Valiev vs Coga

Who won Valiev vs Coga?

Timur Valiev beat Max Coga by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 2018 #1, on Thursday 7th June 2018 at The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Timur Valiev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Valiev vs Coga stats

Timur Valiev stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Max Coga made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

Timur Valiev's PFL record stood at 3-0-0, while Max Coga's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Coga had a slight advantage in power over Valiev, with a 37% knock out percentage over Valiev's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Coga had a large advantage over Valiev, boasting a 47% submission rate over Valiev's 17%.

Timur Valiev was the younger man by 1 year, at 34 years old.

Coga had a height advantage of 2 inches over Valiev. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Valiev was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 7 months earlier than Coga, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 53 to Coga's 69.

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