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.

Colby Covington's UFC record stood at 12-4-0, 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 36 years old.

Maia had a height advantage of 2 inches over Covington. Despite this, both fighters had 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 25 less professional rounds, 68 to Maia's 93.

Covington vs Maia form

Demian Maia had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Belal Muhammad at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Gila River Arena, Glendale, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Gilbert Burns at UFC on ESPN+ 28 on 14th March 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasilia, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he had won against Ben Askren at UFC on ESPN+ 20 on 26th October 2019 by submission in the 3rd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Before that, he had beaten Anthony Rocco Martin at UFC on ESPN 3 on 29th June 2019 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Target Center, Minneapolis, United States.

He had defeated Lyman Good at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Activity check

Maia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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