Leon Edwards
Jamaican-English mixed martial artist
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| March 22 2025 | Lost to Sean Brady via guillotine choke submission in the fourth round at UFC Fight Night 255 in London, marking his first loss via finish. |
| March 22 2025 | Edwards was scheduled to face Sean Brady in the main event at UFC Fight Night 255 in London, England, after original opponent Jack Della Maddalena was pulled from the card. |
| July 27 2024 | Edwards faced Belal Muhammad in a rematch at UFC 304, where he lost the championship via unanimous decision. |
| July 27 2024 | Leon Edwards is set to compete against Belal Muhammad at UFC 304. |
| 2023 | Won World MMA Awards for International Fighter of the Year |
| 2023 | Leon Edwards received the Knockout of the Year and Comeback of the Year at the World MMA Awards for his performance against Kamaru Usman at UFC 278. |
| 2023 | Leon Edwards was named VMTV UK MMA Male Fighter of the Year. |
| 2023 | Leon Edwards was recognized at the World MMA Awards as Charles 'Mask' Lewis Fighter of the Year and International Fighter of the Year. |
| December 16 2023 | Edwards defended his UFC Welterweight Championship against Colby Covington at UFC 296, winning the fight via unanimous decision. |
| December 16 2023 | Leon Edwards is scheduled to fight Colby Covington at UFC 296. |
| March 18 2023 | Edwards faced Kamaru Usman for the third time at UFC 286 and won the bout by majority decision. |
| 2022 | Won Cageside Press Comeback of the Year for his fight against Kamaru Usman |
| 2022 | Leon Edwards was recognized by ESPN as the Knockout of the Year for his performance against Kamaru Usman. |
| August 20 2022 | Edwards rematched Kamaru Usman at UFC 278 for the UFC Welterweight Championship and won the fight by knockout in the fifth round, claiming the title. |
| May 15 2021 | Edwards was originally scheduled to face Nate Diaz at UFC 262, but the fight was moved to UFC 263 due to Diaz's injury. Edwards won the fight by unanimous decision. |
| March 13 2021 | Edwards was scheduled to fight Khamzat Chimaev at UFC Fight Night 187, but the bout was rescheduled multiple times due to COVID-19 complications before ultimately becoming a no contest against Belal Muhammad after an accidental eye poke. |
| July 20 2019 | Edwards faced Rafael dos Anjos in the main event of UFC on ESPN 4, winning the fight via unanimous decision. |
| March 16 2019 | Edwards competed against Gunnar Nelson at UFC Fight Night 147, winning by split decision. |
| June 23 2018 | Edwards faced Donald Cerrone at UFC Fight Night 132 and won the match by unanimous decision. |
| March 17 2018 | Edwards fought Peter Sobotta at UFC Fight Night 127, winning the match via TKO at 4:59 in the third round. |
| September 2 2017 | Edwards faced Bryan Barberena at UFC Fight Night 115, securing a unanimous decision victory. |
| March 18 2017 | Edwards fought Vicente Luque at UFC Fight Night 107 and won the contest by unanimous decision. |
| October 8 2016 | Edwards faced Albert Tumenov at UFC 204, winning the fight via submission in the third round. |
| May 8 2016 | Edwards competed against Dominic Waters at UFC Fight Night 87 and emerged victorious by unanimous decision. |
| December 19 2015 | Edwards faced Kamaru Usman at UFC on Fox 17 and lost the fight by unanimous decision. |
| July 18 2015 | Edwards fought Pawel Pawlak at UFC Fight Night 72, winning the match via unanimous decision. |
| April 11 2015 | Edwards faced Seth Baczynski at UFC Fight Night 64 and won the fight via KO at 0:08 of the first round, earning a Performance of the Night bonus. |
| November 8 2014 | Leon Edwards made his promotional debut against Cláudio Silva at UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux, where he was defeated via split decision. |
| 2011 | Leon Edwards turned professional in mixed martial arts, marking the beginning of his competitive career. |
| 2010 | Leon Edwards began his professional fighting career in 2010, making his debut as an amateur at Bushido Challenge 2 - A New Dawn, where he won against Carl Booth via an armbar submission in round two. |
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