2022 PFL welterweight champion Sadibou Sy spinning wheel kick KO’s Shane Mitchell at PFL 6
The Professional Fighters League returns to us tonight, June 23, 2023, for PFL 6, going down live from the Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
Headlining the event is a lightweight encounter between 2022 champion Olivier Aubin-Mercier (18-5) and Challenger Series alum Anthony Romero (12-1), each talent of which has gone 1-0 thus far into the year.
Co-headlining the event was a welterweight bout showcasing another 2022 champion in Sadibou Sy (15-6-2), who faced Shane Mitchell (13-6) in the co-main event of the evening.
Sy had gone 1-0 thus far into the 2023 season with a win over Jarrah Al-Silawi (TKO), while Mitchell had gone 0-1, losing to undefeated stud Nayib Lopez (UD) on that same night at PFL 3.
Continue reading to see how this welterweight encounter went down:
Official Result: Sadibou Sy def. Shane Mitchell via KO (spinning wheel kick) at 1:35 of round three
The two go at it on the feet throughout the first five minutes, each man having success with their striking. They both exchange with punches that connect midway through the round, and Sy comes very close to landing a spinning wheel kick later in it.
Sy begins to take the fight over about two minutes into the second, where he hurts Mitchell after unloading on a combination. He controls the center from here, nearly landing another spinning wheel kick but just coming short, and wins the clinch exchanges.
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Sy continues to dictate the distance into the third and final round, and this time he goes for a spinning wheel kick he sets it up perfectly, landing right on the mark.
Absolutely. Incredible. https://t.co/kUk7nZY2Bu
— J Veaz (@justin_veasey) June 24, 2023
It’s quite remarkable what Sadibou Sy’s been able to do in his career.
After a 8-5-2 start to his career, Sy would then defeat former M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Alexey Kunchenko (UD) at PFL 5 in 2021. He’d then lose to former PFL welterweight champion Magomed Magomedkerimov (UD) later that year in August, and hasn’t lost since.
Sy went on to go 4-0 in 2022, claiming the PFL welterweight championship himself, all four victories coming via decision. He has since gone 2-0 thus far into 2023 with two knockouts. At 36 years of age, what an incredible career resurgence.
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