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 Vanquish Combat Club
Date: 21 Mar 2015
City: Sydney
Arena: The Underground - Sydney (1,000)
VCC 5 Main Event Sandor Clegane vs Dwight Powell
Sandor Clegane
Record 4-1-0 (W-L-D)
Age 20
Height 190 cm
Weight 230 lbs
Keys To Victory - Cardio machine, Heavy hands
Dwight Powell
Record 1-0-0 (W-L-D)
Age 25
Height 186 cm
Weight 237 lbs
Keys To Victory - Intelligent, Devastating inside the clinch
Two popular heavyweights square off in what is a likely number one contenders matchup, Clegane comes into the fight off of a 4 fight win streak,
all by the way of knockout, his ability to mix in kicks with his dangerous hands makes him a threat to anyone in the division,
his opponent Powell enters the fight coming off an impressive professional debut that ended in a vicious TKO.
Will Clegane be able to keep the fight on the outside long enough to tag the intelligent Powell, or will he get eaten up inside the vice like clinch of Powell?
Co-Main Event - 265lb Championship:Edward Kelly vs Eddie Kiely
Edward Kelly Record 6-1-0 (W-L-D) Age 25 Height 185 cm
Weight 230 lbs
Keys To Victory - Confident, Excellent counter fighter, Versatile
Eddie Kiely Record 2-1-0 (W-L-D) Age 22 Height 195 cm
Weight 265 lbs
Keys To Victory - Determined, Well rounded
Two heavyweights enter the cage in the nights main event looking to be crowned Vanquish's first ever heavyweight champion,
the versatile Kelly will no doubt be looking to take this one to the ground where he can unleash his vicious ground and pound game and dangerous submissions,
his opponent Kiely though will be determined to keep him on the outside with his superior striking,
but also may look to risk the takedown to try and pound the dangerous Kelly out.
Both fighters have a blue belt in BJJ so the submission game of both fighters may be nullified. Can Kelly overcome the extra weight of Kiely to get the takedown first?
Fight card
Weight Fighters
265 lbs Sandor Clegane v Dwight Powell
265 lbs Edward Kelly v Eddie Kiely 265 lbs title
205 lbs Ricardo Silva v Kemba Walker
205 lbs Edwin Valero v Luis Gracia
265 lbs Domenic Gatto v Michael Sands
170 lbs Alf Stewart v Striker Maverick
265 lbs Perrin GoldenEyes v Sione Tokalu
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