Colby Covington
72″ reach · +1.44% reach advantage · 35th percentile
Colby Covington has a reach of 72″ against a height of 71″ — a reach advantage of +1.44%, short for welterweight MMA and the 35th percentile of the 174 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+1.44%
72″ reach on a 71″ frame
Compared against 174 welterweight MMA fighters. Median 2.79%.
| Reach | 72″ (182.9 cm) | 29th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 71″ (180.3 cm) | 47th pct |
| Stance | Southpaw | |
| Division | Welterweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 2010s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
MMA record
17–5
22 bouts on record
Finish rate
47%
of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight MMA median 73%, 10th percentile
The career, bout by bout
26 recorded bouts from 2012 to 2026. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
15y
2012–2026
Longest unbeaten run
7
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2026
4 bouts
Recorded bouts
26
26 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | W | Arman Tsarukyan | — | — |
| 2026 | W | Chris Weidman | — | — |
| 2026 | W | Dillon Danis | — | — |
| 2026 | W | Luke Rockhold | — | — |
| 2024 | L | Joaquin Buckley | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2023 | L | Leon Edwards | Decision | 5 |
| 2022 | W | Jorge Masvidal | Decision | 5 |
| 2021 | L | Kamaru Usman | Decision | 5 |
| 2020 | W | Tyron Woodley | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 2019 | L | Kamaru Usman | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 2019 | W | Robbie Lawler | Decision | 5 |
| 2018 | W | Rafael dos Anjos | Decision | 5 |
| 2017 | W | Demian Maia | Decision | 3 |
| 2017 | W | Kim Dong-hyun | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | W | Bryan Barberena | Decision | 3 |
| 2016 | W | Max Griffin | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2016 | W | Jonathan Meunier | Submission | 3 |
| 2015 | L | Warlley Alves | Submission | 1 |
| 2015 | W | Mike Pyle | Decision | 3 |
| 2014 | W | Wagner Silva | Submission | 3 |
| 2014 | W | Wang Anying | Submission | 1 |
| 2014 | W | Jay Ellis | Submission | 1 |
| 2013 | W | Jose Caceres | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | W | Jason Jackson | Decision | 3 |
| 2012 | W | David Hayes | Submission | 2 |
| 2012 | W | Chris Ensley | Submission | 1 |
19 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
welterweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Joey Villaseñor+1.44% 72″ reach · 35th pct
- Hector Aldana+1.44% 72″ reach · 35th pct
- Gunnar Nelson+1.44% 72″ reach · 35th pct
- Abubakar Nurmagomedov Абубакар Нурмагомедов+1.44% 72″ reach · 35th pct
- Luigi Fioravanti+1.43% 70″ reach · 34th pct
- James Moontasri+1.41% 71″ reach · 29th pct
- Michael Graves+1.41% 71″ reach · 29th pct
- Rory Markham+1.41% 71″ reach · 29th pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 174 welterweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Colby Covington on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-31. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.