Coria vs Martinelli

Who won Coria vs Martinelli?

Alden Coria beat Jesse Martinelli by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of LFA 157, on Friday 21st April 2023 at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Alden Coria.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Coria vs Martinelli stats

Alden Coria stepped into the octagon with a record of 5 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Jesse Martinelli made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 2 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out.

Alden Coria's LFA record stood at 5-2-0, while Jesse Martinelli's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Martinelli had a massive power advantage over Coria, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Coria's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Coria had a massive advantage over Martinelli, boasting a 60% submission rate over Martinelli's 0%.

Alden Coria was the younger man by 6 years, at 25 years old.

Coria had a height advantage of 4 inches over Martinelli.

Coria was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2019, 2 years and 2 months earlier than Martinelli, whose first professional fight was in 2021. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 19 to Martinelli's 11.

Coria vs Martinelli form

Coria had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jesse Martinelli at LFA 157 on 21st April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Joseph Camacho at LFA 134 on 10th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Bell County Expo Center, Belton.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Michael Cyr at LFA 121 on 14th January 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at The Factory in Deep Ellum, Dallas.

Before that, he had beaten Donnie Ballou at LFA 113 on 30th July 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Bell County Expo Center, Belton.

He had defeated Rashaad Robinson at LFA 101 on 12th March 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Grand Casino Hotel & Resort, Shawnee.

Activity check

Coria's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Coria vs Martinelli?

Alden Coria was a 11/50 (-450) favourite going into the contest, while Jesse Martinelli made his way into the ring at 3/1 (+300) with oddsmakers.