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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Max Houston (ranked 1084 p4p, 143 weight class) and Allan Coyoca (ranked 1513 p4p, 201 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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199 lbs
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195 lbs
20 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Max Houston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Allan Coyoca!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coyoca uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Houston.
Houston throws a half hearted mid kick.
Coyoca avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Coyoca looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Coyoca feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Houston's calf.
Houston tries a low kick but Coyoca avoids it.
Houston misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Coyoca counters with a straight right hand.
Houston misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Coyoca.
Houston jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Coyoca shoots in for a double leg but Houston sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Coyoca closes the distance and clinches.
Coyoca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Coyoca.
Coyoca pushes Houston back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Houston misses with a short punch on the inside.
Coyoca connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Max Houston has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Houston tries to work over Coyoca's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Houston prevents a body shot from Coyoca.
Houston takes an elbow to the temple.
Houston tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coyoca drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Houston gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Houston lands a shot to the body.
Coyoca can't find room to land a body shot as Houston controls the action.
Coyoca has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Houston is trying to keep an underhook but Coyoca manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Houston tries to get to full guard but Coyoca has control of the leg.
Coyoca is looking for a kimura here.
Coyoca throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Houston to regain full guard.
Houston utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Houston pulls Coyoca in close to his closed guard and prevents Coyoca from doing any damage or advancing position.
Coyoca throws a strike but Houston rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Houston passes Coyoca's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Houston controlling the action here.
Houston is looking to advance position but Coyoca won't allow it.
Coyoca is looking to improve his position.
Coyoca is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Houston is trying to control the action in half guard but Coyoca is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Coyoca tries to get to full guard but Houston has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Coyoca looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coyoca tries to roll over but Houston keeps him under control.
Coyoca is staying active underneath Houston, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Houston working over Coyoca with some ground and pound. Coyoca looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Houston works his way into full mount!
Coyoca tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Houston looking to control and managing it successfully.
Houston prevents Coyoca from getting the reversal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Houston tries to control but Coyoca wriggling away.
Coyoca is wriggling around trying to escape.
Houston controlling from mount.
Coyoca tries to reverse the position but Houston maintains control.
Houston lands a big elbow.
Houston tries to control but Coyoca wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Max Houston will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Max Houston's cut.
That's time! Houston's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Houston takes one to the side of the head.
Houston avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Houston pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Max Houston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coyoca misses with a wild body shot.
Coyoca fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Coyoca throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Coyoca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Houston manages to avoid it.
Coyoca takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Houston will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Houston's jab looks to have found its range, popping Coyoca under the eye.
Houston swings for the body but Coyoca moves out of range.
Houston lands with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Houston jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Coyoca takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Max Houston is winning the standup battle so far.
Houston misses with the body kick
and Coyoca counters with a slapping leg kick.
Houston misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Coyoca walks into a stiff left hand from Houston.
Max Houston is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Coyoca lands a glancing blow to the side of Houston's head.
Coyoca lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Houston rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Coyoca counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A lazy left from Coyoca finds it's target.
Houston loads up on a big right hand but Coyoca slips the punch.
Houston misses with an uppercut
and Coyoca counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Houston chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Coyoca can pounce on him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coyoca moves out of range as Houston throws a body kick.
Houston rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Coyoca counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Houston on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Coyoca fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Coyoca's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Houston connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Coyoca scrambles back to his feet.
Houston swings for the body but Coyoca moves out of range.
Coyoca lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Coyoca gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Coyoca misses with an elbow over the top.
Coyoca misses with some punches.
Houston tries to throw a body punch but Coyoca avoids it by throwing Houston back against the cage.
Coyoca throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Houstons head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Houston.
A nice left hand lands by Coyoca.
Coyoca scores with a knee to the head.
A short right from Coyoca.
Coyoca tries a body shot but Houston blocks it.
Coyoca lands a hook that snaps the head of Houston backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coyoca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Houston lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
Coyoca tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Houston smiles and moves away.
Max Houston has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Allan Coyoca.
Coyoca with a jab.
Houston jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Houston misses with an uppercut
and Coyoca counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A punch lands to the side of Coyoca 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The fighters circling - Coyoca throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Houston throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A chopping leg kick lands by Coyoca.
