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UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal
Colby Covington
Colby Covington
16-3 · USA
VS
Jorge Masvidal
Jorge Masvidal
35-15 · USA
March 5, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 5 rounds · Main event
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Colby Covington def. Jorge Masvidal by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Covington7/183/503:32
Masvidal6/170/000:00
R2
Covington20/580/201:21
Masvidal31/630/000:21
R3
Covington21/401/204:34
Masvidal8/120/000:00
R4
Covington33/660/402:13
Masvidal21/460/000:00
R5
Covington13/192/204:34
Masvidal1/20/000:00
Total
Covington94/2016/15016:14
Masvidal67/1400/000:21

Scorecards

Covington vs Masvidal

RdDerek ClearyJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-99-1010-99.6-9.4
R310-910-910-910-8.6
R410-910-910-99.8-9.2
R510-810-910-910-8.4
Total50-4449-4650-4549.4-44.6

Media (20 cards) · avg 49.545 · 20 Covington · 0 Masvidal

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Covington-Masvidal.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
CovingtonWin probabilityMasvidal
61.6%38.4%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
7%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 17.6 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Covington, blue toward Masvidal. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Covington62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%40%19%
Submission6%9%9%
Decision31%51%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes89 (38121)act 94
Takedowns1.9 (0.05.2)act 6
Masvidal38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%53%17%
Submission1%3%3%
Decision17%44%8%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes75 (32102)act 67
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~165 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R214%
R312%
R47%
R55%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Covington
55.0%-124
Masvidal
+12444.4%
Most takedownstie 25.7%
Covington
65.3%-732
Masvidal
+7328.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Covington
Expected: 89.4
89.5
Over 89.5
39.7%
+152
Under 89.5
60.3%
-152
0112224
Masvidal
Expected: 75.4
75.5
Over 75.5
39.7%
+152
Under 75.5
60.3%
-152
095189
Takedowns — over/under
Covington
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
37.0%
+127
Exactly 2
15.9%
push
Under 2
47.1%
-127
036
Masvidal
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
19.7%
+407
Under 0.5
80.3%
-407
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 17.6 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Covington61.6%72.8%−11.2-324
Masvidal38.4%27.2%+11.2+251
By method
Covington by KO/TKO27.7%18.9%+8.8+331
Covington by submission4.3%9.4%−5.1+770
Covington by decision29.7%44.2%−14.5-118
Masvidal by KO/TKO17.2%16.6%+0.6+392
Masvidal by submission2.7%3.3%−0.6+2390
Masvidal by decision18.5%7.6%+10.9+974
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds85.9%77.0%+8.9-477
Over 2.5 rds72.1%67.1%+5.0-256
Over 3.5 rds60.0%61.4%−1.4-192
Over 4.5 rds53.0%58.4%−5.4-166
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision48.1%54.7%−6.6-143

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
65.6Striking71.6
Masvidal +6.1
63.3Grappling54.7
Covington +8.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CovingtonMasvidal
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1651
Pound-for-pound
1610
1644
Divisional
1573
1534
Striking offense
1532
1501
Striking defense
1515
1534
Grappling offense
1489
1544
Grappling defense
1554
Physical
34 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'11"
72"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.14
Strikes landed / min
4.20
38%
Strike accuracy
50%
3.09
Strikes absorbed / min
3.02
56%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.10
Takedowns / 15 min
1.01
47%
Takedown accuracy
53%
72%
Takedown defense
73%
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
79%
UFC win rate
60%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
45%
Finish rate
58%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
315
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Colby Covington
  • LKamaru UsmanU-DEC R5
    Close +2394mo before
  • WTyron WoodleyKO/TKO R5
    Close -3351y 5mo before
  • LKamaru UsmanKO/TKO R5
    Close +1652y 3mo before
  • WRobbie LawlerU-DEC R5
    Close -3002y 7mo before
  • WRafael Dos AnjosU-DEC R5
    Close -1353y 9mo before
Jorge Masvidal
  • LKamaru UsmanKO/TKO R2
    Close +26210mo before
  • LKamaru UsmanU-DEC R5
    Close +1901y 8mo before
  • WNate DiazKO/TKO R3
    Close -1552y 4mo before
  • WBen AskrenKO/TKO R1
    Close +1802y 8mo before
  • WDarren TillKO/TKO R2
    Close +1853y before
Covington — win / loss by method
Record: 16-3-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
4 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (18%)Submission(33%) 1
6 (55%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0
Masvidal — win / loss by method
Record: 35-15-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
16 wins, 2 losses
W
46% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
17 wins, 11 losses
W
49% of wins
L
73% of losses
UFC
12win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO(13%) 1
1 (8%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (42%)Decision(88%) 7
Non-UFC
23win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (43%)KO/TKO(14%) 1
1 (4%)Submission(29%) 2
12 (52%)Decision(57%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Covington
Masvidal
14
UFC fights
20
223.4 min · 16.0 avg
Octagon time
253.6 min · 12.7 avg
14y 6m
Career length
23y 2m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Covington
Masvidal
227W–56L · 80.2%
Overall
372W–99L · 79.0%
184W–54L · 77.3%
Wins
236W–75L · 75.9%
43W–2L · 95.6%
Losses
136W–24L · 85.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Covington
Masvidal
24W–78L · 23.5%
Overall
393W–164L · 70.6%
24W–78L · 23.5%
Wins
299W–129L · 69.9%
0W–0L
Losses
94W–35L · 72.9%
Distance striking
Covington
Masvidal
6.66
Landed / min
5.07
34.6%
Accuracy
44.2%
60.4%
Defense
61.7%
0.07
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.53
49.5%
Time at distance
55.6%
Grappling & control
Covington
Masvidal
4.10
Takedowns / 15 min
1.01
46.6%
Takedown accuracy
53.1%
72.0%
Takedown defense
73.3%
0.13
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.41
94.4%
Control share
44.4%
Strike target map
Covington
  • Head69%(633)div 63%
  • Body16%(150)div 20%
  • Legs15%(141)div 16%
Masvidal
  • Head60%(643)div 63%
  • Body25%(263)div 20%
  • Legs15%(158)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Colby Covington
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Jorge Masvidal
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.