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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Seffu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corey Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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219 lbs
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212 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ray Seffu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Corey Harper!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Joseph Jones and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seffu moves in looking to clinch but Harper pushes him off.
Seffu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harper throws out the jab.
Seffu dips to his left and cracks Harper with an uppercut!
Harper's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Harper duly obliges.
An inside leg kick from Harper misses.
Harper pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harper misses with a series of wild punches.
Harper scores with a body shot.
Seffu moves in looking to clinch but Harper pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harper moves forwards but Seffu connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Harper with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Harper throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seffu swings widly with a right hand
and Harper connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Seffu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Seffu.
Harper throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Seffu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Harper changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Seffu misses with a looping right.
Corey Harper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harper connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Seffu momentarily.
Seffu tries to clinch up.
Seffu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice defenses there by Harper.
Nice defenses there by Harper.
Seffu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harper.
Seffu misses with a looping right.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Harper checks a leg kick.
Harper now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Seffu darts in trying to clinch
and Seffu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Seffu has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Netherlands Top Team & KT in the buildup to the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harper. Seffu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harper pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Seffu wants to clinch up but Harper keeps it at a distance.
It seemed like Harper was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Harper feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Seffus jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seffu misses with an uppercut. Harper saw that one coming.
Harper rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Seffu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A jab from Harper does it's job there.
A big left from Seffu misses.
Seffu throws a jab when Harper was well out of range.
Seffu smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Seffu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harper manages to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Harper misses.
Seffu walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Seffu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Harper swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper misses with a straight left.
Seffu lands a nice shot to the body.
Harper misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Seffu.
Seffu throws a low kick but it's checked well by Harper.
Seffu lands with an overhand left.
Some bone on bone action there as Seffu checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Seffu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harper swings for the body but Seffu moves out of range.
Harper lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Harper looks to throw the jab but Seffu is out of range.
Harper throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Seffu stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Harper avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harper steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Seffu.
Seffu misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seffu avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Harper fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seffu tries to clinch there but Harper circles away.
Seffu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Seffu doesn't manage to clinch there - Harper circles away.
Seffu ducks under a wild hook from Harper.
Seffu tries to clinch but Harper is having none of it.
Harper is looking to land body kicks.
Harper staying out of range there.
Seffu darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Harper, as that shot connected.
Harper throws a looping overhand right but Seffu ducks down to avoid it.
Harper jabs Seffu to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Harper takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Corey Harper dominated that round.
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.
Harper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harper throws a looping overhand right but Seffu ducks down to avoid it.
Seffu avoids the body shot from Harper.
Seffu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harper.
Harper misses with a jab to the body
and Seffu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A decent looking cross lands there for Seffu.
Harper throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Seffu.
Seffu avoids the body shot from Harper.
A jab from Seffu misses.
Harper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harper scores with a decent looking hook.
Harper blocks a jab.
Harper avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seffu. Harper does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harper jabs at Seffu's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Seffu.
Harper looks to land a right hand but Seffu moved out of range.
Seffu wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Harper stuns Seffu with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harper throws a right hand that Seffu ducks under and follows up with a left that Seffu also avoids with ease.
Seffu throws a looping overhand right but Harper ducks down to avoid it.
Seffu throws a hook but Harper avoids it easily.
Harper now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Harper takes one to the chin there.
Corey Harper seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slow jab from Seffu misses its intended target.
Harper bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Harper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Seffu slips under a jab from Harper.
Harper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harper throws a lazy uppercut
and Seffu holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Seffu misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper lands a hook to the side of the head.
Seffu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harper is defending well for now.
Harper pushes Seffu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Harper will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Seffu up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harper takes a knee right on the jaw!
Seffu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harper.
Harper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Seffu misses with a knee strike.
Harper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harper lands a left hand.
Harper takes a knee to the side of the body.
Seffu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Harper throws a punch but it's blocked by Seffu.
Seffu blocks a body shot from Harper.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seffu tries to land a knee to the head but Harper blocks with his arms.
Seffu tries to land knees in the clinch but Harper avoids the damage to the body.
Harper avoiding damage as Seffu throws knees to the body.
Harper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harper lands with a right to the head.
Harper scores with a shoulder strike.
Seffu stalling in the clinch but Harper improves position.
Harper pushes Seffu back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harper managing to block the knees to the body from Seffu.
Seffu tries to land knees in the clinch but Harper avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Seffu fails to land.
Harper lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Harper tries a body shot but Seffu blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Harper.
Seffu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Harper as the two fighters clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper lands a nice shot to the body.
Corey Harper seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Seffu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harper is defending well for now.
Harper manages to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seffu gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Seffu gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Harper.
Harper bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice uppercut there from Harper.
Seffu is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Harper.
Seffu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harper.
Seffu throws a hook but Harper avoids it easily.
Seffu throws a lazy right hand but Harper sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Seffu has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Harper finds it's way round the side to connect with Seffu's head.
Harper takes one on the button.
Harper throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Seffu stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Corey Harper showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're 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.
Harper cracks a nice hook into Seffu's ribs.
Seffu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harper throws out the jab.
Harper keeps the fight on the outside.
Harper takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Seffu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Good standup being displayed there by Harper as he connects with a hook.
Seffu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harper manages to avoid it.
Seffu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harper counters with a nice uppercut.
Seffu takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A big right from Harper misses.
Seffu seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Seffu takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harper swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Seffu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harper misses with a straight right.
Seffu tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Harper manages to circle out of the way.
Harper jabs Seffu to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Seffu throws a jab but it's blocked by Harper.
Harper scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Seffu doesn't seem bothered though.
Harper lands with a shot to the body.
Harper misses with a few strikes there.
Seffu moves out of range as Harper strikes.
Seffu getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Harper staying out of range there.
Harper keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Seffu.
Harper lands a body shot.
A jab from Seffu misses.
Harper takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A big right from Seffu misses.
Seffu slips a straight right by Harper.
Seffu appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Harper has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper lands with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harper just misses with a punch to the body.
Harper scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Seffu walks into a straight right hand from Harper.
Seffu swings for the body but Harper moves out of range.
Harper slips a jab from Seffu.
Harper paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Harper looks to score with a jab to the body but Seffu is just out of range.
Seffu has managed to clinch.
Nice elbow from Harper.
Harper blocking some punches.
Harper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harper throws a jab when Seffu was well out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Seffu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper scores with a crisp jab that stopped Seffu in his tracks.
Harper throws a hook to the side of Seffu's head but Seffu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Seffu throws a lazy right hand but Harper sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harper uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Seffu.
Harper lands a nice looking body shot.
Seffu throws a big shot that misses.
Seffu cracks Harper with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Seffu wants to clinch.
Harper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Seffu throws out a loose jab but Harper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harper swats away the attempt to clinch by Seffu.
Seffu looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harper cracks Seffu with a right hand to the side of the head.
Harper throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Seffu blocks a jab.
Harper stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Harper misses with a wild body shot.
Harper misses with a lunging right hand
and Seffu counters by clinching up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harper lands a shoulder strike.
Harper throws a punch but it's blocked by Seffu.
Harper blocks an elbow strike.
Seffu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harper blocks it with crossed arms.
Harper gets through Seffu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ray Seffu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short uppercut from Harper.
A short body shot lands from Harper as the two fighters clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Corey Harper comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Harper has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Corey Harper!
Our winner, Corey Harper, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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