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UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler
Colby Covington
Colby Covington
14-1 · USA
VS
Robbie Lawler
Robbie Lawler
28-13 · USA
August 3, 2019 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Welterweight · 5 rounds · Main event
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Colby Covington def. Robbie Lawler by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Covington13/294/703:57
Lawler4/180/000:00
R2
Covington33/1053/302:18
Lawler6/70/000:00
R3
Covington41/1172/500:51
Lawler23/480/000:00
R4
Covington51/1301/201:27
Lawler22/420/000:00
R5
Covington41/1340/100:09
Lawler23/520/000:00
Total
Covington179/51510/1808:42
Lawler78/1670/000:00

Scorecards

Covington vs Lawler

RdDave TirelliDominic CaroleiEric ColónCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.9
R210-910-910-810-8.6
R310-910-910-99.9-9
R410-910-910-99.9-9
R510-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total50-4550-4550-4449.7-44.6

Media (19 cards) · avg 49.845 · 19 Covington · 0 Lawler

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

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 probabilityLawler
76.3%23.7%
KO / TKO
58%
Submission
8%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 15.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Covington76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO41%53%
Submission7%10%
Decision28%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes85 (49110)act 179
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.9)act 10
Lawler24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%75%
Submission0%2%
Decision6%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes59 (3376)act 78
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.1)act 0
Combined totals~143 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R216%
R314%
R48%
R56%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Covington
66.4%-202
Lawler
+20232.9%
Most takedownstie 35.5%
Covington
59.2%-1130
Lawler
+11305.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Covington
Expected: 84.8
85
Over 85
42.0%
+136
Exactly 85
0.8%
push
Under 85
57.2%
-136
0107213
Lawler
Expected: 58.7
58.5
Over 58.5
42.7%
+134
Under 58.5
57.3%
-134
074147
Takedowns — over/under
Covington
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
44.5%
+125
Under 1.5
55.5%
-125
035
Lawler
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.5%
Exactly 0
89.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 15.0 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
Covington76.3%72.4%+3.9-300
Lawler23.7%27.6%−3.9+250

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
66.8Striking64.1
Covington +2.8
72.9Grappling49.6
Covington +23.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CovingtonLawler
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1649
Pound-for-pound
1617
1643
Divisional
1613
1521
Striking offense
1491
1506
Striking defense
1521
1549
Grappling offense
1491
1527
Grappling defense
1527
Physical
31 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'11"
72"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.26
Strikes landed / min
3.93
39%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.20
Strikes absorbed / min
4.31
58%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.63
Takedowns / 15 min
0.99
51%
Takedown accuracy
77%
78%
Takedown defense
71%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
90%
UFC win rate
65%
+6
Win/loss streak
-2
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
44%
Finish rate
46%
Recent opp. quality
420
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Colby Covington
  • WRafael Dos AnjosU-DEC R5
    Close -1351y 2mo before
  • WDemian MaiaU-DEC R3
    Close +1001y 9mo before
  • WDong Hyun KimU-DEC R3
    Close -2402y 2mo before
  • WBryan BarberenaU-DEC R3
    Close -3602y 8mo before
  • WMax GriffinKO/TKO R3
    Close -4202y 11mo before
Robbie Lawler
  • LBen AskrenSUB R1
    Close +2405mo before
  • LRafael Dos AnjosU-DEC R5
    Close +1051y 8mo before
  • WDonald CerroneU-DEC R3
    Close -1552y before
  • LTyron WoodleyKO/TKO R1
    Close -1203y before
  • WCarlos ConditS-DEC R5
    Close -1153y 7mo before
Covington — win / loss by method
Record: 14-1-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(100%) 1
5 (56%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0
Lawler — win / loss by method
Record: 28-13-0, 1 NC

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
20 wins, 2 losses
W
71% of wins
L
15% of losses
Submission
1 win, 6 losses
W
4% of wins
L
46% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 5 losses
W
25% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
13win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (46%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(43%) 3
7 (54%)Decision(29%) 2
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
14 (93%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (7%)Submission(50%) 3
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Covington
Lawler
10
UFC fights
20
127.9 min · 12.8 avg
Octagon time
257.3 min · 12.9 avg
14y 6m
Career length
25y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Covington
Lawler
146W–36L · 80.2%
Overall
374W–101L · 78.7%
137W–36L · 79.2%
Wins
251W–75L · 77.0%
9W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
123W–26L · 82.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Covington
Lawler
24W–78L · 23.5%
Overall
285W–78L · 78.5%
24W–78L · 23.5%
Wins
176W–56L · 75.9%
0W–0L
Losses
109W–22L · 83.2%
Distance striking
Covington
Lawler
6.96
Landed / min
4.11
33.5%
Accuracy
39.9%
64.2%
Defense
63.1%
0.12
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.52
33.1%
Time at distance
62.9%
Grappling & control
Covington
Lawler
5.63
Takedowns / 15 min
0.99
51.1%
Takedown accuracy
77.3%
78.3%
Takedown defense
70.7%
0.23
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
94.8%
Control share
43.5%
Strike target map
Covington
  • Head66%(276)div 63%
  • Body14%(57)div 20%
  • Legs20%(84)div 16%
Lawler
  • Head76%(772)div 63%
  • Body20%(203)div 20%
  • Legs3%(35)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.

Robbie Lawler
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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