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.

This was Jared Gooden's 1st fight in the LFA, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

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 31 years old.

Newell had a height advantage of 2 inches over Gooden. Despite this, both fighters had a 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 57 more professional rounds, 79 to Newell's 22.

Gooden vs Newell form

Gooden had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Carlston Harris at UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili on 11th March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Randy Brown at UFC Vegas 39 on 9th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Niklas Stolze at UFC Vegas 33 on 31st July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Abubakar Nurmagomedov at UFC 260 on 27th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Steven Newell at LFA 59 on 1st February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Comerica Theatre, Phoenix.

Activity check

Gooden's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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