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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Harris Reed (ranked 134 p4p, 253 weight class) and Olyn Seran (ranked 22 p4p, 40 weight class). Reed's entrance music is Beethoven's 5th Symphony. A fine choice. Seran has chosen Sound of Silence - Disturbed as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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 16 - 1 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harris Reed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 16 - 1, fighting out of New York, Olyn Seran!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seran takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Reed misses with a looping right.
Reed misses with a hook
and Seran counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Seran.
Nice body punch from Reed.
Seran misses with a hook from the clinch.
Seran softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Seran tries to throw a body punch but Reed avoids it by throwing Seran back against the cage.
Reed is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Seran misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Seran fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Reed scores with a nice short uppercut.
Seran lands a takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seran has gone for a leg lock! Reed slips out almost immediately though and dives into Seran's guard.
Reed missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed wants to control from the top but Seran keeps moving.
Seran looking for a sweep. Not yet Seran, not yet.
Reed is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Reed throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Reed postures up in Seran's guard and throws a big left but Seran blocks it.
Reed trying to control the position from guard on top but Seran is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reed missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Seran escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Reed gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Seran preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reed is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Seran throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Reed has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Reed trying to control the position from guard on top but Seran is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reed distracts Seran with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Reed working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Seran's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seran wants to sweep but no luck.
Seran is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Seran keeping moving, preventing Reed from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reed is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Reed throws a big elbow that misses.
That's four 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.
Reed is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Reed is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Seran looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Reed working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Seran managing to control the position.
Seran working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Reed.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Seran wants to sweep but no luck.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Reed passes into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Harris Reed dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Seran keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reed looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Seran jabs Reed right on the nose. Reed blinks but takes it well.
Reed jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Reed missing with a left hand there. Seran was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Seran ducks under a wild hook from Reed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seran tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Reed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Seran fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Reed, pushing him back against the cage.
Reed scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seran struggles to land a body shot inside as Reed controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Seran.
Reed makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Seran is trying to trip Reed. He has hold of a leg but Reed is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Seran persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Seran pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Reed is keeping the position for now.
Seran stopping the sweep attempt from Reed.
Reed working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Seran doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Seran manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Seran controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Seran tries to free his leg and advance position but Reed is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seran preventing the sweep.
Reed working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Seran doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Seran manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Reed is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Seran passes into half guard.
Seran is trying to control the action in half guard but Reed is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Seran tries to free his leg and advance position but Reed is retaining full guard.
Reed working a defensive guard but Seran manages to pass into side control anyway.
Reed gets back to half guard.
Reed is not content to let Seran control the position.
Reed is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reed is working hard here to advance position.
Reed is trying to maintain the position but Seran is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Reed moves into the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Seran throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reeds head.
Reed makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reed.
Seran misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Olyn Seran will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Seran slips a straight right by Reed.
Seran is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Seran gets a clinch.
Reed is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Seran's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A head punch on the inside from Reed fails to land.
Seran blocking some punches.
Reed breaks the clinch.
Reed misses with a combination
and Seran counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seran tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Reed defends well and Seran ends up having to push Reed into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Reed throws a right hand that misses
and Seran counters with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seran stuns Reed with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Reed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harris Reed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reed misses the body punch
and Seran counters with a stiff right hand.
Reed lands a body shot.
Seran has Reed up against the cage in a clinch.
Seran throws a punch but it's blocked by Reed.
Reed cracks Seran with a nice body shot.
Seran swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reed stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Good body shot from Reed.
Seran working aggressively here.
Reed lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from Reed.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Reed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Reed - that landed with a thud.
Seran takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Seran.
Seran has a couple of punches blocked by Reed.
Seran blocking some punches.
Seran lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Reed.
Reed can't find room to land a body shot as Seran controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reed creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Seran struggles to land a body shot inside as Reed controls his hands.
Reed has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Seran regains guard immediately.
Reed trying to control but Seran is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Seran is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Reed passes into half guard.
Seran actively working from the bottom here.
Seran makes his way to full guard, as Reed worked for a kimura.
Seran wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Reed postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Reed is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Reed looking to sit in guard and control but Seran gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Reed tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Reed looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Seran passes into half guard.
Seran is working for a kimura but Reed is defending it quite comfortably.
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 Harris Reed.
Well Reed 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harris Reed!
During a confident post fight interview, Harris Reed thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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