Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-12-14, good fight between Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).The black belt in Bjj, Tuf tournament winner and current Ufc Ww champion Kamaru Usman entered this fight with a mma record of 15-1-0 (47% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 welterweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Jose Caceres at his second professional mma fight in 2013, since then he has collected 14 consecutive victories beating Demian Maia (Demian Maia vs Kamaru Usman), Rafael dos Anjos (Rafael dos Anjos vs Kamaru Usman) and Tyron Woodley in his last three (Tyron Woodley vs Kamaru Usman).
His opponent, the former interim Ufc Ww and 2013 FILA 77 kg No-Gi grappling world champ Colby Covington, has an official record of 15-1-0 (47% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Warlley Alves in 2015, since then he has won seven bouts defeating Demian Maia (Demian Maia vs Colby Covington), Rafael dos Anjos (Rafael dos Anjos vs Colby Covington) and Robbie Lawler in his last three (Colby Covington vs Robbie Lawler). Usman vs Covington, main event of Ufc 245, is valid for the Ufc welterweight title (Usman’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington
Date: 2019-12-14
Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Division: welterweight (170 lbs, 77 kg)
Title: UFC Welterweight Championship
UFC 245 fight card (main card):
Kamaru Usman vs Colby Covington
Max Holloway vs Alexander Volkanovski
Amanda Nunes vs Germaine de Randamie 2
Marlon Moraes vs Jose Aldo
Petr Yan vs Urijah Faber
Usman’s next fight: Kamaru Usman vs Jorge Masvidal
Covington’s next fight: Colby Covington vs Tyron Woodley
Usman vs Covington Fight Video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZarz-yma1U
Official video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSE9-GDHyX4
Official highlights
A surprisingly action-packed and overall great fight. The judging was very sketchy, yet again, though, so I’m glad it didn’t go to the scorecards.
Usman has a terrific right.
Awesome fight by both guys…there’s no quit in Colby (that dude is tough) but Usman is just a half level up on him. Kamaru was just more powerful and better composed than Colby and it was a case of quality over quantity regardless of losing the number game.
A brilliant fight and both men’s stock went WAY up.
Exactly. And Kamaru’s shots to the body were significant. His length and keeping distance was critical, as Colby still found his way to Kamaru’s chin. Fun fight. I wonder what would have transpired had they tried to wrestle. I believe it wouldn’t have gone into the 5th round, and Usman would have more strength and the upper hand on the ground.