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Results · UFC Fight Night
Colby Covington
Leon Edwards
FinishedMain card · #1
UFC 296 · Sunday, 17 December 2023
DEC49–46 ×3
Round5
Time5:00
Fight time25:00
Welterweight · 5 rounds
LOSS
Colby
Record17–4–0
Strikes126
KD0
WIN
Leon
KD0
Strikes108
Record22–5–0
EdwardsWDEC49–46 ×3Covington

Stats

Fight totals · finalRecords →
Striking
126
Strikes
108
44
Power strikes
57
0
Knockdowns
0
Target
86
Head
62
12
Body
21
28
Legs
25
Grappling
2/1020%
Takedowns
2/367%
0
Sub attempts
2
5:04
Control time
1:27
Source: API-MMA · fight totalsshares calculated by mebrdzoli.ge

Dominance

Share
54%Share of strikes46%
44%Share of power strikes56%
20%Fight time in control
5:04 · 1:27 / 25:00
6%

Strike map

Strike map
Covington vs EdwardsStrikes by target
Head68%
Body10%
Legs22%
Head57%
Body19%
Legs24%

Tale of the tape

Career rates · since 2022
CovingtonEdwards
6.97
Strikes / min
3.82
2.1
Takedowns / 15 min
0.9
27
Takedown accuracy %
47
39
Control time %
12
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.12
0
Wins by finish %
33
180
Height / cm
188
183
Reach / cm
188

Key numbers

Key numbers · Edwards
108

Edwards: 108 strikes — his average since 2022 is 78 per fight.

Strikes · recent fights
-18

Strike differential in this bout: 108–126.

Differential · this bout
57

Power strikes — 53% of all strikes.

Power strikes · recent fights
1:27

Control time, from 2 takedowns — 6% of the fight.

Control · recent fights

Record and form

Record · last 5
Colby Covington Welterweight
Record17–4–0
·
Streak2L
Leon Edwards Welterweight
Record22–5–0
·
Streak3L

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