Colby Covington

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(1988-02-22)

Statistics

UFC Record: 12-5

By Method:

KO/TKO: 2-2
Submission: 3-1
Decision: 7-2

By Elo:

As Favorite: 6-1
As Underdog: 6-4

By Weight Class:

Welterweight: 12-5

By Round:

Round 1: 1-1
Round 3: 7-1
Round 5: 4-3

By Type:

Main Event: 3-4
Title Fight: 0-3
Interim Title Fight: 1-0
Ranked Opponent: 6-4

UFC Roster Status: Active

Last 5: WLWLL

Elo: 3259 (#43)

Peak Elo: 3453 (2022-03-05) (#35)

Avg Opponent Elo: 3054 (#44)

Bonuses: 2 (2 FOTN, 0 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 16m 56s

Total Fight Time: 4h 48m 5s (#60)

Avg Time Between Fights: 192 days

Avg Card Slot: 4.6 (#336)

Avg Age: 30.6 years

Avg Opp Age: 32.7 years

Peak Rankings:

Interim Welterweight Champion

Elo Rating

UFC Rankings

Bout History

2024-12-14
UFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Buckley

Joaquin Buckley (30)

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WWWWW • 10-4
UFC rank: #9 • Elo: 3269 (33%)

WELTERWEIGHT
TKO
R3
4:42

🇺🇸

Colby Covington (36)
12-4 • LWLWL
Elo: 3394 (67%) • UFC rank: #6

Amalie Arena
Tampa, Florida
United States🇺🇸

2023-12-16
UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington

Leon Edwards (32)

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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WNWWW • 13-2 (1 NC)
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3604 (71%)
48

WELTERWEIGHT Title Fight

DEC
R5
5:00
🤖

🇺🇸

Colby Covington (35)
12-3 • WLWLW
Elo: 3453 (29%) • UFC rank: #3
47

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2022-03-05
UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal

Colby Covington (34)

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LWLWW • 11-3
UFC rank: #1 • Elo: 3365 (56%)

WELTERWEIGHT

⭐DEC⭐

R5
5:00

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Jorge Masvidal (37)
12-8 • WWWLL
Elo: 3322 (44%) • UFC rank: #6

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2021-11-06
UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2

Kamaru Usman (34)

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WWWWW • 14-0
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3691 (85%)

WELTERWEIGHT Title Fight

DEC
R5
5:00

🇺🇸

Colby Covington (33)
11-2 • WLWWW
Elo: 3396 (15%) • UFC rank: #1

Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
United States🇺🇸

2020-09-19
UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley

Colby Covington (32)

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LWWWW • 10-2
UFC rank: #2 • Elo: 3319 (61%)

WELTERWEIGHT
TKO
R5
1:19

🇺🇸

Tyron Woodley (38)
9-4-1 • WWWLL
Elo: 3238 (39%) • UFC rank: #5

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2019-12-14
UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington

Kamaru Usman (32)

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WWWWW • 10-0
UFC rank: Champ • Elo: 3466 (60%)

WELTERWEIGHT Title Fight

⭐TKO⭐

R5
4:10

🇺🇸

Colby Covington (31)
10-1 • WWWWW
Elo: 3401 (40%) • UFC rank: #2

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2019-08-03
UFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Lawler

Colby Covington (31)

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WWWWW • 9-1
UFC rank: #2 • Elo: 3371 (85%)

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R5
5:00

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Robbie Lawler (37)
13-7 • WLWLL
Elo: 3066 (15%) • UFC rank: #11

Prudential Center
Newark, New Jersey
United States🇺🇸

2018-06-09
UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2

Colby Covington (30)

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WWWWW • 8-1
UFC rank: #4 • Elo: 3237 (32%)

WELTERWEIGHT Interim Title Fight

DEC
R5
5:00

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🇺🇸

Rafael Dos Anjos (33)
17-7 • LLWWW
Elo: 3362 (68%) • UFC rank: #1

United Center
Chicago, Illinois
United States🇺🇸

2017-10-28
UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida

Colby Covington (29)

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WWWWL • 7-1
UFC rank: #7 • Elo: 3098 (30%)

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇧🇷

Demian Maia (39)
19-7 • WWWWL
Elo: 3239 (70%) • UFC rank: #3

Ginásio do Ibirapuera
São Paulo
Brazil🇧🇷

2017-06-17
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia

Colby Covington (29)

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WWWLW • 6-1
Elo: 2976 (38%)

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

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Dong Hyun Kim (35)
13-3 (1 NC) • WLWWW
Elo: 3055 (62%) • UFC rank: #7

Singapore Indoor Stadium
Singapore
Singapore🇸🇬

2016-12-17
UFC on Fox: VanZant vs. Waterson

Colby Covington (28)

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WWLWW • 5-1
Elo: 2860 (42%)

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

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🇺🇸

Bryan Barberena (27)
3-1 • WLWW
Elo: 2916 (58%)

Golden 1 Center
Sacramento, California
United States🇺🇸

2016-08-20
UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2

Colby Covington (28)

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WLWWW • 4-1
Elo: 2755 (47%)

WELTERWEIGHT
TKO
R3
2:18

🇺🇸

Max Griffin (30)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2770 (53%)

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2016-06-18
UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Thompson

Colby Covington (28)

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LWWW • 3-1
Elo: 2672 (58%)

WELTERWEIGHT
SUB
R3
0:54

🇨🇦

Jonathan Meunier (28)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2614 (42%)

TD Place Arena
Ottawa
Canada🇨🇦

2015-12-12
UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor

Warlley Alves (24)

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WWW • 3-0
Elo: 2858 (67%)

WELTERWEIGHT
SUB
R1
1:26

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Colby Covington (27)
3-0 • WWW
Elo: 2738 (33%)

MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2015-05-23
UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier

Colby Covington (27)

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WW • 2-0
Elo: 2589 (25%)

WELTERWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

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Mike Pyle (39)
9-5 • WWLWL
Elo: 2776 (75%)

MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸

2014-11-08
UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux

Colby Covington (26)

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W • 1-0
Elo: 2549 (79%)

WELTERWEIGHT
SUB
R3
3:26

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Wagner Silva (27)
0-1 • L
Elo: 2309 (21%)

Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves
Uberlândia
Brazil🇧🇷

2014-08-22
UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Le

Colby Covington (26)

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Debut 🔰
Elo: 2480 (65%)

WELTERWEIGHT
TKO
R1
4:50

🇨🇳

Anying Wang (23)
1-0 • W
Elo: 2371 (35%)

CotaiArena
Macau
China🇨🇳