Gooden vs Newell

Who won Gooden vs Newell?

Jared Gooden beat Steven Newell by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of LFA 59, on Friday 1st February 2019 at Comerica Theatre in Phoenix.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jared Gooden.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Gooden vs Newell division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Gooden vs Newell stats

Jared Gooden stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Steven Newell made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 9 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Jared Gooden's LFA record stood at 1-0-0, while Steven Newell's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Gooden had an advantage in power over Newell, with a 42% knock out percentage over Newell's 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Gooden and Newell would have been pretty equal, both with a 33% submission rate.

Jared Gooden was the younger man by 2 years, at 30 years old.

Newell had a height advantage of 2 inches over Gooden. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Gooden was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 1 year and 3 months later than Newell, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 54 more professional rounds, 76 to Newell's 22.

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