Covington vs Masvidal

Who won Covington vs Masvidal?

Colby Covington beat Jorge Masvidal by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 272, on Saturday 5th March 2022 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 50-44, 50-45, 49-46 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 Masvidal stats

Colby Covington stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Jorge Masvidal made his way to the cage with a record of 35 wins, 14 losses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 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 Jorge Masvidal's came in at 12-10-0.

The stats suggested Masvidal had a large advantage in power over Covington, boasting a 46% knock out percentage over Covington's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Covington had an advantage over Masvidal, with a 25% submission rate over Masvidal's 6%.

Colby Covington was the younger man by 3 years, at 37 years old.

Masvidal had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Covington was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 30 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 8 years and 8 months later than Masvidal, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 62 less professional rounds, 71 to Masvidal's 133.

Covington vs Masvidal form

Covington had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Tyron Woodley at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Kamaru Usman at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by knockout in the 5th round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Robbie Lawler at UFC on ESPN 5 on 3rd August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Prudential Center, Newark.

Before that, he had defeated Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

He was victorious against Demian Maia at UFC Fight Night 119 on 28th October 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Activity check

Covington's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 23 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.6 rounds on average.

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