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UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2
Leon Edwards
Leon Edwards
18-3 · GBR
VS
Nate Diaz
Nate Diaz
20-12 · USA
June 12, 2021 · Glendale, Arizona, USA
Welterweight · 5 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Leon Edwards def. Nate Diaz by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Edwards13/191/201:32
Diaz10/230/000:03
R2
Edwards17/301/101:09
Diaz13/300/000:16
R3
Edwards13/152/202:18
Diaz3/120/000:26
R4
Edwards18/360/000:00
Diaz19/450/000:14
R5
Edwards16/320/000:00
Diaz31/520/000:54
Total
Edwards77/1324/504:59
Diaz76/1620/001:53

Scorecards

Edwards vs Diaz

RdBrad FrankDerek ClearyJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.9-9
R410-910-910-99.8-9.2
R59-109-109-108.8-9.9
Total49-4649-4649-4648.3-46.3

Media (21 cards) · avg 4946 · 21 Edwards · 0 Diaz

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Edwards-Diaz.

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 probabilityDiaz
72.5%27.5%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
15%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 16.9 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 Diaz. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Edwards72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%40%39%
Submission6%9%5%
Decision37%51%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes62 (2684)act 77
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.7)act 4
Diaz28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%35%6%
Submission9%32%8%
Decision9%33%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2064)act 76
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~109 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R218%
R311%
R46%
R54%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Edwards
58.3%-143
Diaz
+14340.9%
Most takedownstie 44.2%
Edwards
43.5%-356
Diaz
+35612.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 62.1
62
Over 62
39.5%
+151
Exactly 62
0.8%
push
Under 62
59.7%
-151
078156
Diaz
Expected: 47.3
47.5
Over 47.5
39.6%
+153
Under 47.5
60.4%
-153
060119
Takedowns — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
33.5%
+155
Exactly 1
14.7%
push
Under 1
51.8%
-155
035
Diaz
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
18.7%
+436
Under 0.5
81.3%
-436
035

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 16.9 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
Edwards72.5%79.3%−6.8-497
Diaz27.5%20.7%+6.8+361
By method
Edwards by KO/TKO28.2%38.7%−10.5+100
Edwards by submission11.0%5.2%+5.8+1399
Edwards by decision33.4%32.3%+1.1+140
Diaz by KO/TKO10.7%6.4%+4.3+1100
Diaz by submission4.2%7.7%−3.5+900
Diaz by decision12.7%9.7%+3.0+700
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds84.6%66.3%+18.3-250
Over 2.5 rds67.1%55.8%+11.3-150
Over 3.5 rds56.5%51.0%+5.5-120
Over 4.5 rds50.3%45.7%+4.6+105
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision46.0%42.3%+3.7+120

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
67.6Striking65.0
Edwards +2.6
45.3Grappling44.9
Edwards +0.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EdwardsDiaz
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1651
Pound-for-pound
1595
1642
Divisional
1521
1492
Striking offense
1512
1538
Striking defense
1515
1505
Grappling offense
1505
1517
Grappling defense
1510
Physical
29 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.56
Strikes landed / min
4.64
48%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.03
Strikes absorbed / min
4.04
55%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.35
Takedowns / 15 min
0.92
31%
Takedown accuracy
26%
70%
Takedown defense
44%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
77%
UFC win rate
60%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
30%
Finish rate
73%
Recent opp. quality
91
Days since last fight
588
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Leon Edwards
  • WRafael Dos AnjosU-DEC R5
    Close -1101y 11mo before
  • WGunnar NelsonS-DEC R3
    Close -1402y 3mo before
  • WDonald CerroneU-DEC R5
    Close -2553y before
  • WPeter SobottaKO/TKO R3
    Close -1903y 3mo before
  • WBryan BarberenaU-DEC R3
    Close -2503y 9mo before
Nate Diaz
  • LJorge MasvidalKO/TKO R3
    Close +1351y 7mo before
  • WAnthony PettisU-DEC R3
    Close +1001y 10mo before
  • LConor McGregorM-DEC R5
    Close +1154y 10mo before
  • WConor McGregorSUB R2
    Close +3405y 3mo before
  • WMichael JohnsonU-DEC R3
    Close +3005y 6mo before
Edwards — win / loss by method
Record: 18-3-0, 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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 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
10win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (10%)Submission(0%) 0
7 (70%)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
Diaz — win / loss by method
Record: 20-12-0

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
4 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
8% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 9 losses
W
20% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
15win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (13%)KO/TKO(20%) 2
9 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (27%)Decision(80%) 8
Non-UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Edwards
Diaz
13
UFC fights
25
188.4 min · 14.5 avg
Octagon time
294.4 min · 11.8 avg
15y 2m
Career length
21y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Edwards
Diaz
190W–59L · 76.3%
Overall
444W–116L · 79.3%
174W–57L · 75.3%
Wins
249W–66L · 79.0%
16W–2L · 88.9%
Losses
195W–50L · 79.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Edwards
Diaz
45W–12L · 78.9%
Overall
53W–19L · 73.6%
43W–12L · 78.2%
Wins
26W–10L · 72.2%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
27W–9L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Edwards
Diaz
3.96
Landed / min
7.30
40.4%
Accuracy
38.4%
61.1%
Defense
60.2%
0.32
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.20
43.9%
Time at distance
45.0%
Grappling & control
Edwards
Diaz
1.35
Takedowns / 15 min
0.92
30.9%
Takedown accuracy
26.5%
70.1%
Takedown defense
44.4%
0.40
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.27
53.8%
Control share
32.9%
Strike target map
Edwards
  • Head67%(321)div 63%
  • Body22%(105)div 20%
  • Legs12%(56)div 16%
Diaz
  • Head75%(1,023)div 63%
  • Body17%(226)div 20%
  • Legs9%(118)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.

Nate Diaz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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