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UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad
Leon Edwards
Leon Edwards
18-3 · GBR
VS
Belal Muhammad
Belal Muhammad
18-3 · USA
March 13, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 5 rounds · Main event
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
No contest
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Edwards17/350/100:19
Muhammad8/240/000:33
R2 · 0:18
Edwards2/40/000:00
Muhammad0/20/000:00
Total
Edwards19/390/100:19
Muhammad8/260/000:33

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 probabilityMuhammad
54.4%45.6%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
4%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 18.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Edwards54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%36%22%
Submission2%5%7%
Decision32%59%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes85 (49111)act 19
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Muhammad46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%29%8%
Submission1%3%6%
Decision32%68%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes73 (4295)act 8
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~158 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R29%
R36%
R44%
R52%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Edwards
57.0%-134
Muhammad
+13442.3%
Most takedownstie 51.0%
Edwards
15.6%+213
Muhammad
-21333.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 85.1
85
Over 85
42.2%
+135
Exactly 85
0.8%
push
Under 85
57.0%
-135
0107213
Muhammad
Expected: 72.8
73
Over 73
41.8%
+137
Exactly 73
0.9%
push
Under 73
57.2%
-137
091182
Takedowns — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.3%
+369
Under 0.5
78.7%
-369
035
Muhammad
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
38.0%
+163
Under 0.5
62.0%
-163
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 18.9 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
Edwards54.4%69.7%−15.3-283
Muhammad45.6%30.3%+15.3+212
By method
Edwards by KO/TKO17.9%21.6%−3.7+275
Edwards by submission2.2%7.4%−5.2+1000
Edwards by decision34.4%38.6%−4.2+110
Muhammad by KO/TKO15.0%8.1%+6.9+900
Muhammad by submission1.8%6.2%−4.4+1200
Muhammad by decision28.8%18.0%+10.8+350
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds83.7%79.2%+4.5-549
Over 2.5 rds74.8%72.6%+2.2-350
Over 3.5 rds68.9%66.3%+2.6-250
Over 4.5 rds65.5%61.0%+4.5-188
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision63.2%59.4%+3.8-175

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
67.3Striking68.2
Muhammad +0.9
45.9Grappling48.8
Muhammad +2.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EdwardsMuhammad
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
Pound-for-pound
Divisional
1492
Striking offense
1514
1532
Striking defense
1494
1516
Grappling offense
1493
1512
Grappling defense
1536
Physical
29 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'11"
74"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.53
Strikes landed / min
4.86
48%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.05
Strikes absorbed / min
4.03
55%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.39
Takedowns / 15 min
2.03
31%
Takedown accuracy
28%
70%
Takedown defense
85%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
75%
+8
Win/loss streak
+4
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
30%
Finish rate
22%
Recent opp. quality
602
Days since last fight
28
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Leon Edwards
  • WRafael Dos AnjosU-DEC R5
    Close -1101y 8mo before
  • WGunnar NelsonS-DEC R3
    Close -1402y before
  • WDonald CerroneU-DEC R5
    Close -2552y 9mo before
  • WPeter SobottaKO/TKO R3
    Close -1903y before
  • WBryan BarberenaU-DEC R3
    Close -2503y 6mo before
Belal Muhammad
  • WDhiego LimaU-DEC R3
    Close -44828d before
  • WLyman GoodU-DEC R3
    Close -1309mo before
  • WTakashi SatoSUB R3
    Close -3901y 6mo before
  • WCurtis MillenderU-DEC R3
    Close -1551y 11mo before
  • LGeoff NealU-DEC R3
    Close +1702y 2mo before
Edwards — win / loss by method
Record: 18-3-0

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
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
10win2loss0draw0NC
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
Muhammad — win / loss by method
Record: 18-3-0

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, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
13 wins, 2 losses
W
72% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (11%)Submission(0%) 0
7 (78%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
6 (67%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Edwards
Muhammad
12
UFC fights
12
183.1 min · 15.3 avg
Octagon time
162.6 min · 13.5 avg
15y 2m
Career length
13y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Edwards
Muhammad
190W–59L · 76.3%
Overall
194W–54L · 78.2%
174W–57L · 75.3%
Wins
161W–43L · 78.9%
16W–2L · 88.9%
Losses
33W–11L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Edwards
Muhammad
45W–12L · 78.9%
Overall
70W–28L · 71.4%
43W–12L · 78.2%
Wins
70W–28L · 71.4%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Edwards
Muhammad
3.93
Landed / min
5.92
40.0%
Accuracy
41.4%
60.6%
Defense
62.2%
0.33
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
42.9%
Time at distance
71.8%
Grappling & control
Edwards
Muhammad
1.39
Takedowns / 15 min
2.03
31.5%
Takedown accuracy
28.2%
70.1%
Takedown defense
84.6%
0.41
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.18
54.0%
Control share
89.4%
Strike target map
Edwards
  • Head67%(311)div 63%
  • Body22%(100)div 20%
  • Legs11%(52)div 16%
Muhammad
  • Head74%(583)div 63%
  • Body13%(106)div 20%
  • Legs13%(101)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.

Belal Muhammad
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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