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UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards
Leon Edwards
Leon Edwards
15-3 · GBR
VS
Donald Cerrone
Donald Cerrone
33-10 · USA
June 23, 2018 · Kallang, Singapore
Welterweight · 5 rounds · Main event
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Leon Edwards def. Donald Cerrone by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Edwards16/320/200:45
Cerrone12/260/100:00
R2
Edwards16/320/100:03
Cerrone12/260/200:44
R3
Edwards19/380/000:00
Cerrone15/370/300:12
R4
Edwards15/310/100:00
Cerrone10/200/200:57
R5
Edwards18/330/000:00
Cerrone11/221/100:51
Total
Edwards84/1660/400:48
Cerrone60/1311/902:44

Scorecards

Edwards vs Cerrone

RdCharlie KeechEvan FieldHowie BoothCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-99-109.6-9.4
R49-109-1010-99.6-9.4
R59-109-109-109.2-9.8
Total48-4748-4748-4748.4-46.6

Media (18 cards) · avg 48.446.6 · 18 Edwards · 0 Cerrone

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

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 probabilityCerrone
84.6%15.4%
KO / TKO
51%
Submission
3%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 16.9 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 Cerrone. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Edwards85%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO43%51%
Submission2%2%
Decision40%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes111 (64144)act 84
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Cerrone15%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%54%
Submission1%8%
Decision6%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes69 (3990)act 60
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.1)act 1
Combined totals~179 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R210%
R312%
R47%
R55%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Edwards
70.9%-248
Cerrone
+24828.5%
Most takedownstie 63.7%
Edwards
28.3%-352
Cerrone
+3528.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 110.5
110.5
Over 110.5
42.5%
+135
Under 110.5
57.5%
-135
0139277
Cerrone
Expected: 68.8
69
Over 69
41.8%
+137
Exactly 69
1.0%
push
Under 69
57.2%
-137
087173
Takedowns — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
30.0%
+233
Under 0.5
70.0%
-233
035
Cerrone
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.4%
Exactly 0
89.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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
Edwards84.6%69.4%+15.2-255
Cerrone15.4%30.6%−15.2+215

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
66.9Striking64.4
Edwards +2.6
49.0Grappling54.0
Cerrone +5.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EdwardsCerrone
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1599
Pound-for-pound
1677
1598
Divisional
1572
1500
Striking offense
1553
1521
Striking defense
1486
1515
Grappling offense
1477
1503
Grappling defense
1580
Physical
26 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.17
Strikes landed / min
4.90
48%
Strike accuracy
50%
1.90
Strikes absorbed / min
4.87
56%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.52
Takedowns / 15 min
1.20
32%
Takedown accuracy
34%
67%
Takedown defense
89%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
78%
UFC win rate
74%
+5
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
43%
Finish rate
70%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
125
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Leon Edwards
  • WPeter SobottaKO/TKO R3
    Close -1903mo before
  • WBryan BarberenaU-DEC R3
    Close -25010mo before
  • WVicente LuqueU-DEC R3
    Close +1001y 3mo before
  • WAlbert TumenovSUB R3
    Close +1501y 8mo before
  • WDominic WatersU-DEC R3
    Close -2702y 1mo before
Donald Cerrone
  • WYancy MedeirosKO/TKO R1
    Close +1004mo before
  • LDarren TillKO/TKO R1
    Close -1508mo before
  • LRobbie LawlerU-DEC R3
    Close +13511mo before
  • LJorge MasvidalKO/TKO R2
    Close -1751y 5mo before
  • WMatt BrownKO/TKO R3
    Close -3001y 6mo before
Edwards — win / loss by method
Record: 15-3-0

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
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (57%)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
Cerrone — win / loss by method
Record: 33-10-0, 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
9 wins, 4 losses
W
27% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 1 loss
W
48% of wins
L
10% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 5 losses
W
24% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
20win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (45%)KO/TKO(57%) 4
5 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (30%)Decision(43%) 3
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (85%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (15%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Edwards
Cerrone
9
UFC fights
27
118.1 min · 13.1 avg
Octagon time
237.2 min · 8.8 avg
15y 2m
Career length
20y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Edwards
Cerrone
111W–35L · 76.0%
Overall
498W–143L · 77.7%
95W–33L · 74.2%
Wins
353W–99L · 78.1%
16W–2L · 88.9%
Losses
145W–44L · 76.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Edwards
Cerrone
45W–12L · 78.9%
Overall
128W–32L · 80.0%
43W–12L · 78.2%
Wins
93W–28L · 76.9%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
35W–4L · 89.7%
Distance striking
Edwards
Cerrone
3.96
Landed / min
5.42
39.3%
Accuracy
47.3%
65.0%
Defense
54.1%
0.38
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.08
35.4%
Time at distance
74.9%
Grappling & control
Edwards
Cerrone
1.52
Takedowns / 15 min
1.20
32.4%
Takedown accuracy
33.9%
67.3%
Takedown defense
88.7%
0.63
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.63
53.7%
Control share
67.0%
Strike target map
Edwards
  • Head72%(185)div 63%
  • Body21%(54)div 20%
  • Legs7%(17)div 16%
Cerrone
  • Head48%(557)div 63%
  • Body24%(282)div 20%
  • Legs28%(324)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.

Donald Cerrone
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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