Colby Covington vs Mike Pyle — UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier Result, Stats & Scorecards

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UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier
Colby Covington vs Mike Pyle

Welterweight · 3 rounds · Card

Final

Colby CovingtonWinner

UFC 187: Johnson vs Cormier

Saturday, May 23, 2015 · Las Vegas · Nevada

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Result

Colby Covington def. Mike Pyle

Unanimous Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Herb DeanAdalaide Byrd · 27-30Junichiro Kamijo · 28-29Marcos Rosales · 27-30Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00

Colby CovingtonRound 3Mike Pyle

10 / 16Sig. strikes7 / 10

63%Accuracy70%

32 / 43Total strikes16 / 19

0Knockdowns0

0 / 1Takedowns0 / 0

0Sub. attempts2

3:50Control0:41

2.0Pace / min1.4

85%Control share15%

Colby Covington

Targethead 100% · body 0% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 0% · clinch 0% · ground 100%

Mike Pyle

Targethead 86% · body 0% · leg 14%

Phasedistance 29% · clinch 0% · ground 71%

Statistical signals

Output edgeColby Covington landed 10 significant strikes to 7.Control edgeColby Covington held 230s of control to 41s.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Pace downColby Covington's significant-strike pace moved -23% from R2 to R3, 2.0 against 2.6 per minute.
Target shiftColby Covington's head share of landed strikes moved +15 pts, to 100% head with 0% body and 0% leg.
Phase shiftColby Covington's ground share of landed strikes moved +62 pts, to 100% on the ground against 0% at distance.
Pace upMike Pyle's significant-strike pace moved +17% from R2 to R3, 1.4 against 1.2 per minute.
Target shiftMike Pyle's head share of landed strikes moved +52 pts, to 86% head with 0% body and 14% leg.
Phase shiftMike Pyle's ground share of landed strikes moved +55 pts, to 71% on the ground against 29% at distance.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Colby Covington

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Mike Pyle

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

26Colby Covington sig. strikes

16Mike Pyle sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+333%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Colby Covington)