K-1 Legend Ray Sefo to Make Strikeforce Debut vs Kevin Jordan

K-1 legend and five-time world kickboxing champion, Ray "Sugarfoot" Sefo, will make his STRIKEFORCE mixed martial arts (MMA) debut when he takes on Kevin "The Shaman" Jordan in a heavyweight contest on the Showtime televised portion of the Strikeforce: Challengers (25 Sep 2009) event at Tulsa, Oklahoma's SpiritBank Event Center on Friday, September 25.

The 38 year-old Sefo, who stands 6 feet tall and weighs approximately 250 pounds, boasts the highest KO percentage in K-1's 16 year history. In 2007, he relocated from his native New Zealand to Las Vegas, Nevada and adopted Randy "The Natural" Couture's Xtreme Couture camp as his new training ground.

A Muay Thai stylist known for his punishing leg kicks and a steel chin, Sefo has made eight trips to the K-1 "World Grand Prix Finals," the annual, year-end tournament that pits the world's top eight heavyweight kickboxers against one another in a single-elimination tournament completed over the course of one night. During his 14-year professional kickboxing career, he has conquered a number of fellow all-time greats, including three-time World Grand Prix Finals" tournament champion, Peter Aerts; two-time K-1 tournament winner, Jerome Le Banner; and former world boxing champion and three-time world kickboxing champion, Mike Bernardo.

In his sole MMA appearance to date, Sefo stopped Min Soo Kim with a high kick in the second round (:30) of their K-1 "Hero's 2" matchup in Japan on July 6, 2005.

Also 38 years of age, Jordan is a nine year veteran of MMA who has made two appearances in UFC competition. In his last effort, the 6 foot 3 inch, 245 pound Jordan earned a unanimous decision victory over MMA pioneer and UFC 2: No Way Out runner up Pat Smith, in Salem, New Hampshire on July 31, 2009.

Born in Alabama, Jordan recently relocated to Cortland, New York from Columbus, Georgia where he spent nearly 10 years training United States Army personnel stationed at nearby Fort Benning in the military martial arts system called Modern Army Combatives.

Source: www.fiveknuckles.com