Covington vs Anjos

Who won Covington vs Anjos?

Colby Covington beat Rafael dos Anjos by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 225, on Saturday 9th June 2018 at United Center in Chicago.

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 Anjos stats

Colby Covington stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Rafael dos Anjos made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

Colby Covington's UFC record stood at 12-4-0, while Rafael dos Anjos' came in at 21-14-0.

The stats suggested Covington had a slight advantage in power over Anjos, with a 23% knock out percentage over Anjos' 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Anjos had a slight advantage over Covington, with a 32% submission rate over Covington's 31%.

Colby Covington was the younger man by 3 years, at 36 years old.

Covington had a height advantage of 3 inches over Anjos. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Covington was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 23 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 7 years and 4 months later than Anjos, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 71 less professional rounds, 68 to Anjos' 139.

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Anjos' last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.5 rounds on average.

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