Nathan Coy | |
---|---|
Born | Portland, Oregon, United States | July 24, 1978
Other names | Soulforce |
Nationality | American |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
Division | Welterweight |
Reach | 71 in (180 cm) |
Fighting out of | Coconut Creek, Florida, United States |
Team | American Top Team |
Wrestling | NCAA Division I Wrestling [1] |
Years active | 2008–present |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 22 |
Wins | 15 |
By knockout | 3 |
By submission | 4 |
By decision | 8 |
Losses | 7 |
By knockout | 2 |
By submission | 3 |
By decision | 2 |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
Nathan David Coy [2] (born July 24, 1978) is an American mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Welterweight division of the UFC. A professional competitor since 2008, he has also competed for Bellator, the MFC, and Strikeforce.
A former wrestler for Oregon State University, he wrestled in the 174 pounds weight category. Nathan was an All-American and finished his Oregon State career with an 85-42 record. [3]
In the beginning of his MMA career Coy was very successful, winning his first five fights. However, he went on to lose to future UFC fighters Brian Foster and Paul Bradley consecutively. Then posted three straight first round finishes.
Coy made his debut for Strikeforce back in 2008, defeating Dave Courchaine by KO in the 1st round. In 2010, Coy returned to face Tyron Woodley at ShoMMA 8: Lindland vs. Casey, but lost by split decision.
His next fight for Strikeforce was scheduled to be against Nate Moore at ShoMMA 13: Woodley vs. Saffiedine. The fight instead took place at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg which Coy lost via KO in the second round.
Coy made his MFC Debut on January 27, 2012 against Dhiego Lima at MFC 32, Coy won via Unanimous Decision.
Coy defeated Ultimate Fighter Alumni Ryan McGillivray on May 4, 2012 at MFC 33 via third round Doctor Stoppage to win the MFC Welterweight Championship.
Coy made his debut with Bellator MMA in September 2013 where he defeated Andy Uhrich.
In March 2014, he entered into the Bellator Season 10 Welterweight tournament. He faced Paul Bradley in the opening round on March 14, 2014 at Bellator 112 and won the fight via unanimous decision.
In the semifinals, Coy faced Adam McDonough at Bellator 116 on April 11, 2014. Coy lost via second-round KO. [4]
Coy has since been released from the promotion. [5]
Nathan Coy was confirmed as a cast member for The Ultimate Fighter 21 representing American Top Team. [6]
Coy faced Danny Roberts on December 10, 2015 at UFC Fight Night 80, replacing an injured Michael Graves. [7] He lost the fight via technical submission in the first round. [8]
Coy next faced Jonavin Webb on February 21, 2016 at UFC Fight Night 83. [9] He won the fight via unanimous decision. [10]
Coy faced Zak Cummings on April 15, 2017 at UFC on Fox 24. [11] He lost the fight via technical submission due to a guillotine choke in the first round. [12]
On February 11, 2020, news surfaced that Coy was released from the promotion. [13]
Coy is married to his wife Cristina and has one daughter and one son.
Professional record breakdown | ||
22 matches | 15 wins | 7 losses |
By knockout | 3 | 2 |
By submission | 4 | 3 |
By decision | 8 | 2 |
Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Loss | 15–7 | Zak Cummings | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis | April 15, 2017 | 1 | 4:21 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | |
Win | 15–6 | Jonavin Webb | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy | February 21, 2016 | 3 | 5:00 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | |
Loss | 14–6 | Danny Roberts | Technical Submission (triangle choke) | UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant | December 10, 2015 | 1 | 2:46 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
Loss | 14–5 | Adam McDonough | TKO (punch) | Bellator 116 | April 11, 2014 | 2 | 0:30 | Temecula, California, United States | Bellator Season 10 Welterweight Tournament Semifinal. |
