Edwards vs Cerrone

Who won Edwards vs Cerrone?

Leon Edwards beat Donald Cerrone by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night 132, on Saturday 23rd June 2018 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Leon Edwards.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Edwards vs Cerrone stats

Leon Edwards stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Donald Cerrone made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Leon Edwards' UFC record stood at 14-2-0, while Donald Cerrone's came in at 23-14-0.

The stats suggested Edwards had a massive power advantage over Cerrone, boasting a 40% knock out percentage over Cerrone's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Edwards had an advantage over Cerrone, with a 20% submission rate over Cerrone's 0%.

Leon Edwards was the younger man by 9 years, at 32 years old.

Edwards had a height advantage of 1 inch over Cerrone. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Edwards was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 18 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 years and 3 months later than Cerrone, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 38 less professional rounds, 77 to Cerrone's 115.

Edwards vs Cerrone form

Edwards had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Colby Covington at UFC 296 on 16th December 2023 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Kamaru Usman at UFC 286 on 18th March 2023 by majority decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at o2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Kamaru Usman at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by knockout in the 5th round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Before that, he was victorious against Nate Diaz at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

His fight against Belal Muhammad at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 ended in a no contest.

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Edwards' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

Cerrone's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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