Colby Covington
17 UFC Fights | 71% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (42%)
Colby Covington UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Colby Covington is 12-5 in the UFC across 17 fights, with 3 wins by knockout, 2 by submission and 7 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 17-5, 5-0 of it outside the UFC. Covington competes at welterweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'11" with a 72" reach at 38 years old. The last bout was a loss to Joaquin Buckley by knockout in Dec 2024.
Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 99th percentile among 280 welterweight fighters (4.1/fight).
Colby Covington's UFC win rate is 71% (12 of 17 fights), and 42% of those wins came by finish. Covington averages 4.1 takedowns per fight at 43% accuracy and stops 69% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 17-5
- UFC Record
- 12-5
- Height
- 5'11"
- Reach
- 72"
- Age
- 38
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Joaquin Buckley · KO/TKO · Dec 2024
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Colby Covington's Last 5 Fights
Covington is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Joaquin Buckley · KO/TKO · R3 4:42 · UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley · Dec 2024
- Loss vs Leon Edwards · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington · Dec 2023
- Win vs Jorge Masvidal · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal · Mar 2022
- Loss vs Kamaru Usman · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 · Nov 2021
- Win vs Tyron Woodley · KO/TKO · R5 1:19 · UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley · Sep 2020
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Colby Covington vs Average
Colby Covington lands 13.6 strikes in R1 but 19.6 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Colby Covington's UFC Fight History
17 UFC fights on record (12-5), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Joaquin Buckley | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:42 | UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Buckley | 2024-12-14 |
| L★ | Leon Edwards | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington | 2023-12-16 |
| W | Jorge Masvidal | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal | 2022-03-05 |
| L★ | Kamaru Usman | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 | 2021-11-06 |
| W | Tyron Woodley | KO/TKO | R5 · 1:19 | UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley | 2020-09-19 |
| L★ | Kamaru Usman | KO/TKO | R5 · 4:10 | UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington | 2019-12-14 |
| W | Robbie Lawler | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler | 2019-08-03 |
| W★ | Rafael Dos Anjos | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 | 2018-06-09 |
| W | Demian Maia | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida | 2017-10-28 |
| W | Dong Hyun Kim | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia | 2017-06-17 |
| W | Bryan Barberena | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: VanZant vs. Waterson | 2016-12-17 |
| W | Max Griffin | KO/TKO | R3 · 2:18 | UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2 | 2016-08-20 |
| W | Jonathan Meunier | Submission | R3 · 0:54 | UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Thompson | 2016-06-18 |
| L | Warlley Alves | Submission | R1 · 1:26 | UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor | 2015-12-12 |
| W | Mike Pyle | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier | 2015-05-23 |
| W | Wagner Silva | Submission | R3 · 3:26 | UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs Saint Preux | 2014-11-08 |
| W | Anying Wang | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:50 | UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Le | 2014-08-23 |
How Covington Ranks at Welterweight
Percentile among the 280 welterweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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