Win | 14–4 | Paul Bradley | Decision (unanimous) | Bellator 112 | March 14, 2014 | 3 | 5:00 | Hammond, Indiana, United States | Bellator Season 10 Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal. |
Win | 13–4 | Andy Uhrich | Decision (unanimous) | Bellator 101 | September 27, 2013 | 3 | 5:00 | Portland, Oregon, United States | |
Win | 12–4 | Kevin Nowaczyk | Decision (unanimous) | Hoosier Fight Club 14 | February 9, 2013 | 3 | 5:00 | Valparaiso, Indiana, United States | |
Win | 11–4 | Ryan McGillivray | TKO (doctor stoppage) | MFC 33 | May 4, 2012 | 3 | 5:00 | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | Won the MFC Welterweight Championship. |
Win | 10–4 | Dhiego Lima | Decision (unanimous) | MFC 32 | January 27, 2012 | 3 | 5:00 | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | |
Win | 9–4 | Patrick Mikesz | Decision (unanimous) | Warrior-1 MMA 7: Reloaded | October 15, 2011 | 3 | 5:00 | Coral Gables, Florida, United States | |
Loss | 8–4 | Nate Moore | KO (punches) | Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg | January 29, 2011 | 2 | 0:25 | Nashville, Tennessee, United States | |
Loss | 8–3 | Tyron Woodley | Decision (split) | Strikeforce Challengers: Lindland vs. Casey | May 21, 2010 | 3 | 5:00 | Portland, Oregon, United States | |
Win | 8–2 | Travis Bush | Submission (punches) | Sportfight 27: Wild Card | March 12, 2010 | 1 | 0:16 | Grande Ronde, Oregon, United States | |
Win | 7–2 | Chris Albandia | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | Raw Power MMA 1 | December 10, 2009 | 1 | 3:00 | Sanabis, Bahrain | |
Win | 6–2 | JT Taylor | TKO (punches) | CageSport 6 | July 25, 2009 | 1 | 3:39 | Tacoma, Washington, United States | |
Loss | 5–2 | Paul Bradley | Decision (split) | World Cagefighting Alliance: Pure Combat | February 6, 2009 | 3 | 5:00 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |
Loss | 5–1 | Brian Foster | Submission (kimura) | Pro Battle MMA: Immediate Impact | October 4, 2008 | 1 | 4:08 | Springdale, Arkansas, United States | |
Win | 5–0 | Mike Pierce | Decision (unanimous) | SportFight 23: Heated Rivals | June 20, 2008 | 5 | 5:00 | Portland, Oregon, United States | Won the SportFight Welterweight Championship. |
Win | 4–0 | Jerrod Jones | Submission (punches) | SportFight 22: Re-Awakening | April 18, 2008 | 2 | 2:37 | Portland, Oregon, United States | |
Win | 3–0 | Dave Courchaine | TKO (punches) | Strikeforce: At The Dome | February 23, 2008 | 1 | 0:46 | Tacoma, Washington, United States | |
Win | 2–0 | Rick Story | Decision (unanimous) | SportFight 21: Seasons Beatings | December 22, 2007 | 3 | 5:00 | Portland, Oregon, United States | |
Win | 1–0 | Aaron Emerson | Submission | SportFight 20: Homecoming | October 27, 2007 | 2 | N/A | Portland, Oregon, United States |
Exhibition record breakdown | ||
2 matches | 1 win | 1 loss |
By submission | 0 | 1 |
By decision | 1 | 0 |
Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Win | 1–1 | Valdir Araújo | Decision (unanimous) | The Ultimate Fighter 21 | June 24, 2015 (airdate) | 2 | 5:00 | Boca Raton, Florida, United States | |
Loss | 0–1 | Vicente Luque | Submission (anaconda choke) | The Ultimate Fighter 21 | June 3, 2015 (airdate) | 3 | 2:26 | Boca Raton, Florida, United States |
Jorge Masvidal is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Welterweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Masvidal has been competing professionally since 2003; he has also competed for Bellator, Strikeforce, Shark Fights, and World Victory Road. He holds the record for the fastest knockout in UFC history at five seconds, and won the inaugural UFC 'BMF' Championship belt. As of August 8, 2022, he is #9 in the UFC welterweight rankings.
Edward "Eddie" Alvarez is an American mixed martial artist who currently fights for ONE Championship. He formerly competed in the UFC and Bellator MMA, winning world titles in each: the UFC Lightweight Championship once and the Bellator Lightweight World Championship twice. Alvarez was the first Lightweight champion in Bellator MMA. He has also competed for the Japanese DREAM promotion, where he fought in their inaugural Lightweight Grand Prix. Alvarez also fought once for ProElite's EliteXC promotion.
