Leon Edwards
20 UFC Fights | 70% Win Rate | 4 Finishes (29%)
Leon Edwards UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Leon Edwards is 14-5 in the UFC across 20 fights (1 no contest), with 3 wins by knockout, 1 by submission and 10 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 22-6 (1 NC), 8-1 of it outside the UFC. Edwards competes at welterweight as a southpaw outfighter, standing 6'2" with a 74" reach at 35 years old. The last bout was a loss to Carlos Prates by knockout in Nov 2025.
Best attribute: striking accuracy (share of significant strikes that land) — 91st percentile among 280 welterweight fighters (55%).
Leon Edwards's UFC win rate is 70% (14 of 20 fights), and 29% of those wins came by finish. Edwards averages 1.5 takedowns per fight at 38% accuracy and stops 64% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 22-6 (1 NC)
- UFC Record
- 14-5 (1 NC)
- Height
- 6'2"
- Reach
- 74"
- Age
- 35
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Last Fight
- L vs Carlos Prates · KO/TKO · Nov 2025
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Leon Edwards's Last 5 Fights
Edwards is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Carlos Prates · KO/TKO · R2 1:28 · UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev · Nov 2025
- Loss vs Sean Brady · Submission · R4 1:39 · UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady · Mar 2025
- Loss vs Belal Muhammad · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 · Jul 2024
- Win vs Colby Covington · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington · Dec 2023
- Win vs Kamaru Usman · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 · Mar 2023
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Leon Edwards vs Average
Leon Edwards lands 10.3 strikes in R1 but 13.3 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Leon Edwards's UFC Fight History
20 UFC fights on record (14-5 (1 NC)), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Carlos Prates | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:28 | UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev | 2025-11-15 |
| L | Sean Brady | Submission | R4 · 1:39 | UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady | 2025-03-22 |
| L★ | Belal Muhammad | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 | 2024-07-27 |
| W★ | Colby Covington | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington | 2023-12-16 |
| W★ | Kamaru Usman | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 | 2023-03-18 |
| W★ | Kamaru Usman | KO/TKO | R5 · 4:04 | UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards | 2022-08-20 |
| W | Nate Diaz | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 | 2021-06-12 |
| D/NC | Belal Muhammad | Other | R2 · 0:18 | UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad | 2021-03-13 |
| W | Rafael Dos Anjos | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards | 2019-07-20 |
| W | Gunnar Nelson | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal | 2019-03-16 |
| W | Donald Cerrone | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards | 2018-06-23 |
| W | Peter Sobotta | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:59 | UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov | 2018-03-17 |
| W | Bryan Barberena | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve | 2017-09-02 |
| W | Vicente Luque | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson | 2017-03-18 |
| W | Albert Tumenov | Submission | R3 · 3:01 | UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson | 2016-10-08 |
| W | Dominic Waters | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Arlovski | 2016-05-08 |
| L | Kamaru Usman | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 | 2015-12-19 |
| W | Pawel Pawlak | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Leites | 2015-07-18 |
| W | Seth Baczynski | KO/TKO | R1 · 0:08 | UFC Fight Night: Gonzaga vs Cro Cop 2 | 2015-04-11 |
| L | Claudio Silva | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs Saint Preux | 2014-11-08 |
How Edwards Ranks at Welterweight
Percentile among the 280 welterweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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