 March 30, 2008 3 2 Seoul, South Korea
Loss 0-1-0 Tomomi Sunaba Decision (0-2) Cub*Kick's 3 days 1st - AJ Night: Tradition 02006-10-07 October 7, 2006 3 3 Tokyo, Japan

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest

See also

References

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