UFC UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski Final

Kyoji Horiguchi vs Neil Seery

Kyoji Horiguchi
Japan

Kyoji Horiguchi

“Karate Kid”

36-6

Winner

VS
Neil Seery
Ireland

Neil Seery

“2 Tap”

16-13

Winner

Kyoji Horiguchi

Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 — 5:00

8 May 2016 · Ahoy Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Key takeaways

  • Kyoji Horiguchi beat Neil Seery by unanimous decision after three rounds.
  • Kyoji Horiguchi landed 83 of 158 total strikes and 6 of 8 takedowns, with 5:49 of control time.
  • The judges scored it 30-26, 30-27, 30-27.

Tale of the tape

Kyoji HoriguchiNeil Seery
36-6Record16-13
25Age on fight night36
5′5″ (165 cm)Height5′4″ (163 cm)
66″ (168 cm)Reach64.5″ (164 cm)
125 lb (56.7 kg)Weight125 lb (56.7 kg)
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
American Top TeamTeamTeam Ryano
Maebashi, Gunma, JapanFromDublin, Leinster, Ireland

Fight statistics

83of 158 · 53%Total strikes landed51of 112 · 46%
50of 116Head strikes45of 100
19of 28Body strikes4of 10
14of 14Leg strikes2of 2
6of 8Takedowns0of 5
2Knockdowns0
0Submission attempts1
5:49Control time0:24

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Kyoji HoriguchiRoundNeil Seery
30/59strikes2/2TD2KD2:27controlR115/25strikes0/1TD0KD0:08control
27/50strikes2/4TD0KD1:26controlR214/44strikes0/2TD0KD0:00control
26/49strikes2/2TD0KD1:56controlR322/43strikes0/2TD0KD0:16control

Judges’ scorecards

Ben Cartlidge

10R1810R2910R39

30total26

Andreas Gruner

10R1910R2910R39

30total27

Paul Sutherland

10R1910R2910R39

30total27

Form going into the fight

Kyoji Horiguchi

  1. WDustin Pague2013
  2. WDarrell Montague2014
  3. WJon Delos Reyes2014
  4. WLouis Gaudinot2015
  5. LDemetrious Johnsonsubmission R5 4:592015

Neil Seery

  1. WPhil Harris2014
  2. LBrad Pickett2014
  3. WChris Bealunanimous decision2015
  4. LLouis Smolkaunanimous decision2015
  5. WJon Delos Reyessubmission R2 4:122015

Also on this card

Andrei Arlovski vs Alistair OvereemKO/TKO R2 1:12Stefan Struve vs Antonio SilvaKO/TKO R1 0:16Gunnar Nelson vs Albert Tumenovsubmission R2 3:15Germaine de Randamie vs Anna ElmoseKO/TKO R1 3:46Nikita Krylov vs Francimar Barrososubmission R2 3:11

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