Early 2024
Potentially

Potential contest
5 rounds contest @ Welterweight
17-3-0
17-0-0

The tape

35
Age
29
5' 11" / 180 cm
Height
6' 1" / 185 cm
72" / 183 cm
Reach
77.2" / 196 cm

Full record

UD 5UD 5KO 5KO 5UD 5
Form
SUB 3SUB 2KO 1SUB 2
17
Wins
17
4
By KO
8
24
KO%
47
4
By Sub
9
24
SUB%
53
3
Losses
0
1
Stopped
0
1
Tapped
0
0
Draws
0
2012
Debut
2014
20
Bouts
17
63
Rounds
27
4 hours, 49 minutes
Fight Time
1 hours, 47 minutes

Current rankings @ Welterweight

3
UFC
5
-
Bellator
-
5
Tapology
4

Colby Covington vs Shavkat Rakhmonov preview

When is Covington vs Rakhmonov?

Colby Covington could potentially fight Shavkat Rakhmonov, in Early 2024.

The fight would take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which means the weight limit would be 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Covington vs Rakhmonov stats

Colby Covington would step into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Shavkat Rakhmonov would make his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 17 wins and 0 draws, with 8 of those by knock out and 9 by submission.

The stats suggest Rakhmonov would have a large advantage in power over Covington, boosting at 47% knock out percentage over Covington's 24%.

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Rakhmonov would have a large advantage over Covington, boosting at 53% submission rate over Covington's 24%.

Colby Covington is the older man by 6 years, at 35 years old.

Rakhmonov has a height advantage of 2 inches over Covington. This also extends to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Covington is currently the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 8 months earlier than Rakhmonov, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He has fought 36 more professional rounds, 63 to Rakhmonov's 27.

Covington vs Rakhmonov form

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

In his last fight, he won against Jorge Masvidal at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

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

Activity check

Covington's last 5 fights have come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 28 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 10 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 25 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 5 rounds on average.

Rakhmonov's last 4 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 5 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 7 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 2 rounds on average.

What are the odds on Covington vs Rakhmonov?

Sorry, we couldn’t find any odds for Covington vs Rakhmonov yet. If a contest doesn’t have odds initially after it is announced, bookmakers usually release them closer to the day of the fight.

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