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Leon Edwards
“Rocky”
Rank 9 - UFC Men's Pound-for-Pound
Rank 1 - UFC Welterweight
Age: 33 | Aug 25, 1991
Nationality: England
Weight Class: Welterweight
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 170 lbs
Professional Record
| 27 fights | 22 wins | 4 losses |
|---|---|---|
| KO/TKOs | 7 | 0 |
| Submissions | 3 | 0 |
| Decisions | 12 | 3 |
| Disqualifications | 0 | 1 |
| No Contests | 1 | |
Fight Details
| Result | Record | Opponent | Event | Date | Method | Referee | Round | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOSS | 22 - 4 - 1 | Belal Muhammad | UFC 304 - Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 | July 27, 2024 | Decision (Unanimous) | Mike Beltran | 5 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 22 - 3 - 1 | Colby Covington | UFC 296 - Edwards vs. Covington | December 16, 2023 | Decision (Unanimous) | Herb Dean | 5 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 21 - 3 - 1 | Kamaru Usman | UFC 286 - Edwards vs. Usman 3 | March 18, 2023 | Decision (Majority) | Herb Dean | 5 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 20 - 3 - 1 | Kamaru Usman | UFC 278 - Usman vs. Edwards 2 | August 20, 2022 | KO (Head Kick) | Herb Dean | 5 | 4:04 |
| WIN | 19 - 3 - 1 | Nate Diaz | UFC 263 - Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 | June 12, 2021 | Decision (Unanimous) | Herb Dean | 5 | 5:00 |
| NC | 18 - 3 - 1 | Belal Muhammad | UFC Fight Night 187 - Edwards vs. Muhammad | March 13, 2021 | No Contest (Accidental Eye Poke) | Herb Dean | 2 | 0:18 |
| WIN | 18 - 3 | Rafael dos Anjos | UFC on ESPN 4 - Dos Anjos vs. Edwards | July 20, 2019 | Decision (Unanimous) | Dan Miragliotta | 5 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 17 - 3 | Gunnar Nelson | UFC Fight Night 147 - Till vs. Masvidal | March 16, 2019 | Decision (Split) | Kevin Sataki | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 16 - 3 | Donald Cerrone | UFC Fight Night 132 - Cerrone vs. Edwards | June 23, 2018 | Decision (Unanimous) | Leon Roberts | 5 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 15 - 3 | Peter Sobotta | UFC Fight Night 127 - Werdum vs. Volkov | March 17, 2018 | TKO (Punches) | Rich Mitchell | 3 | 4:59 |
| WIN | 14 - 3 | Bryan Barberena | UFC Fight Night 115 - Volkov vs. Struve | September 02, 2017 | Decision (Unanimous) | Neil Hall | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 13 - 3 | Vicente Luque | UFC Fight Night 107 - Manuwa vs. Anderson | March 18, 2017 | Decision (Unanimous) | Grant Waterman | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 12 - 3 | Albert Tumenov | UFC 204 - Bisping vs. Henderson 2 | October 08, 2016 | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | Yves Lavigne | 3 | 3:01 |
| WIN | 11 - 3 | Dominic Waters | UFC Fight Night 87 - Overeem vs. Arlovski | May 08, 2016 | Decision (Unanimous) | Lukasz Bosacki | 3 | 5:00 |
| LOSS | 10 - 3 | Kamaru Usman | UFC on Fox 17 - Dos Anjos vs. Cerrone 2 | December 19, 2015 | Decision (Unanimous) | Dan Miragliotta | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 10 - 2 | Pawel Pawlak | UFC Fight Night 72 - Bisping vs. Leites | July 18, 2015 | Decision (Unanimous) | Leon Roberts | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 9 - 2 | Seth Baczynski | UFC Fight Night 64 - Gonzaga vs. Cro Cop 2 | April 11, 2015 | KO (Punches) | Grant Waterman | 1 | 0:08 |
| LOSS | 8 - 2 | Claudio Silva | UFC Fight Night 56 - Shogun vs. St. Preux | November 08, 2014 | Decision (Split) | Mario Yamasaki | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 8 - 1 | Shaun Taylor | BAMMA 16 - Daley vs. da Rocha | September 13, 2014 | KO (Punch) | Mark Woodard | 3 | 3:30 |
| WIN | 7 - 1 | Wayne Murrie | BAMMA 15 - Thompson vs. Selmani | April 05, 2014 | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | Mark Woodard | 1 | 3:13 |
| WIN | 6 - 1 | Wendle Lewis | BAMMA 14 - Daley vs. da Silva | December 14, 2013 | KO (Punches) | Mark Woodard | 1 | 1:20 |
| WIN | 5 - 1 | Adam Boussif | BAMMA 13 - Nunes vs. Jones | September 14, 2013 | Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) | 1 | 2:10 | |
| WIN | 4 - 1 | Jonathan Bilton | BAMMA 11 - Marshman vs. Foupa-Pokam | December 01, 2012 | TKO (Knees) | 2 | 1:11 | |
| WIN | 3 - 1 | Craig White | SAH 14 - Strength And Honour 14 | November 04, 2012 | Technical Decision | 2 | 5:00 | |
| LOSS | 2 - 1 | Delroy McDowell | Fight UK MMA - Fight UK 6 | February 25, 2012 | Disqualification (Illegal Knee) | Dean Weir | 3 | 2:40 |
| WIN | 2 - 0 | Pawel Zwiefka | Fight UK MMA - Fight UK 5 | November 19, 2011 | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| WIN | 1 - 0 | Damian Zlotnicki | Fight UK MMA - Fight UK 4 | June 05, 2011 | TKO (Punches) | Leon Roberts | 1 | 2:15 |
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UFC Welterweight Rankings
Belal Muhammad(24 - 3 - 1)
- 1Leon Edwards
(22 - 4 - 1)
- 2Kamaru Usman
(20 - 4 - 0)
- 3Shavkat Rakhmonov
(18 - 0 - 0)
- 5Colby Covington
(17 - 4 - 0)
- 6Sean Brady
(17 - 1 - 0)
- 7Ian Garry
(15 - 0 - 0)
- 8Gilbert Burns
(22 - 8 - 0)
- 9Stephen Thompson
(17 - 7 - 1)
- 10Geoff Neal
(15 - 6 - 0)
- 11Joaquin Buckley
(19 - 6 - 0)
- 12Michael Morales
(17 - 0 - 0)
- 13Michael Page
(22 - 3 - 0)
- 14Vicente Luque
(22 - 10 - 1)
- 15Kevin Holland
(26 - 11 - 1)
- 15Neil Magny
(29 - 12 - 0)
