Follow textual live play-by-play coverage of UFC 272 main event fight – Colby Covington vs Jorge Masvidal.
Masvidal entered the cage first… he looks focused… ready..
Colby is entering the cage…
He looks unusually call…
Masvidal leaning on the cage, showing his knee..
Round 1
Masvidal run toward Colby trying to land flying knee… Colby saw it and just moved away…
Colby landed nice 1-2, Masvidal is pressed agains the cage and Colby is trying to put him down…
Masvidal is defending the attempts to take him down, but Colby is on his back and constantly is pushing him to the ground…
Masvidal is down and Colby is on his back, trying to set up choke
Colby is still on his back… looks like Masvidal can not take him away from his back…
With one minute left Colby got him mounted. but Masvidal manage to escape and stand up 30 seconds before the end of the first round.
Nice 1-2 combination from Colby for the end of the round
Cage.news scoring, clear round for Colby 10-8
Colby was warned by referee that he made an eye poke, and he got hard warning
Round 2
Colby landed nice high kick, but it did not landed clean… Masvidal landed nice low kick
Again 1-2 by Colby to setup the takedown… Masvidal is agains the cage and he landed couple of nice elbows.
Colby got Masvidal back again but Masvidal stood up again 1 minute before the end of the round.
Good 1-2 by Masvidal, but Colby is all over Masvidal he is landing clean punches and putting pressure on him… round is over
Cage.news scoring 10-9 Colby – controlling the fight, takedowns…
Round 3
Colby runs across the cage and put the pressure again on Masvidal,,, and he got the takedown… Colby is having full dominant position and lands couple of nice elbows…
Jorge is defending but these are nasty elbows… clean ground and pond by Colby…
Masvidal is trying to defend but looks like he can not move him of of him…again hard elbow by Colby
Masvidal is trying to stand up but Colby is stopping all of these attempts… still on top of Masvidal 1:30 to the end
Colby is trying for another choke… defended by Masvidal…
Another choke attempt, Masvidal turn it around and try to get on top of Colby… Colby reverse it and he is again on Masvidal’s back
Masvidal manage to stand up 10 seconds before the end and lands nice clean left shot
Cage.news scoring – 10-9 – Colby was dominating fight, but Masvidal was able to stand up at the end
Round 4
Both of the fighters are in the center of the cage.. Colby tried to landed another takedown but this time is defended by Masvidal..
Colby is again pushing Masvidal against the fence trying to land another takedown… again defended by Masvidal.. HUUGE uppercut by Colby…
He got Masvidal again against the cage but Masvidal is defending these attempts now..
Nice high kick followed by clean punches from Colby, Masvidal looks hurt… but Masvidal counter with his clean right hand… now Colby is hurt…
Masvidal is allowing him to recover, looks like Masvidal is tired… Colby came back with his couple of clean shots… and he got Masvidal against the fence again
Masvidal pushed him away and they ended the fight at the middle of the cage…
Cage.news scoring – draw 10:10 Colby pushed for takedowns, Masvidal defended it, bith fighter landed clean shots
Round 5
Colby took the center of the cage and run toward Masvidal and took him down… this does not look good for Masvidal…Colby is on his back , trying to set up choke…
Masvidal manage to stand up, but Colby is still controlling him from the back…
Colby is just putting all the pressure on him, make him carry his weight…. does not look good for Masvidal…
Colby moved him away from the cage, still on his back… landing shots from behind…
Masvidal is trying to stand up… but Colby stopped all of these attempts…1:20 to the end
Looks like Masvidal will not be able to stand up this round… he is exhousted… Colby is in the mount… Colby wants to finish this fight with the choke but Masvidal defends… full mount… fight ended by Colby landing shots from mount position….
Cage.news scoring 10-8 Colby, clear dominance on the ground
Masvidal is frustrated… Colby is celebrating…. this should be clear victory for Colby
Offical score:
49-46, 50-44, 50-45 Colby Covington
In the post fight interview Colby called out Dustin Poirer – “You are next…”
