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.

Covington vs Masvidal form

Covington had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Kamaru Usman at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Tyron Woodley at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by 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.

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

He had defeated Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

Jorge Masvidal had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by 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 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.

Going into that contest, he was victorious 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.

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

He had beaten 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 2 years, 5 months and 19 days ago, while Jorge Masvidal's last outing had been 3 years and 1 day ago.

Covington's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 25 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

Masvidal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 8 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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