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UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3
Leon Edwards
Leon Edwards
20-3 · GBR
VS
Kamaru Usman
Kamaru Usman
20-2 · NGA
March 18, 2023 · London, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 5 rounds · Main event
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Leon Edwards def. Kamaru Usman by M-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Edwards20/260/000:00
Usman12/420/200:19
R2
Edwards23/260/100:00
Usman24/501/100:45
R3
Edwards24/320/000:00
Usman17/321/201:06
R4
Edwards25/410/000:00
Usman14/371/400:51
R5
Edwards28/360/000:00
Usman20/441/602:02
Total
Edwards120/1610/100:00
Usman87/2054/1505:03

Scorecards

Edwards vs Usman

RdBen CartlidgeChris LeeDavid LethabyCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-99-109.5-9.5
R39-98-108-108.4-9.7
R49-1010-910-99.8-9.2
R510-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total48-4648-4647-4747.6-46.5

Media (32 cards) · avg 47.746.3 · 21 Edwards · 0 Usman · 11 draws

Point deductions: R31 Edwards (Grabbing the fence)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Edwards-Usman. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
EdwardsWin probabilityUsman
54.4%45.6%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
14%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 18.4 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Edwards, blue toward Usman. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Edwards54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%30%14%
Submission9%17%5%
Decision29%53%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes58 (2479)act 120
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Usman46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%34%21%
Submission5%11%6%
Decision25%55%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes66 (2890)act 87
Takedowns1.7 (0.04.8)act 4
Combined totals~124 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R214%
R311%
R46%
R54%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Edwards
45.1%+120
Usman
-12054.1%
Most takedownstie 24.7%
Edwards
11.1%+580
Usman
-58064.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 58.2
58
Over 58
39.5%
+151
Exactly 58
0.8%
push
Under 58
59.7%
-151
073146
Usman
Expected: 66.3
66.5
Over 66.5
39.6%
+152
Under 66.5
60.4%
-152
083166
Takedowns — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.9%
+318
Under 0.5
76.1%
-318
035
Usman
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
51.7%
-107
Under 1.5
48.3%
+107
036

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 18.4 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Edwards54.4%30.6%+23.8+212
Usman45.6%69.4%−23.8-265
By method
Edwards by KO/TKO17.4%14.1%+3.3+485
Edwards by submission7.7%4.9%+2.8+1588
Edwards by decision29.3%13.6%+15.7+504
Usman by KO/TKO14.5%21.4%−6.9+285
Usman by submission6.5%6.3%+0.2+1214
Usman by decision24.6%39.8%−15.2+107
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds88.7%81.9%+6.8-705
Over 2.5 rds74.6%74.7%−0.1-400
Over 3.5 rds64.2%66.4%−2.2-247
Over 4.5 rds58.1%61.3%−3.2-188
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision53.9%56.5%−2.6-151

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
67.0Striking75.9
Usman +9.0
46.1Grappling63.4
Usman +17.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EdwardsUsman
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1684
Pound-for-pound
1722
1672
Divisional
1710
1499
Striking offense
1525
1539
Striking defense
1508
1506
Grappling offense
1535
1522
Grappling defense
1583
Physical
31 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
2.59
Strikes landed / min
4.55
51%
Strike accuracy
53%
2.28
Strikes absorbed / min
2.56
53%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.39
Takedowns / 15 min
3.01
34%
Takedown accuracy
48%
68%
Takedown defense
97%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
94%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
33%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
210
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Leon Edwards
  • WKamaru UsmanKO/TKO R5
    Close +2777mo before
  • WNate DiazU-DEC R5
    Close -4971y 9mo before
  • WRafael Dos AnjosU-DEC R5
    Close -1103y 8mo before
  • WGunnar NelsonS-DEC R3
    Close -1404y before
  • WDonald CerroneU-DEC R5
    Close -2554y 9mo before
Kamaru Usman
  • LLeon EdwardsKO/TKO R5
    Close -3527mo before
  • WColby CovingtonU-DEC R5
    Close -3091y 4mo before
  • WJorge MasvidalKO/TKO R2
    Close -3491y 11mo before
  • WGilbert BurnsKO/TKO R3
    Close -2502y 1mo before
  • WJorge MasvidalU-DEC R5
    Close -2402y 8mo before
Edwards — win / loss by method
Record: 20-3-0, 1 NC

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
7 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
12win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (8%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (67%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1
Usman — win / loss by method
Record: 20-2-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
9 wins, 1 loss
W
45% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
5% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
15win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (27%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (7%)Submission(0%) 0
10 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Edwards
Usman
15
UFC fights
16
237.5 min · 15.8 avg
Octagon time
273.9 min · 17.1 avg
15y 2m
Career length
13y 8m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Edwards
Usman
230W–72L · 76.2%
Overall
300W–73L · 80.4%
214W–70L · 75.4%
Wins
281W–70L · 80.1%
16W–2L · 88.9%
Losses
19W–3L · 86.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Edwards
Usman
45W–12L · 78.9%
Overall
26W–15L · 63.4%
43W–12L · 78.2%
Wins
23W–12L · 65.7%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
3W–3L · 50.0%
Distance striking
Edwards
Usman
4.03
Landed / min
5.54
44.2%
Accuracy
42.1%
59.0%
Defense
61.6%
0.32
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.55
45.7%
Time at distance
45.4%
Grappling & control
Edwards
Usman
1.39
Takedowns / 15 min
3.01
33.8%
Takedown accuracy
48.2%
68.4%
Takedown defense
97.2%
0.38
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.11
51.2%
Control share
94.2%
Strike target map
Edwards
  • Head63%(389)div 63%
  • Body22%(133)div 20%
  • Legs15%(92)div 16%
Usman
  • Head62%(779)div 63%
  • Body29%(366)div 20%
  • Legs8%(102)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Leon Edwards
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Kamaru Usman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.