Leon Edwards
Welterweight

Leon Edwards

“Rocky”
24-6-0 (2 NC)
#8 Welterweight

Stats

54%
Striking Accuracy
37%
Takedown Accuracy
Sig. Strikes Landed/Min2.60
Sig. Strikes Absorbed/Min2.44
Takedown Avg/15 Min1.25
Submission Avg/15 Min0.36
Striking Defense53%
Takedown Defense64%
Knockdown Avg0.22
Avg Fight Time16:47

Win Methods

KO/TKO8
Submission4
Decision11

Striking by Position

Standing75%
Clinch14%
Ground11%

Fight History

L
Carlos PratesUFC 322 · 2025-11-15
TKOR2 1:28
L
Sean BradyUFC Fight Night · 2025-03-22
SUB Guillotine Choke GuillotineR4 1:39
L
Belal MuhammadUFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 · 2024-07-27
DEC Dec Unanimous UnanimousR0
W
Colby CovingtonUFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington · 2023-12-16
DEC Dec Unanimous Unanimous DecR0
W
Kamaru UsmanUFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 · 2023-03-18
DEC Dec Majority MajorityR0
W
Kamaru UsmanUFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2 · 2022-08-20
TKO Kick KickR5 4:04
W
Nate DiazUFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 · 2021-06-12
DEC Dec Unanimous UnanimousR0
NC
Belal MuhammadUFC Fight Night · 2021-03-13
R2 0:18
W
Rafael dos AnjosUFC on ESPN 4 · 2019-07-20
DEC Dec Unanimous UnanimousR0
W
Gunnar NelsonUFC on ESPN+ 5 · 2019-03-16
DEC Dec Split SplitR0
W
Donald CerroneUFC Fight Night 132 · 2018-06-23
DEC Dec Unanimous UnanimousR0
W
Peter SobottaUFC Fight Night 127 · 2018-03-17
TKOR3 4:59
W
Bryan BarberenaUFC Fight Night 115 · 2017-09-02
DEC Dec Unanimous UnanimousR0
W
Vicente LuqueUFC Fight Night 107 · 2017-03-18
DEC Dec Unanimous UnanimousR0
W
Albert TumenovUFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson 2 · 2016-10-08
SUB Rear Naked Choke Rear NakedR3 3:01
W
Dominic WatersUFC Fight Night 87 · 2016-05-08
DEC Dec Unanimous UnanimousR0
L
Kamaru UsmanUFC on FOX 17 · 2015-12-19
DEC Dec Unanimous Unanimous DecR0
W
Paweł PawlakUFC Fight Night 72 · 2015-07-18
DEC Dec Unanimous UnanimousR0
W
Seth BaczynskiUFC Fight Night 64 · 2015-04-11
TKO Punch PunchR1 0:08
L
Claudio SilvaUFC Fight Night 56 · 2014-11-08
DEC Dec Split SplitR0
W
Shaun TaylorBAMMA 16: Daley vs. da Rocha · 2014-09-13
TKO Punch PunchR3 3:30
W
Wayne MurrieBAMMA 15: Thompson vs. Selmani · 2014-04-05
SUB Rear Naked Choke Rear NakedR1 3:13
W
Wendle LewisBAMMA 14: Daley vs. da Silva · 2013-12-14
TKO Punch DecR1 1:20
W
Adam BoussifBAMMA 13: Jones vs. Nunes · 2013-09-14
SUB Triangle Choke TriangleR1 2:10
W
Johnny BiltonBAMMA 11 · 2012-12-01
TKO KO TKO KO TKO DecR2 1:11
W
Craig White · 2012-11-03
R0
L
Delroy McDowellFight UK 6 · 2012-02-25
R3 2:40
W
Pawel ZwiefkaFight UK 5 · 2011-11-19
DEC Dec Unanimous UnanimousR0
W
Damian ZlotnickiFight UK 4 · 2011-06-05
TKO Punch PunchR1 2:15
W
Jamie Hughes · 2011-03-19
TKOR0
NC
Scott Kimblin · 2011-03-19
R1 2:00
W
Carl Booth · 2010-04-03
SUBR0

Bio

Weight171 lbs
Reach43.00
Leg Reach43"