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Colby Covington
Record
12-5
Rating
unrated
Since last event
No earlier rank to compare
Next fight
nothing booked
Age
38
38
Current streak
2 losses
2 losses
Wins by
3 KO · 2 sub · 7 dec
3 KO · 2 sub · 7 dec
Key facts
- Record
- 12-5
- Division
- unknown
- Our rank
- unrated
- Rating
- unrated
- Style label
- not enough data
- Country
- unknown
- Height
- 71"
- Reach
- 72"
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Date of birth
- 1988-02-22
Rating history
No rating history yet — this fighter has no rated UFC bout.
Style profile
Percentile against the whole roster for some metrics — this division has too few profiled fighters · the dashed ring is average · outward is always better
Tap a metric to hide or show it — three is the minimum.
The numbers behind it
Rates are per 15 minutes of fight time, adjusted for the quality of
what the opponent usually allows. Defence and accuracy figures are percentages. A wider ±
means fewer rounds of evidence, and on the chart it is the whisker along that axis.
| Metric | Colby Covington | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 51.4 ± 7.4 78th percentile | — |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 53.8 ± 2.2 82nd percentile | — |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 5.41 ± 2.77 96th percentile | — |
| Takedown defence % | 55 ± 11 29th percentile | — |
| Control time s /15 min | 218 ± 68 92nd percentile | — |
| Striking defence % | 52 ± 1 54th percentile | — |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 0.63 ± 0.10 35th percentile | — |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.38 ± 0.27 7th percentile | — |
| Metric | Colby Covington | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 53.5 ± 10.8 59th percentile | — |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 61.6 ± 6.3 78th percentile | — |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 4.49 ± 3.51 94th percentile | — |
| Takedown defence % | 54 ± 12 6th percentile | — |
| Control time s /15 min | 150 ± 55 59th percentile | — |
| Striking defence % | 51 ± 1 73rd percentile | — |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 0.59 ± 0.43 59th percentile | — |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.26 ± 0.17 21st percentile | — |
| Metric | Colby Covington | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 52.0 ± 13.2 55th percentile | — |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 59.9 ± 13.6 82nd percentile | — |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 4.19 ± 4.39 81st percentile | — |
| Takedown defence % | 54 ± 45 10th percentile | — |
| Control time s /15 min | 156 ± 98 59th percentile | — |
| Striking defence % | 51 ± 2 75th percentile | — |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 0.15 ± 0.09 54th percentile | — |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.22 ± 0.22 26th percentile | — |
UFC fight history
| L | Joaquin Buckley
UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley · 2024-12-14 |
TKO - Doctor's Stoppage R3 |
| L | Leon Edwards
UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington · 2023-12-16 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| W | Jorge Masvidal
UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal · 2022-03-05 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| L | Kamaru Usman
UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 · 2021-11-06 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| W | Tyron Woodley
UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley · 2020-09-19 |
KO/TKO R5 |
| L | Kamaru Usman
UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington · 2019-12-14 |
KO/TKO R5 |
| W | Robbie Lawler
UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler · 2019-08-03 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| W | Rafael Dos Anjos
UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 · 2018-06-09 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| W | Demian Maia
UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida · 2017-10-28 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Dong Hyun Kim
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia · 2017-06-17 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Bryan Barberena
UFC on FOX: VanZant vs. Waterson · 2016-12-17 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Max Griffin
UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2 · 2016-08-20 |
KO/TKO R3 |
| W | Jonathan Meunier
UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Thompson · 2016-06-18 |
Submission R3 |
| L | Warlley Alves
UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor · 2015-12-12 |
Submission R1 |
| W | Mike Pyle
UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier · 2015-05-23 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Wagner Silva
UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs Saint Preux · 2014-11-08 |
Submission R3 |
| W | Anying Wang
UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Le · 2014-08-23 |
KO/TKO R1 |