UFC 272: Colby Covington vs Jorge Masvidal Prediction, Odds, and Fight Preview


UFC 272: Colby Covington vs Jorge Masvidal Prediction, Odds, and Fight Preview

Colby Covington vs Jorge Masvidal preview

Here’s Colby Covington vs Jorge Masvidal prediction, odds, and fight preview! The main event of the UFC 272 fight card features the fight between two of the most fierce rivals in UFC history, the former UFC interim Welterweight champion and number one ranked UFC Welterweight fighter, Colby Covington facing the former two-times title contender and number sixth-ranked Welterweight fighter, Jorge Masvidal. Here is the UFC 272 Colby Covington vs Jorge Masvidal Prediction, Odds, and Fight Preview.

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UFC 272: Colby Covington vs Jorge Masvidal Fight Preview

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Colby ‘Chaos’ Covington is one of the biggest names in the Welterweight division. He made his UFC debut against Wang Anying on UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Li. Covington won three consecutive fights before he lost against Warlley Alves on UFC 194. He won five consecutive fights after that and faced Rafael Dos Anjos for the interim Welterweight title at UFC 225.

‘Chaos’ won that fight and faced Kamaru Usman at the main event of UFC 245 for the UFC Welterweight title. He lost that fight by a fifth-round TKO, but this made their rivalry even bigger and after securing a win against the former UFC Welterweight champion, Tyron Woodley, he faced Kamaru Usman again at the main event of UFC 268.

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And this time the result stayed the same and he lost the fight by unanimous decision of the judges. But now it’s time for Colby Covington to settle his personal rivalry with this former teammate cum brother at the main event of UFC 272.

Jorge Masvidal on the other hand is one of those fighters in UFC whose name needs no introduction. He made his UFC debut against Tim Means at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs Melendez. He used to fight in the Lightweight division at the start of his UFC career but he soon turned his attention to the Welterweight division.

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Masvidal lost his first title opportunity after securing a loss against Demian Maia at UFC 211. But he came into the limelight by securing the fastest KO in the UFC history by knocking out Ben Askren at UFC 239. After that, he fought against Nate Diaz for the symbolic BMF title and won that fight by doctor stoppage.

Following all this, he fought for the UFC Welterweight title for the fight time in a short notice fight against Usman at the main event of UFC 251. He lost that fight by the unanimous decision of the judges and he faced ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ one more time at the main event of UFC 261. But this time the outcome even got worse for him as Usman knocked him out in the very second round. Now he’ll look forward to coming back in the win column with a win in this fight.

UFC 272: Colby Covington vs Jorge Masvidal Prediction and Odds

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Jorge Masvidal vs Colby Covington to fight at UFC 272

Colby Covington is the betting favorite coming into this fight with betting odds -310 in his favor against Jorge Masvidal who is coming into this fight as a betting underdog with odds of +255 in his favor.

This battle is going to be a great one in the books of history and both these fighters will look forward to tearing each other apart at any cost.

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