Welterweight: Amiran Gogoladze Vs. Darrius Flowers
Tale of the tape
24-years-old
6’2″
Akhaltsikhe, Georgia
13 Legion
14-2
7 KO/TKOs, 3 Submissions
Combined opponent’s record: 80-29
27-years-old
5’9″
Mason City, Iowa, US
Chicago Fight Team
11-5-1
7 KO/TKOs, 1 Submission
Combined opponent’s record: 71-77
Pros and Cons
Amiran Gogoladze
Pros
- Diverse
- Fast starter
- Submission threat
- Good ground and pound
- Good output
- Dangerous kickboxer
Cons
- Poor TDD
- Slows as the fight goes
Darrius Flowers
Pros
- Physically strong
- Huge knockout power
- Dangerous in spurts
- Good bodywork
- Credible wrestling
- Dangerous knees
- Fast starter
Cons
- TDD needs work
- Poor cardio
- Plodding footwork at times
- Wilts under pressure
Who has the advantage?
Striking: Gogoladze
Speed: Gogoladze
Output/Volume: Gogoladze
Kickboxing: Gogoladze
Striking defense: Gogoladze
Footwork/movement: Gogoladze
Wrestling: Flowers
Grappling: Gogoladze
More likely to finish on the mat: Gogoladze
Gas tank: Gogoladze
Prediction: Both these guys are really exciting. Flowers with his hands and power and Gogoladze with his diverse toolset and high output.
At times Flowers came into fights out of shape and his endurance and durability don’t hold up. In his last few fights, he was super in shape and in this fight he’s moving down from middleweight.
Flowers is really boxing oriented whereas Gogoladze has a ton of weapons in his toolset. Gogoladze has terrible takedown defense that Flowers could exploit. I do see him being able to take Gogoladze down but not consistently. Flowers is a boxer first so this fight will play out on the feet mostly. Gogoladze is the much taller fighter so he should be able to stick Flowers on the outside. Flowers is kill or be killed and Gogoladze is kill or fade out. I’m siding with Gogoladze due to his size, more weapons, and Flowers fading even quicker.