Gegard Mousasi, is a Dutch mixed martial artist and former kickboxer, currently competing in Bellator MMA, where he is the former two-time Bellator Middleweight Champion. As of June 28, 2022, he is #6 in the Bellator men's pound-for-pound rankings and #1 in the Bellator Middleweight Rankings. He is also the former DREAM Light Heavyweight Champion, former DREAM Middleweight Champion, former Cage Warriors World Middleweight Champion, and the former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion, thus making Mousasi an overall six-time MMA world champion. At the moment of his departure from the UFC in July 2017, he was #4 in the official UFC middleweight rankings, and he is currently ranked the #7 Middleweight MMA fighter and the #9 pound-for-pound fighter in the world by Fight Matrix.
Paul Anthony Daley is a British former mixed martial artist and kickboxer. A professional competitor from 2003 to 2022, Daley competed for the UFC, Bellator MMA, Cage Rage, Final Fight Championship, Strikeforce, EliteXC, ShoXC, BAMMA, Cage Warriors, Cage Contender, Shark Fights, Pancrase, and Impact FC. Daley is a former Cage Rage World Welterweight Champion and Cage Rage British Welterweight Champion.
Ryan Duane Couture is an American professional mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Welterweight division of Bellator MMA. A professional competitor since 2009, he has formerly competed for the UFC and Strikeforce. He is the son of UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture.
Sérgio Ricardo de Moraes is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who formerly competed in the welterweight and middleweight division's for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was a competitor on The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil.
Patrick "Pat" Healy is a retired American professional mixed martial artist who last competed in the Lightweight division of ACB. A professional competitor since 2001, Healy has also formerly competed for the UFC, Strikeforce, the WEC, the IFL, the MFC, King of the Cage, Titan FC and Shark Fights. His twin brother, Ryan, is also a professional mixed martial artist. Healy holds notable wins over Dan Hardy, Paul Daley, and Carlos Condit.
Rudy Bears is a former American professional mixed martial artist, who competed in the Welterweight division. A professional competitor since 2007, Bears has formerly competed for Bellator, Strikeforce, Titan Fighting Championships and M-1 Global.
Douglas Lima is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division of Bellator MMA, where he is a former three-time Bellator Welterweight Champion. He is also the former MFC Welterweight Champion. He is currently ranked the #3 Welterweight in the world by USA Today/MMAjunkie and the #6 Welterweight fighter in the world by MMA ranking site Fight Matrix, and he was widely regarded as the best MMA Welterweight fighter outside of the UFC in 2019. Lima and his brother Dhiego Lima own American Top Team - Team Lima in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
Zacharry "Zak" Michael Cummings is an American mixed martial artist, who currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2007, he has also formerly competed for Strikeforce, MFC, Titan FC, and Bellator.
Yancy Medeiros Jr. is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division of Bellator MMA. A professional competitor since 2007, he has competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Strikeforce.
Lorenz Larkin is an American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division of Bellator MMA. A professional competitor since 2009, Larkin formerly competed for Strikeforce and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of August 16, he is #8 in the Bellator Middleweight Rankings.
Jordan Taylor Mein is a Canadian professional mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Welterweight division of Bellator MMA. A professional competitor since 2006, Mein has also formerly competed for Ultimate Fighting Championship, Strikeforce and King of the Cage.
Anthony Jay Smith is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2008, Smith has also formerly competed for Strikeforce and Bellator. As of March 14, 2022, he is #5 in the UFC light heavyweight rankings.
Paul Bradley is a retired American mixed martial artist who competed mostly in the Welterweight division. A professional competitor since 2006, Bradley has also fought in the Bellator MMA, UFC, Strikeforce, Shark Fights, King of the Cage, and was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest.
Jesse Juarez is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division of the Absolute Championship Berkut. A professional competitor since 2006, Juarez has also formerly competed for Strikeforce, Bellator MMA, the MFC, and Shark Fights. He holds a win at Welterweight over former UFC Middleweight champion Robert Whittaker.
Kiichi Kunimoto is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the welterweight division. A professional competitor since 2006, he has also competed for the RIZIN, UFC, Bellator, and Pancrase.
Samuel William Alvey is an American professional mixed martial artist, who competed in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Alvey has also formerly competed for Bellator, King of the Cage, the MFC, and was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 16: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson.
Sean Tyrone Spencer is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division of the Legacy Fighting Alliance. A professional since 2009, he has also competed for the UFC, Bellator, and Legacy FC.
Dominique Steele is an American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight division. A professional competitor since 2011, he has also competed for the UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator, Fight Nights Global, the Xtreme Fighting Championships, B2 Fighting Series and CES MMA, where he was the Welterweight Champion.