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Colby Covington

Colby Covington

1137 ELO #74

"Chaos"

MMA 17-5-0 · UFC 12-5-0 · Welterweight · Last fought 1 year and 177 days ago

Colby Covington "Chaos" - UFC Fighter Profile

Career Highlights: Colby Covington has 12 wins in the UFC. Colby Covington lands an average of 3.81 significant strikes per minute and averages 3.64 takedowns per 15 minutes.

Sensible Hypothetical Matchups

No fight is booked yet. These active Welterweight fighters are a similar age (within 8 years) and ELO (closest to 1137), and have not fought Colby Covington before.

Opponent UFC Age ELO Δ Age Δ ELO
Neil Magny 24-13-0 38 1118 0.0 19
Michael Chiesa 15-7-0 38 1157 0.0 20
Li Jingliang 11-7-0 38 1100 0.0 37
Jack Hermansson 11-8-0 38 1086 0.0 51
Carlston Harris 4-4-0 38 1022 0.0 115
Chris Curtis 6-5-0 38 1022 0.0 115

Fight Results Breakdown

17
Total Fights

Biggest Win

Demian Maia in 2017
Opponent ELO: 1197

Biggest Upset Loss

Joaquin Buckley in 2024
Your ELO: 1155 · Opponent ELO: 1119 · Favored by 36

Physical & Background Stats

Height
5' 11'
Weight
Welterweight
Reach
72'
Stance
Orthodox
Date of Birth
Feb 22 1988
Age
38
Peak ELO
1170
ELO Rank
74 of 2693
Strength of Schedule
347-146-3
Combined record of UFC opponents
Avg ELO of Opponents
1085.8
Avg ELO of Defeated Opponents
1056.5

Performance Statistics

SLpM
3.81
Significant Strikes Landed per Minute
Str. Acc.
38%
Significant Striking Accuracy
SApM
3.09
Significant Strikes Absorbed per Minute
Str. Def.
54%
Significant Strike Defence
TD Avg.
3.64
Average Takedowns per 15 minutes
TD Acc.
42%
Takedown Accuracy
Sub. Avg.
0.2
Average Submissions per 15 minutes

Colby Covington Fight History

No defeats in this fight history.

Date Event Opponent Method Round Time Result Odds
2024-12-14 UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley Joaquin Buckley KO/TKO 3 4:42 Loss -
2023-12-16 UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington Leon Edwards U-DEC 5 5:00 Loss -
2022-03-05 UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal Jorge Masvidal U-DEC 5 5:00 Win -
2021-11-06 UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 Kamaru Usman U-DEC 5 5:00 Loss -
2020-09-19 UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley Tyron Woodley KO/TKO 5 1:19 Win -
2019-12-14 UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington Kamaru Usman KO/TKO Punch 5 4:10 Loss -
2019-08-03 UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler Robbie Lawler U-DEC 5 5:00 Win -
2018-06-09 UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 Rafael Dos Anjos U-DEC 5 5:00 Win -
2017-10-28 UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida Demian Maia U-DEC 3 5:00 Win -
2017-06-17 UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia Dong Hyun Kim U-DEC 3 5:00 Win -
2016-12-17 UFC on FOX: VanZant vs. Waterson Bryan Barberena U-DEC 3 5:00 Win -
2016-08-20 UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2 Max Griffin KO/TKO Punches 3 2:18 Win -
2016-06-18 UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Thompson Jonathan Meunier SUB Rear Naked Choke 3 0:54 Win -
2015-12-12 UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor Warlley Alves SUB Guillotine Choke 1 1:26 Loss -
2015-05-23 UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier Mike Pyle U-DEC 3 5:00 Win -
2014-11-08 UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs Saint Preux Wagner Silva SUB Rear Naked Choke 3 3:26 Win -
2014-08-23 UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Le Anying Wang KO/TKO Punches 1 4:50 Win -

ELO Progression Over Time

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Colby Covington ELO Rating Calculation

Fight # Date Opponent Name Opponent ELO Result ELO Gained ELO
17 2024-12-14 Joaquin Buckley 1119 Loss -18 1137
16 2023-12-16 Leon Edwards 1184 Loss -15 1155
15 2022-03-05 Jorge Masvidal 1157 Win +16 1170
14 2021-11-06 Kamaru Usman 1243 Loss -13 1154
13 2020-09-19 Tyron Woodley 1112 Win +19 1167
12 2019-12-14 Kamaru Usman 1169 Loss -16 1148
11 2019-08-03 Robbie Lawler 1088 Win +13 1164
10 2018-06-09 Rafael Dos Anjos 1190 Win +19 1151
9 2017-10-28 Demian Maia 1197 Win +20 1132
8 2017-06-17 Dong Hyun Kim 1134 Win +18 1112
7 2016-12-17 Bryan Barberena 1046 Win +14 1094
6 2016-08-20 Max Griffin 1000 Win +18 1080
5 2016-06-18 Jonathan Meunier 1000 Win +19 1062
4 2015-12-12 Warlley Alves 1058 Loss -16 1043
3 2015-05-23 Mike Pyle 1074 Win +18 1059
2 2014-11-08 Wagner Silva 984 Win +19 1041
1 2014-08-23 Anying Wang 1021 Win +22 1022

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