Covington vs Lawler

Who won Covington vs Lawler?

Colby Covington beat Robbie Lawler by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC on ESPN 5, on Saturday 3rd August 2019 at Prudential Center in Newark.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Colby Covington.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Covington vs Lawler stats

Colby Covington stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Robbie Lawler made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Colby Covington's 17th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014.

Colby Covington's UFC record stood at 12-5-0, while Robbie Lawler's came in at 15-10-0.

The stats suggested Lawler had a massive power advantage over Covington, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Covington's 21%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Covington had a large advantage over Lawler, boasting a 29% submission rate over Lawler's 4%.

Colby Covington was the younger man by 6 years, at 37 years old.

Lawler had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Covington was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 26 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 10 years and 10 months later than Lawler, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 44 less professional rounds, 71 to Lawler's 115.

Covington vs Lawler form

Robbie Lawler had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Neil Magny at UFC Vegas 8 on 29th August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Colby Covington at UFC on ESPN 5 on 3rd August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Prudential Center, Newark.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Ben Askren at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by submission in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Rafael dos Anjos at UFC on FOX 26 on 16th December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at MTS Centre, Winnipeg, Canada.

He had won against Donald Cerrone at UFC 214 on 29th July 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Activity check

Covington's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 10 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.7 rounds on average.

Lawler's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 9 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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