Portland, Maine (July 20, 2022)
The tongue-in-cheek adage, “Those who can’t do, teach,” initially paraphrased from a George Bernard Shaw play more than a century ago, is of course an unfair generalization.
It is true, though, that some of the greatest coaches and trainers in sports history were journeymen or even mere spectators at the highest level of their endeavor, while some of the greatest performers of all time couldn’t translate that into world-class instruction when others were on the stage.
Not even two years into his transition from Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Bellator and New England Fights (NEF) veteran to full-time mixed martial arts (MMA) coach, Devin Powell has established himself as one who both tasted top-of-the-mountain success and has the knack for shepherding others in that direction.
Together with his wife, Carol Linn, Powell is at the center of an explosion of talent inside the padded and caged walls of Nostos MMA in Somersworth, New Hampshire. The power couple’s gym will send fighters into a stunning seven of the 16 scheduled bouts on the docket at NEF 48: “Heatwave,” scheduled for Saturday, July 30 at Thompson’s Point in Portland, Maine. Opening bell time is 7 p.m.