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UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson
Leon Edwards
Leon Edwards
12-3 · GBR
VS
Vicente Luque
Vicente Luque
11-5-1 · USA
March 18, 2017 · London, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.0lb
Weigh-in
169.0lb
Leon Edwards def. Vicente Luque by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Edwards9/190/300:21
Luque9/132/303:00
R2
Edwards9/182/402:59
Luque0/30/101:13
R3
Edwards35/651/501:52
Luque15/280/301:08
Total
Edwards53/1023/1205:12
Luque24/442/705:21

Scorecards

Edwards vs Luque

RdAndy RobertsMark CollettPaul SutherlandCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-9.9
R210-910-910-99.7-9.3
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2829-2828.8-28.2

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 14 Edwards · 0 Luque

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

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 probabilityLuque
67.3%32.7%
KO / TKO
47%
Submission
7%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 9.9 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 Luque. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Edwards67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%43%
Submission4%6%
Decision34%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 53
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 3
Luque33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%53%
Submission3%10%
Decision12%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 24
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 2
Combined totals~93 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R220%
R37%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Edwards
56.1%-131
Luque
+13142.8%
Most takedownstie 53.6%
Edwards
37.2%-406
Luque
+4069.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 49.8
50
Over 50
41.6%
+137
Exactly 50
1.3%
push
Under 50
57.0%
-137
063125
Luque
Expected: 43.2
43
Over 43
42.0%
+134
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.5%
-134
054108
Takedowns — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
40.4%
+147
Under 0.5
59.6%
-147
035
Luque
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.3%
Exactly 0
86.7%
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 9.9 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
Edwards67.3%47.8%+19.5+100
Luque32.7%52.2%−19.5-120

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
66.1Striking66.6
Luque +0.6
41.9Grappling66.9
Luque +25.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EdwardsLuque
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1554
Pound-for-pound
1549
1554
Divisional
1548
1488
Striking offense
1514
1518
Striking defense
1501
1506
Grappling offense
1526
1498
Grappling defense
1527
Physical
25 yrs
Age
25 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'11"
74"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.89
Strikes landed / min
2.99
46%
Strike accuracy
47%
1.93
Strikes absorbed / min
2.18
59%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.03
Takedowns / 15 min
2.11
29%
Takedown accuracy
80%
66%
Takedown defense
42%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.6
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
80%
+2
Win/loss streak
+4
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Leon Edwards
  • WAlbert TumenovSUB R3
    Close +1505mo before
  • WDominic WatersU-DEC R3
    Close -27010mo before
  • LKamaru UsmanU-DEC R3
    Close +2001y 3mo before
  • WPawel PawlakU-DEC R3
    Close -4001y 8mo before
  • WSeth BaczynskiKO/TKO R1
    Close -1701y 11mo before
Vicente Luque
  • WBelal MuhammadKO/TKO R1
    Close -1254mo before
  • WHector UrbinaKO/TKO R1
    Close -5806mo before
  • WAlvaro Herrera MendozaSUB R2
    Close -3758mo before
  • WHayder HassanSUB R1
    Close -1301y 3mo before
  • LMichael GravesU-DEC R3
    Close -1851y 8mo before
Edwards — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)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
Luque — win / loss by method
Record: 11-5-1

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
45% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
1 win, 3 losses
W
9% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (43%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (14%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Edwards
Luque
6
UFC fights
5
73.2 min · 12.2 avg
Octagon time
28.4 min · 5.7 avg
15y 2m
Career length
17y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Edwards
Luque
70W–21L · 76.9%
Overall
45W–15L · 75.0%
54W–19L · 74.0%
Wins
41W–15L · 73.2%
16W–2L · 88.9%
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Edwards
Luque
45W–12L · 78.9%
Overall
71W–19L · 78.9%
43W–12L · 78.2%
Wins
26W–5L · 83.9%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
45W–14L · 76.3%
Distance striking
Edwards
Luque
3.07
Landed / min
6.15
35.9%
Accuracy
40.9%
66.8%
Defense
56.0%
0.41
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.06
37.9%
Time at distance
30.9%
Grappling & control
Edwards
Luque
1.03
Takedowns / 15 min
2.11
29.4%
Takedown accuracy
80.0%
65.8%
Takedown defense
41.7%
0.41
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.58
40.1%
Control share
50.5%
Strike target map
Edwards
  • Head70%(97)div 63%
  • Body25%(34)div 21%
  • Legs5%(7)div 16%
Luque
  • Head58%(49)div 63%
  • Body24%(20)div 21%
  • Legs19%(16)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.

Vicente Luque
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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