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Colby Covington
“Chaos”
United StatesWelterweightActiveage 38
17-5
77% win rate
L2 streak
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
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- Draw / No contest
- Title
12 wins5 losseslast 5: L L W L Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2024
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(17) | R2(15) | R3(15) | R4(7) | R5(7) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 13.9 | 20.0 | 18.8 | 28.0 | 19.1 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 11.8 | 16.4 | 14.8 | 19.1 | 16.6 |
| Takedowns landed | 1.92 | 1.20 | 1.28 | 0.43 | 1.26 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.43 | 0.14 |
| Control time | 2:30 | 2:11 | 2:21 | 1:33 | 1:56 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley2024-12-14L·KO·R3 · 4:42
- UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington2023-12-16L·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal2022-03-05W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 22021-11-06L·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley2020-09-19W·KO·R5 · 1:19
- UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington2019-12-14L·KO·R5 · 4:10
- UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler2019-08-03W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 22018-06-09W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida2017-10-28W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia2017-06-17W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC on FOX: VanZant vs. Waterson2016-12-17W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 22016-08-20W·KO·R3 · 2:18
- UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Thompson2016-06-18W·Sub·R3 · 0:54
- UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor2015-12-12L·Sub·R1 · 1:26
- UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier2015-05-23W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- W·Sub·R3 · 3:26
- UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Le2014-08-23W·KO·R1 · 4:50
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- Sherdog
Real American Freestyle (RAF) has confirmed the complete lineup for RAF 13, a crossover event blending mixed martial arts and wrestling talent at the highest level.
- Sherdog
Colby Covington has not fully retired from mixed martial arts, though he exited the UFC following a 2024 loss to Joaquin Buckley.
- MMA Fighting
Tyron Woodley has ruled out a rematch with Colby Covington in professional wrestling, dismissing the rivalry that once defined their UFC feud as no longer relevant to his current ambitions.
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Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
