Leon Edwards

United Kingdom MMAActive

Professional

7 KOs

1 KO

1 NC

Semi-professionalNo record yet

AmateurNo record yet

Photo: James English · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Leon Edwards (born 25 August 1991) is an English professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Welterweight Champion. A professional since 2011, Edwards formerly competed for BAMMA, where he was the BAMMA welterweight champion. As of 19 September 2026, he is #10 in the Meta UFC welterweight rankings.

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Result	Date	Opponent	Method	Event
L	15 Nov 2025	Carlos Prates Welterweight	KO · R2 1:28 punches	UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev
L	22 Mar 2025	Sean Brady Welterweight	SUB · R4 1:39 guillotine choke	UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady
L	27 Jul 2024	Belal MuhammadTitle Welterweight	UD · R5 5:00	UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2
W	16 Dec 2023	Colby CovingtonTitle Welterweight	UD · R5 5:00	UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington
W	18 Mar 2023	Kamaru UsmanTitle Welterweight	MD · R5 5:00	UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3
W	20 Aug 2022	Kamaru UsmanTitle Welterweight	KO · R5 4:04 head kick	UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2
W	12 Jun 2021	Nate Diaz Welterweight	UD · R5 5:00	UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2
NC	13 Mar 2021	Belal Muhammad Welterweight	— · R2 0:18 accidental eye poke	UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad
—	21 Mar 2020	Tyron Woodley Welterweight	—	UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Edwards
W	20 Jul 2019	Rafael dos Anjos Welterweight	UD · R5 5:00	UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Edwards
W	16 Mar 2019	Gunnar Nelson Welterweight	SD · R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal
W	23 Jun 2018	Donald Cerrone Welterweight	UD · R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards
W	17 Mar 2018	Peter Sobotta Welterweight	TKO · R3 4:59 punches	UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov
W	2 Sept 2017	Bryan Barberena Welterweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve
W	18 Mar 2017	Vicente Luque Welterweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson
W	8 Oct 2016	Albert Tumenov Welterweight	SUB · R3 3:01 rear-naked choke	UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson 2
W	8 May 2016	Dominic Waters Welterweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski
L	19 Dec 2015	Kamaru Usman Welterweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2
W	18 Jul 2015	Pawel Pawlak Welterweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Leites
W	11 Apr 2015	Seth Baczynski Welterweight	KO · R1 0:08 punches	UFC Fight Night: Gonzaga vs. Cro Cop 2
L	8 Nov 2014	Cláudio Silva Welterweight	SD · R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux

Result	Date	Opponent	Method	Event
L	15 Nov 2025	Carlos Prates Welterweight	KO · R2 1:28 punches	UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev
L	22 Mar 2025	Sean Brady Welterweight	SUB · R4 1:39 guillotine choke	UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady
L	27 Jul 2024	Belal MuhammadTitle Welterweight	UD · R5 5:00	UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2
W	16 Dec 2023	Colby CovingtonTitle Welterweight	UD · R5 5:00	UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington
W	18 Mar 2023	Kamaru UsmanTitle Welterweight	MD · R5 5:00	UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3
W	20 Aug 2022	Kamaru UsmanTitle Welterweight	KO · R5 4:04 head kick	UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2
W	12 Jun 2021	Nate Diaz Welterweight	UD · R5 5:00	UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2
NC	13 Mar 2021	Belal Muhammad Welterweight	— · R2 0:18 accidental eye poke	UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad
—	21 Mar 2020	Tyron Woodley Welterweight	—	UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Edwards
W	20 Jul 2019	Rafael dos Anjos Welterweight	UD · R5 5:00	UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Edwards
W	16 Mar 2019	Gunnar Nelson Welterweight	SD · R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal
W	23 Jun 2018	Donald Cerrone Welterweight	UD · R5 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards
W	17 Mar 2018	Peter Sobotta Welterweight	TKO · R3 4:59 punches	UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov
W	2 Sept 2017	Bryan Barberena Welterweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve
W	18 Mar 2017	Vicente Luque Welterweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson
W	8 Oct 2016	Albert Tumenov Welterweight	SUB · R3 3:01 rear-naked choke	UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson 2
W	8 May 2016	Dominic Waters Welterweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski
L	19 Dec 2015	Kamaru Usman Welterweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2
W	18 Jul 2015	Pawel Pawlak Welterweight	UD · R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Leites
W	11 Apr 2015	Seth Baczynski Welterweight	KO · R1 0:08 punches	UFC Fight Night: Gonzaga vs. Cro Cop 2
L	8 Nov 2014	Cláudio Silva Welterweight	SD · R3 5:00	UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux

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