Fighter profile

Leon Edwards

“Rocky”

Welterweight · UFC record 14-5 (1 NC) · 20 detailed UFC fights · Last fight Sat 15 Nov 2025

Balanced / Hybrid

Fighter ratings

Ratings V2Rated

Striking (offense)76

Power68

Striking defense72

Takedown defense70

WrestlingProvisional measure77

Ratings V2 descriptive 0–100 scores (20 detailed fights; as of Sat 15 Nov 2025). Not win probabilities or rankings. Missing values stay unavailable.

Chin and Cardio · Frozen through October 17, 2026

R1 research scale

ChinEvidence: ESTABLISHED87.5

CardioEvidence: ESTABLISHED74.7

Source: R1 public_candidate_display · status: Research candidate · as of Sat 17 Oct 2026. Separate frozen research scale; fights after October 17, 2026 are not reflected.

About these ratings

Ratings are domain-specific descriptive scales. Equal point differences across different domains do not imply equal absolute skill differences.

Striking (offense) · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 striking-offense score built from recorded significant strikes landed per round, significant-strike accuracy and significant-strike differential.
Power · Ratings V2: Recorded knockdown and KO/TKO-win threat under the Ratings V2 contract (knockdowns per round, KO/TKO win rate); not literal measured punching force.
Striking defense · Ratings V2: Recorded strike avoidance (striking defense) and bounded absorption (strikes absorbed per round) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Takedown defense · Ratings V2: Recorded defense against incoming takedown attempts (takedown defense rate) under the Ratings V2 contract.
Wrestling · Ratings V2: Ratings V2 wrestling-offense score: recorded takedowns landed per round and takedown accuracy. Not ground control or complete grappling.
Chin · R1 research scale: Exposure-adjusted recorded knockdown resistance. This is not a direct biological measurement of chin, recovery, or injury resistance.
Cardio · R1 research scale: Recorded later-round striking activity and effectiveness retention. This is not a direct physiological fitness measurement.

Ratings V2 scores follow each fighter's latest recorded state; R1 research-scale scores are frozen through 17 Oct 2026. Recovery is separate metadata, not a rating. No combined rating exists.

Profile

Height: 188 cm (6'2")
Reach: 188 cm (6'2")
Stance: Southpaw
Age: 35

Last 3: W L L (most recent last)

Career statistics

Descriptive

20 detailed UFC fights · 71 rounds of recorded statistics. Exact totals from recorded UFC fights through Sat 15 Nov 2025; not opponent-adjusted and not model inputs.

Strikes landed12.3significant, per round

Strikes absorbed11.5per round

Striking differential+0.8per round

Takedown attempts1.06per round

Takedown defense63.7%of attempts stopped

Finish rate28.6%of UFC wins

Striking

Significant strikes landed per round: 12.3
Significant strikes absorbed per round: 11.5
Differential per round (landed − absorbed): +0.8
Striking accuracy: 54.4%
Striking defense (opponent strikes avoided): 52.8%
Knockdowns per round: 0.07
Target: head / body / leg: 56.1% / 23.6% / 20.3%
Position: distance / clinch / ground: 75.8% / 13.6% / 10.5%

Per-round figures divide recorded totals by rounds with statistics. Shares are of significant strikes landed.

Wrestling and grappling

Takedown attempts per round: 1.06
Takedowns landed per round: 0.39
Takedown accuracy: 37.3%
Takedown defense: 63.7%
Control time per round: 0:60
Submission attempts per round: 0.11
Reversals per round: 0.08

Attempts and landed takedowns are counted separately; accuracy is landed ÷ attempted.

Outcomes and durability

UFC record (W-L-D, NC): 14-5-0, 1 NC
Finish rate (wins by KO/TKO or submission): 28.6%
Wins by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 3 · 1 · 10
Losses by KO/TKO · submission · decision: 1 · 1 · 3
Knockdowns scored / suffered: 5 / 2
Average fight time: 16:52 (over 19 bouts)

Results as recorded by UFCStats. Fight time is elapsed time (completed rounds plus ending time) and includes draws and no-contests. These are outcomes, not biological measurements.

UFC fight history

Leon Edwards — most recent UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 15 Nov 2025	Carlos Prates	L	KO/TKO Punch	R2 1:28	UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev
Sat 22 Mar 2025	Sean Brady	L	SUB Guillotine Choke	R4 1:39	UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady
Sat 27 Jul 2024	Belal Muhammad	L	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2
Sat 16 Dec 2023	Colby Covington	W	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington
Sat 18 Mar 2023	Kamaru Usman	W	M-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3

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Leon Edwards — earlier UFC fights
Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Event
Sat 20 Aug 2022	Kamaru Usman	W	KO/TKO Kick	R5 4:04	UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards
Sat 12 Jun 2021	Nate Diaz	W	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2
Sat 13 Mar 2021	Belal Muhammad	NC	CNC	R2 0:18	UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad
Sat 20 Jul 2019	Rafael Dos Anjos	W	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards
Sat 16 Mar 2019	Gunnar Nelson	W	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal
Sat 23 Jun 2018	Donald Cerrone	W	U-DEC	R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards
Sat 17 Mar 2018	Peter Sobotta	W	KO/TKO Punch	R3 4:59	UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov
Sat 2 Sep 2017	Bryan Barberena	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve
Sat 18 Mar 2017	Vicente Luque	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson
Sat 8 Oct 2016	Albert Tumenov	W	SUB Rear Naked Choke	R3 3:01	UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson
Sun 8 May 2016	Dominic Waters	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski
Sat 19 Dec 2015	Kamaru Usman	L	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2
Sat 18 Jul 2015	Pawel Pawlak	W	U-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Leites
Sat 11 Apr 2015	Seth Baczynski	W	KO/TKO Punch	R1 0:08	UFC Fight Night: Gonzaga vs Cro Cop 2
Sat 8 Nov 2014	Claudio Silva	L	S-DEC	R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs Saint Preux

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