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.

Colby Covington's UFC record stood at 12-4-0, 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 36 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 years and 8 months later than Masvidal, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 65 less professional rounds, 68 to Masvidal's 133.

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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 251 on 11th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had won against Nate Diaz at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

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

Before that, he had defeated Darren Till at UFC on ESPN+ 5 on 16th March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

He had been beaten by Stephen Thompson at UFC 217 on 4th November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

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Masvidal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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