Leon Edwards
“Rocky”
Leon Edwards is ranked 23rd of 426 welterweights by the First Light Rating, and 8th in the UFC’s own welterweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,98123rd of 426 · Welterweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.48Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- DecliningCareer-best FLR 2,042, 16 Dec 2023
- Record
- 22–6Pro, 1 NC
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Nov 2025 | Lost to Carlos PratesUFC 322 - Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev · KO (Punches), R2 | −12 |
| 22 Mar 2025 | Lost to Sean BradyUFC Fight Night 255 - Edwards vs. Brady · Submission (Guillotine Choke), R4 | −25 |
| 27 Jul 2024 | Lost to Belal Muhammad TitleUFC 304 - Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −14 |
| 16 Dec 2023 | Won vs Colby Covington TitleUFC 296 - Edwards vs. Covington · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +26 |
| 18 Mar 2023 | Won vs Kamaru Usman TitleUFC 286 - Edwards vs. Usman 3 · Decision (Majority), R5 | +30 |
| 20 Aug 2022 | Won vs Kamaru Usman TitleUFC 278 - Usman vs. Edwards 2 · KO (Head Kick), R5 | +14 |
| 12 Jun 2021 | Won vs Nate DiazUFC 263 - Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | 0 |
| 13 Mar 2021 | No contest vs Belal MuhammadUFC Fight Night 187 - Edwards vs. Muhammad · No Contest (Accidental Eye Poke), R2 | — |
| 20 Jul 2019 | Won vs Rafael dos AnjosUFC on ESPN 4 - Dos Anjos vs. Edwards · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +30 |
| 16 Mar 2019 | Won vs Gunnar NelsonUFC Fight Night 147 - Till vs. Masvidal · Decision (Split), R3 | +13 |
| 23 Jun 2018 | Won vs Donald CerroneUFC Fight Night 132 - Cerrone vs. Edwards · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +22 |
| 17 Mar 2018 | Won vs Peter SobottaUFC Fight Night 127 - Werdum vs. Volkov · TKO (Punches), R3 | +25 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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