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Leon Edwards
Leon Edwards
10-3 · GBR
VS
Dominic Waters
Dominic Waters
9-4 · USA
May 8, 2016 · Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Leon Edwards def. Dominic Waters by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Edwards5/61/100:11
Waters0/31/204:02
R2
Edwards6/91/101:10
Waters0/62/602:17
R3
Edwards13/200/101:49
Waters3/71/400:57
Total
Edwards24/352/303:10
Waters3/164/1207:16

Scorecards

Edwards vs Waters

RdMark CollettPaul SutherlandPeter LaveryCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.9
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.9-27

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.927.1 · 15 Edwards · 0 Waters

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

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 probabilityWaters
86.1%13.9%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
45%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 7.3 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 Waters. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Edwards86%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%26%
Submission39%45%
Decision25%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1229)act 24
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.3)act 2
Waters14%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%19%
Submission7%49%
Decision4%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes17 (922)act 3
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 4
Combined totals~39 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R152%
R214%
R34%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.6%
Edwards
61.4%-171
Waters
+17136.0%
Most takedownstie 37.7%
Edwards
39.4%-172
Waters
+17222.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 22.4
22.5
Over 22.5
42.3%
+137
Under 22.5
57.7%
-137
02957
Waters
Expected: 16.8
17
Over 17
39.8%
+142
Exactly 17
3.7%
push
Under 17
56.5%
-142
02142
Takedowns — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
51.1%
-104
Under 0.5
48.9%
+104
035
Waters
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
37.3%
+168
Under 0.5
62.7%
-168
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 7.3 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
Edwards86.1%70.7%+15.4-270
Waters13.9%29.3%−15.4+230

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
66.5Striking40.5
Edwards +26.0
18.2Grappling52.6
Waters +34.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EdwardsWaters
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1522
Pound-for-pound
1493
1521
Divisional
1492
1498
Striking offense
1497
1508
Striking defense
1499
1496
Grappling offense
1501
1498
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
24 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
79"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.17
Strikes landed / min
0.71
51%
Strike accuracy
25%
2.35
Strikes absorbed / min
3.30
56%
Strike defense
42%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
4.12
0%
Takedown accuracy
100%
65%
Takedown defense
25%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
141
Days since last fight
162
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Leon Edwards
  • LKamaru UsmanU-DEC R3
    Close +2005mo before
  • WPawel PawlakU-DEC R3
    Close -40010mo before
  • WSeth BaczynskiKO/TKO R1
    Close -1701y 1mo before
  • LClaudio SilvaS-DEC R3
    Close -2151y 6mo before
Dominic Waters
  • LDong Hyun KimKO/TKO R1
    Close +5505mo before
  • LGeorge SullivanU-DEC R3
    Close +21010mo before
Edwards — win / loss by method
Record: 10-3-0

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
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (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
Waters — win / loss by method
Record: 9-4-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
44% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (44%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Edwards
Waters
4
UFC fights
2
45.1 min · 11.3 avg
Octagon time
18.2 min · 9.1 avg
15y 2m
Career length
16y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Edwards
Waters
45W–13L · 77.6%
Overall
36W–7L · 83.7%
29W–11L · 72.5%
Wins
0W–0L
16W–2L · 88.9%
Losses
36W–7L · 83.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Edwards
Waters
45W–12L · 78.9%
Overall
77W–52L · 59.7%
43W–12L · 78.2%
Wins
64W–49L · 56.6%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
13W–3L · 81.3%
Distance striking
Edwards
Waters
4.11
Landed / min
3.03
41.7%
Accuracy
20.4%
68.5%
Defense
59.6%
0.66
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
34.0%
Time at distance
18.2%
Grappling & control
Edwards
Waters
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
4.12
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
65.4%
Takedown defense
25.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
33.9%
Control share
44.0%
Strike target map
Edwards
  • Head74%(73)div 63%
  • Body20%(20)div 21%
  • Legs5%(5)div 16%
Waters
  • Head92%(12)div 63%
  • Body8%(1)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)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.

Dominic Waters
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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