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Colby Covington
Colby Covington
10-1 · USA
VS
Bryan Barberena
Bryan Barberena
12-3 · USA
December 17, 2016 · Sacramento, California, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Colby Covington def. Bryan Barberena by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Covington15/326/703:25
Barberena8/260/000:00
R2
Covington36/583/502:59
Barberena14/370/000:00
R3
Covington25/513/502:41
Barberena19/480/000:00
Total
Covington76/14112/1709:05
Barberena41/1110/000:00

Scorecards

Covington vs Barberena

RdDerek ClearyRon McCarthyWade VierraCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.9-27.1

Media (14 cards) · avg 3027 · 14 Covington · 0 Barberena

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

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 probabilityBarberena
72.1%27.9%
KO / TKO
46%
Submission
14%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.9 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 Barberena. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Covington72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%42%
Submission11%16%
Decision30%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (3070)act 76
Takedowns2.5 (0.05.4)act 12
Barberena28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%54%
Submission3%10%
Decision10%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 41
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~96 sig strikes~2.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R222%
R313%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Covington
60.6%-158
Barberena
+15838.3%
Most takedownstie 15.9%
Covington
83.2%-8597
Barberena
+85971.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Covington
Expected: 53.8
54
Over 54
41.7%
+137
Exactly 54
1.2%
push
Under 54
57.1%
-137
068135
Barberena
Expected: 42.2
42
Over 42
42.0%
+134
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.4%
-134
053106
Takedowns — over/under
Covington
Expected: 2.5
2.5
Over 2.5
47.6%
+110
Under 2.5
52.4%
-110
048
Barberena
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
4.1%
Exactly 0
95.9%
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 9.9 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
Covington72.1%75.8%−3.7-360
Barberena27.9%24.2%+3.7+300

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
71.1Striking71.4
Barberena +0.2
53.2Grappling44.0
Covington +9.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CovingtonBarberena
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1578
Pound-for-pound
1558
1578
Divisional
1554
1507
Striking offense
1508
1513
Striking defense
1504
1534
Grappling offense
1499
1513
Grappling defense
1515
Physical
28 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.85
Strikes landed / min
5.88
50%
Strike accuracy
50%
1.09
Strikes absorbed / min
3.98
59%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.44
Takedowns / 15 min
0.58
48%
Takedown accuracy
40%
Takedown defense
69%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
75%
+2
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
75%
80%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
217
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Colby Covington
  • WMax GriffinKO/TKO R3
    Close -4204mo before
  • WJonathan MeunierSUB R3
    Close -2356mo before
  • LWarlley AlvesSUB R1
    Close -1251y before
  • WMike PyleU-DEC R3
    Close -3251y 7mo before
  • WWagner SilvaSUB R3
    Close -5002y 1mo before
Bryan Barberena
  • WWarlley AlvesU-DEC R3
    Close +4507mo before
  • WSage NorthcuttSUB R2
    Close +23511mo before
  • LChad LapriseU-DEC R3
    Close +3351y 8mo before
  • WJoe EllenbergerKO/TKO R3
    Close +1902y before
Covington — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (40%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0
Barberena — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (78%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (11%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Covington
Barberena
6
UFC fights
4
57.9 min · 9.7 avg
Octagon time
51.5 min · 12.9 avg
14y 6m
Career length
16y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Covington
Barberena
59W–14L · 80.8%
Overall
41W–1L · 97.6%
50W–14L · 78.1%
Wins
32W–1L · 97.0%
9W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
9W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Covington
Barberena
24W–78L · 23.5%
Overall
49W–25L · 66.2%
24W–78L · 23.5%
Wins
44W–23L · 65.7%
0W–0L
Losses
5W–2L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Covington
Barberena
3.16
Landed / min
6.71
35.5%
Accuracy
44.4%
68.0%
Defense
52.2%
0.26
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.29
20.8%
Time at distance
58.2%
Grappling & control
Covington
Barberena
5.44
Takedowns / 15 min
0.58
47.7%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
Takedown defense
69.2%
0.52
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.29
98.1%
Control share
62.3%
Strike target map
Covington
  • Head78%(83)div 63%
  • Body17%(18)div 21%
  • Legs6%(6)div 16%
Barberena
  • Head64%(193)div 63%
  • Body14%(42)div 21%
  • Legs22%(68)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.

Bryan Barberena
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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