Covington vs Maia

Who won Covington vs Maia?

Colby Covington beat Demian Maia by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 119, on Saturday 28th October 2017 at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Covington vs Maia stats

Colby Covington stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Demian Maia made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 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 Demian Maia's came in at 22-10-0.

The stats suggested Covington had an advantage in power over Maia, with a 25% knock out percentage over Maia's 12%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Maia had an advantage over Covington, with a 48% submission rate over Covington's 33%.

Colby Covington was the younger man by 10 years, at 37 years old.

Maia had a height advantage of 2 inches over Covington. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Covington was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 19 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 10 years and 4 months later than Maia, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 22 less professional rounds, 71 to Maia's 93.

Covington vs Maia form

Covington had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Joaquin Buckley at UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley on 14th December 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round at Amalie Arena, Tampa, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Leon Edwards at UFC 296 on 16th December 2023 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jorge Masvidal at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Kamaru Usman at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He had beaten Tyron Woodley at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Covington's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 23 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.6 rounds on average.

Maia's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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