Leon Edwards vs. Colby Covington

UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington · Dec 16, 2023

Leon Edwards def. Colby Covington

Bout: UFC Welterweight Title Bout Title
Method: Decision (unanimous)
Ended: Round 5, 5:00
Fight time: 25:00
Format: 5 Rnd (5-5-5-5-5)
Referee: Herb Dean

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Totals

Fight totals
Fighter	KD	Sig. str.	Sig. str. %	Total str.	TD	TD %	Sub. att	Rev.	Ctrl
Leon Edwards	0	57 of 108	52%	65 of 116	2 of 3	66%	2	1	1:27
Colby Covington	0	44 of 126	34%	109 of 194	2 of 10	20%	0	0	5:04

Significant strikes by target and position
Fighter	Sig. str.	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Leon Edwards	57 of 108	21 of 62	14 of 21	22 of 25	56 of 107	0 of 0	1 of 1
Colby Covington	44 of 126	20 of 86	7 of 12	17 of 28	44 of 125	0 of 1	0 of 0

Round by round

Round 1
Fighter	KD	Sig. str.	Sig. str. %	Total str.	TD	TD %	Sub. att	Rev.	Ctrl
Leon Edwards	0	13 of 31	41%	13 of 31	0 of 0	—	0	0	0:00
Colby Covington	0	10 of 28	35%	10 of 28	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:00

Round 1: significant strikes
Fighter	Sig. str.	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Leon Edwards	13 of 31	5 of 20	3 of 5	5 of 6	13 of 31	0 of 0	0 of 0
Colby Covington	10 of 28	5 of 20	2 of 2	3 of 6	10 of 28	0 of 0	0 of 0

Round 2
Fighter	KD	Sig. str.	Sig. str. %	Total str.	TD	TD %	Sub. att	Rev.	Ctrl
Leon Edwards	0	18 of 27	66%	18 of 27	0 of 0	—	0	0	0:00
Colby Covington	0	13 of 36	36%	13 of 36	0 of 0	—	0	0	0:00

Round 2: significant strikes
Fighter	Sig. str.	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Leon Edwards	18 of 27	7 of 13	4 of 7	7 of 7	18 of 27	0 of 0	0 of 0
Colby Covington	13 of 36	4 of 22	2 of 4	7 of 10	13 of 36	0 of 0	0 of 0

Round 3
Fighter	KD	Sig. str.	Sig. str. %	Total str.	TD	TD %	Sub. att	Rev.	Ctrl
Leon Edwards	0	12 of 23	52%	13 of 24	1 of 2	50%	0	0	0:18
Colby Covington	0	7 of 32	21%	13 of 38	1 of 3	33%	0	0	0:34

Round 3: significant strikes
Fighter	Sig. str.	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Leon Edwards	12 of 23	3 of 12	2 of 4	7 of 7	12 of 23	0 of 0	0 of 0
Colby Covington	7 of 32	1 of 21	2 of 4	4 of 7	7 of 31	0 of 1	0 of 0

Round 4
Fighter	KD	Sig. str.	Sig. str. %	Total str.	TD	TD %	Sub. att	Rev.	Ctrl
Leon Edwards	0	11 of 22	50%	11 of 22	0 of 0	—	1	1	0:11
Colby Covington	0	13 of 26	50%	19 of 32	0 of 5	0%	0	0	1:27

Round 4: significant strikes
Fighter	Sig. str.	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Leon Edwards	11 of 22	3 of 12	5 of 5	3 of 5	11 of 22	0 of 0	0 of 0
Colby Covington	13 of 26	10 of 22	0 of 1	3 of 3	13 of 26	0 of 0	0 of 0

Round 5
Fighter	KD	Sig. str.	Sig. str. %	Total str.	TD	TD %	Sub. att	Rev.	Ctrl
Leon Edwards	0	3 of 5	60%	10 of 12	1 of 1	100%	1	0	0:58
Colby Covington	0	1 of 4	25%	54 of 60	1 of 1	100%	0	0	3:03

Round 5: significant strikes
Fighter	Sig. str.	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Leon Edwards	3 of 5	3 of 5	0 of 0	0 of 0	2 of 4	0 of 0	1 of 1
Colby Covington	1 of 4	0 of 1	1 of 1	0 of 2	1 of 4	0 of 0	0 of 0