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 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 loses 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 loses and 0 draws, with 16 of those wins by knock out and 2 by submission.

The stats suggested Masvidal had a large advantage in power over Covington, boosting at 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 35 years old.

Masvidal had 1-inch reach advantage.

Covington was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 30 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 8 year and 8 months later than Masvidal, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 70 less professional rounds, 63 to Masvidal's 133.

Covington vs Masvidal form

Colby Covington had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Robbie Lawler at UFC on ESPN 5 on 3rd August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Prudential Center, Newark.

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

Before that, he had defeated 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.

He had won against Dong Hyun Kim at UFC Fight Night 111 on 17th June 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Jorge Masvidal had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Kamaru Usman at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Kamaru Usman at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Nate Diaz at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Before that, he had beat Ben Askren at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had won against Darren Till at UFC on ESPN+ 5 on 16th March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jorge Masvidal had been fighting more than Colby Covington.

Going to this contest, Colby Covington had last fought 3 years, 9 months and 10 days ago, while Jorge Masvidal's last outing had been 2 years and 5 months ago.

Covington's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 21 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.2 rounds on average.

Masvidal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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