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Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington

UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington

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Welterweight

Leon Edwards

“Rocky”

Leon Edwards

🇯🇲 Jamaica

win

VS

Colby Covington

“Chaos”

Colby Covington

🇺🇸 United States

loss

U-DEC · ROUND 5 · 5:00

Current profile tapeFight totals ↓

Leon Edwards	TALE OF THE TAPE	Colby Covington
W W W W W	Last 5 fightsNewest first · supplied history	W L W L W
Jamaica	Country	United States
22–6–0	MMA record	17–5–0
35	Age	38
72 in	Height	71 in
74 in	Reach	72 in
170 lb	Weight	171 lb
Southpaw	Stance	Orthodox

Tape uses current supplied profiles, not measurements reconstructed for the bout date.

Fight totals

Leon Edwards	FIGHT STATISTICS	Colby Covington
57 of 108	Significant strikes	44 of 126
65 of 116	Total strikes	109 of 194
0	Knockdowns	0
2 of 3	Takedowns	2 of 10
2	Sub. attempts	0
1	Reversals	0
1:27	Control	5:04
21 of 62	Head	20 of 86
14 of 21	Body	7 of 12
22 of 25	Leg	17 of 28
56 of 107	Distance	44 of 125
0 of 0	Clinch	0 of 1
1 of 1	Ground	0 of 0

Round by round

Round 1

Leon Edwards	FIGHT STATISTICS	Colby Covington
13 of 31	Significant strikes	10 of 28
13 of 31	Total strikes	10 of 28
0	Knockdowns	0
0 of 0	Takedowns	0 of 1
0	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
0:00	Control	0:00
5 of 20	Head	5 of 20
3 of 5	Body	2 of 2
5 of 6	Leg	3 of 6
13 of 31	Distance	10 of 28
0 of 0	Clinch	0 of 0
0 of 0	Ground	0 of 0

Round 2

Leon Edwards	FIGHT STATISTICS	Colby Covington
18 of 27	Significant strikes	13 of 36
18 of 27	Total strikes	13 of 36
0	Knockdowns	0
0 of 0	Takedowns	0 of 0
0	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
0:00	Control	0:00
7 of 13	Head	4 of 22
4 of 7	Body	2 of 4
7 of 7	Leg	7 of 10
18 of 27	Distance	13 of 36
0 of 0	Clinch	0 of 0
0 of 0	Ground	0 of 0

Round 3

Leon Edwards	FIGHT STATISTICS	Colby Covington
12 of 23	Significant strikes	7 of 32
13 of 24	Total strikes	13 of 38
0	Knockdowns	0
1 of 2	Takedowns	1 of 3
0	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
0:18	Control	0:34
3 of 12	Head	1 of 21
2 of 4	Body	2 of 4
7 of 7	Leg	4 of 7
12 of 23	Distance	7 of 31
0 of 0	Clinch	0 of 1
0 of 0	Ground	0 of 0

Round 4

Leon Edwards	FIGHT STATISTICS	Colby Covington
11 of 22	Significant strikes	13 of 26
11 of 22	Total strikes	19 of 32
0	Knockdowns	0
0 of 0	Takedowns	0 of 5
1	Sub. attempts	0
1	Reversals	0
0:11	Control	1:27
3 of 12	Head	10 of 22
5 of 5	Body	0 of 1
3 of 5	Leg	3 of 3
11 of 22	Distance	13 of 26
0 of 0	Clinch	0 of 0
0 of 0	Ground	0 of 0

Round 5

Leon Edwards	FIGHT STATISTICS	Colby Covington
3 of 5	Significant strikes	1 of 4
10 of 12	Total strikes	54 of 60
0	Knockdowns	0
1 of 1	Takedowns	1 of 1
1	Sub. attempts	0
0	Reversals	0
0:58	Control	3:03
3 of 5	Head	0 of 1
0 of 0	Body	1 of 1
0 of 0	Leg	0 of 2
2 of 4	Distance	1 of 4
0 of 0	Clinch	0 of 0
1 of 1	Ground	0 of 0

UFC profile statistics and overall MMA records have different coverage. A dash means unavailable, not zero.

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