Colby CovingtonAll-Around

Welterweight · 17-5 · orthodox

Last 5
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Height
5'11"
180.34 cm
Reach
6'0"
182.88 cm
Age
38
Elo Rating
1665.5

Scouting report

Career stats ranked against 196 Welterweight fighters in our database with 5+ UFC fights. The tick marks the division median.

Strengths

  • Averages 3.64 takedowns per 15 minutes — better than 93% of Welterweight fighters

Weaknesses

  • Lands just 38% of the significant strikes they throw — worse than 86% of Welterweight fighters

Striking

  • Strikes landed / min
    3.81
    Top 33%
  • Striking accuracy
    38%
    Bottom 14%
  • Strikes absorbed / min
    3.09
    Bottom 48%
  • Striking defense
    54%
    Bottom 42%

Grappling

  • Takedowns / 15 min
    3.64
    Top 7%
  • Takedown accuracy
    42%
    Top 42%
  • Takedown defense
    68%
    Top 36%
  • Submission attempts / 15 min
    0.20
    Bottom 27%

Recent opponents

Last 5 opponents averaged Elo 1666, higher than 93% of Welterweight fighters. Ratings are each opponent's current Elo, not their rating on fight night. The tick marks this fighter's own Elo (1665).

Last 5 — Fight Time
051015202521:19Woodley25:00Usman25:00Masvidal25:00Edwards14:42Buckley
Win Loss Draw/NC

Fight History

LJoaquin Buckley
UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley
2024-12-14 · TKO - Doctor's Stoppage, R3 4:42
LLeon EdwardsTitle
UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington
2023-12-16 · Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00
WJorge Masvidal
UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal
2022-03-05 · Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00
LKamaru UsmanTitle
UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2
2021-11-06 · Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00
WTyron Woodley
UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley
2020-09-19 · KO/TKO, R5 1:19
LKamaru UsmanTitle
UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington
2019-12-14 · KO/TKO, R5 4:10
WRobbie Lawler
UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler
2019-08-03 · Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00
WRafael Dos AnjosTitle
UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
2018-06-09 · Decision - Unanimous, R5 5:00
WDemian Maia
UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida
2017-10-28 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
WDong Hyun Kim
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia
2017-06-17 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
WBryan Barberena
UFC on FOX: VanZant vs. Waterson
2016-12-17 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
WMax Griffin
UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2
2016-08-20 · KO/TKO, R3 2:18
WJonathan Meunier
UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Thompson
2016-06-18 · Submission, R3 0:54
LWarlley Alves
UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor
2015-12-12 · Submission, R1 1:26
WMike Pyle
UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier
2015-05-23 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
WWagner Silva
UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs Saint Preux
2014-11-08 · Submission, R3 3:26
WAnying Wang
UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Le
2014-08-23 · KO/TKO, R1 4:50