What a year has it been for Colby Covington despite the loss to Kamaru Usman! After the arrival of Ben Askren, the resurrection of Jorge Masvidal, and the dominance of Kamaru Usman, the aura of Colby was starting to fade away.

However, he made sure to put the entire welterweight division on notice by taking a short notice fight against the Ruthless Lawler.

It was that night when he put one of the most spectacular performances the fans had ever seen. Covington took Lawler to the deep water and completely dominated him.

After that performance, the anticipation for the title fight with Usman was at the highest.

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Though Colby Covington fell short and lost the fight against Usman, he proved his mettle by fighting more than 2 rounds with a broken jaw. In fact, he was very close to winning the fight had he won the last round.

Nevertheless, Colby Covington has proven that he is one of the best in the division at the moment. These stats only make his case stronger.

Colby Covington is more than just a wrestler

Colby Covington is in the 3rd position when it comes to the total number of distance strikes landed by a fighter in the calendar year 2019. He landed 297 distance strikes in the 2 fights he had last year. The only fighters who did better than Colby in this aspect are Max Holloway and Vicente Luque who had 3 and 4 fights respectively this year.

For a UFC fighter who is criticized for not being entertaining enough due to his wrestling based approach, these numbers are jaw-dropping.

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In addition to that, Colby has landed 322 significant strikes in 2019, which is the 4th highest in UFC this year. Known for his insane volume, Max Holloway against tops this list with total strikes of 444

Striking is not the only thing in which Colby excelled this year.

He is one of the best wrestlers in the welterweight division and he displayed his elite skills against Robbie Lawler landing a total of 10 takedowns.

Colby has landed the 4th highest number of strikes in this calendar year.

UFC heavyweight, Curtis Blaydes has landed 12 takedowns while UFC bantamweight, Ray Borg has landed the highest 13 takedowns from his last two fights.

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Hate him or love him, Colby is still a top contender to the welterweight title despite the loss at UFC 245. Though an immediate rematch does not seem feasible, Colby can place himself as the number one contender in the division with a couple of wins.