Coyoca slips under a jab.
Coyoca lands a nice leg kick that just misses Houston's sensitive parts.
Houston's corner calls for a 1-2. Houston obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coyoca lunges at Houston with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Houston's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coyoca tries to clinch there but Houston circles away.
Houston throws a right and a left that Coyoca avoids nicely.
Houston cracks Coyoca with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Houston swings widly with a right hand
and Coyoca counters with a nice uppercut.
Coyoca clinches with his opponent.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Coyoca creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Houston tries to work over Coyoca's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Coyoca.
Houston misses with some punches.
Coyoca missing with knees to the body.
Coyoca misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right handed body shot lands from Houston.
Coyoca misses with a punch on the inside.
Houston tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Coyoca missing with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice left hand lands by Coyoca.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Allan Coyoca showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Max Houston's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Coyoca checks a leg kick.
A jab lands there for Coyoca.
Houston tries to keep at a distance but Coyoca has taken the fight into the clinch.
Houston lands with a right to the head.
Houston fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Coyoca trying to land knees to the body.
Coyoca misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Coyoca lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Houston backwards.
Houston lands a left hand.
Coyoca doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Coyoca tries to throw a body punch but Houston avoids it by throwing Coyoca back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Houston misses with some punches.
Coyoca digs a right hand into Houston's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Houston's gas tank.
Coyoca lands with a right to the head.
Houston blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Coyoca as the two fighters clinch.
Coyoca lands a left hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Coyoca.
Coyoca swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Houston blocking some punches.
Coyoca throws a head punch that misses.
Allan Coyoca seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Coyoca scores a nice knee to the body.
Coyoca misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Houston.
Coyoca working aggressively here.
Houston missing with knees to the body.
Houston has a couple of punches blocked by Coyoca.
Coyoca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Houston's elbow.
Coyoca makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Coyoca lands a body punch.
Coyoca misses with a punch on the inside.
Coyoca doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Coyoca lands a good knee to the midsection. Houston won't want to take too many of those.
Houston misses with a hook from the clinch.
Coyoca lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Houston.
Coyoca tries a body shot but Houston blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Houston has a couple of punches blocked by Coyoca.
A short right from Coyoca.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coyoca scores with a shoulder strike.
Coyoca lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right from Coyoca on the inside.
Coyoca looking to throw knees to the head but Houston is blocking nicely.
Coyoca pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Coyoca struggles to land a body shot inside as Houston controls his hands.
Coyoca gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Coyoca misses with a punch on the inside.
Houston's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Coyoca blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Coyoca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Houston's elbow.
Houston misses with some punches.
Coyoca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Coyoca misses with a hook to the ribs.
Houston's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Coyoca lands a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houston is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Coyoca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Coyoca tries to throw a body punch but Houston avoids it by throwing Coyoca back against the cage.
Coyoca throws a punch but it's blocked by Houston.
Houston throws a head punch that misses.
Houston blocks an elbow strike from Coyoca.
Coyoca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Houston.
Coyoca tries to work over Houston's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Houston lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Coyoca blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Houston prevents a body shot from Coyoca.
Coyoca with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Coyoca lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Houston backwards.
Houston breaks from the clinch.
Coyoca has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Coyoca takes a swing at Houston's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Houston throws a shot from downtown. Coyoca moves away and avoids it.
Houston throws a hook to the side of Coyoca's head but Coyoca sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Coyoca drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Houston defends it well.
Coyoca throws a leg kick which misses Houston's front leg but catches the back leg as Houston tries to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Houston throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Coyoca to counter with a crisp jab.
Coyoca is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Coyoca tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Houston defends well and Coyoca ends up having to push Houston into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Coyoca is looking to clinch.
Coyoca has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A jab from Houston misses.
Houston lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Houston throws a lazy right hand but Coyoca sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Houston throws a body shot but no joy.
Coyoca fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Houston looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Houston throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Houston throws a right hand that misses
and Coyoca connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Allan Coyoca comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Coyoca has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Allan Coyoca!
Allan Coyoca really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that IniTech Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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