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Colby Covington
Colby Covington
13-1 · USA
VS
Rafael Dos Anjos
Rafael Dos Anjos
28-9 · BRA
June 9, 2018 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Welterweight · 5 rounds
169.0lb
Weigh-in
169.0lb
Colby Covington def. Rafael Dos Anjos by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Covington17/572/402:43
Dos Anjos27/420/000:00
R2
Covington21/622/303:09
Dos Anjos20/400/000:00
R3
Covington29/720/303:02
Dos Anjos22/440/000:00
R4
Covington12/491/200:53
Dos Anjos19/343/402:14
R5
Covington20/562/602:49
Dos Anjos17/380/200:00
Total
Covington99/2967/18012:36
Dos Anjos105/1983/602:14

Scorecards

Covington vs Dos Anjos

RdKelvin CaldwellMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-1010-99-109.4-9.6
R210-99-1010-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-99.9-9
R49-109-1010-99.2-9.8
R510-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total48-4748-4749-4648.2-46.7

Media (28 cards) · avg 48.446.6 · 28 Covington · 0 Dos Anjos

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

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 probabilityDos Anjos
66.8%33.2%
KO / TKO
60%
Submission
15%
Decision
25%
Expected fight time: 12.4 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 Dos Anjos. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Covington67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO42%63%
Submission10%15%
Decision15%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes73 (4295)act 99
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.3)act 7
Dos Anjos33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%53%
Submission5%17%
Decision10%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 105
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 3
Combined totals~123 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R222%
R311%
R46%
R54%
Distance25%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Covington
66.5%-204
Dos Anjos
+20432.6%
Most takedownstie 40.0%
Covington
47.8%-391
Dos Anjos
+39112.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Covington
Expected: 72.9
73
Over 73
42.0%
+136
Exactly 73
0.9%
push
Under 73
57.1%
-136
092183
Dos Anjos
Expected: 50.2
50
Over 50
42.1%
+135
Exactly 50
1.3%
push
Under 50
56.6%
-135
063126
Takedowns — over/under
Covington
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
36.3%
+128
Exactly 1
17.2%
push
Under 1
46.6%
-128
035
Dos Anjos
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
20.3%
+392
Under 0.5
79.7%
-392
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 12.4 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
Covington66.8%55.3%+11.5-135
Dos Anjos33.2%44.7%−11.5+115

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
70.9Striking69.2
Covington +1.6
77.7Grappling56.2
Covington +21.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CovingtonDos Anjos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1631
Pound-for-pound
1683
1629
Divisional
1582
1518
Striking offense
1513
1508
Striking defense
1516
1546
Grappling offense
1521
1529
Grappling defense
1555
Physical
30 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'8"
72"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.09
Strikes landed / min
3.67
41%
Strike accuracy
44%
1.71
Strikes absorbed / min
3.11
62%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.98
Takedowns / 15 min
2.14
54%
Takedown accuracy
40%
88%
Takedown defense
66%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
89%
UFC win rate
71%
+5
Win/loss streak
+3
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
41%
Recent opp. quality
224
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Colby Covington
  • WDemian MaiaU-DEC R3
    Close +1007mo before
  • WDong Hyun KimU-DEC R3
    Close -2401y before
  • WBryan BarberenaU-DEC R3
    Close -3601y 6mo before
  • WMax GriffinKO/TKO R3
    Close -4201y 10mo before
  • WJonathan MeunierSUB R3
    Close -2352y before
Rafael Dos Anjos
  • WRobbie LawlerU-DEC R5
    Close -1256mo before
  • WNeil MagnySUB R1
    Close -1909mo before
  • WTarec SaffiedineU-DEC R3
    Close -2001y before
  • LTony FergusonU-DEC R5
    Close -1401y 7mo before
  • LEddie AlvarezKO/TKO R1
    Close -2901y 11mo before
Covington — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
46% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (25%)Submission(100%) 1
4 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0
Dos Anjos — win / loss by method
Record: 28-9-0

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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
22% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
32% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
14 wins, 6 losses
W
50% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
17win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (24%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
3 (18%)Submission(14%) 1
10 (59%)Decision(57%) 4
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (55%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Covington
Dos Anjos
9
UFC fights
24
102.9 min · 11.4 avg
Octagon time
294.4 min · 12.3 avg
14y 6m
Career length
21y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Covington
Dos Anjos
118W–27L · 81.4%
Overall
430W–113L · 79.2%
109W–27L · 80.1%
Wins
283W–83L · 77.3%
9W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
147W–30L · 83.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Covington
Dos Anjos
24W–78L · 23.5%
Overall
49W–32L · 60.5%
24W–78L · 23.5%
Wins
47W–29L · 61.8%
0W–0L
Losses
2W–3L · 40.0%
Distance striking
Covington
Dos Anjos
6.17
Landed / min
4.68
34.0%
Accuracy
38.0%
66.9%
Defense
67.9%
0.15
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.25
32.3%
Time at distance
52.6%
Grappling & control
Covington
Dos Anjos
5.98
Takedowns / 15 min
2.14
53.9%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
88.2%
Takedown defense
66.1%
0.29
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.71
97.0%
Control share
65.8%
Strike target map
Covington
  • Head70%(222)div 63%
  • Body14%(43)div 20%
  • Legs17%(53)div 16%
Dos Anjos
  • Head58%(629)div 63%
  • Body21%(228)div 20%
  • Legs21%(222)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.

Rafael Dos Anjos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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