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The Clinch

UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3

18 MAR 2023 / London, England, United Kingdom

Main event / Welterweight / 5 rounds scheduled Title

Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman

Leon Edwards, photograph by James English Leon Edwards “Rocky”

12-2-1 entering this bout

Age 31 · 6′2″188 cm

Won

Kamaru Usman, photograph by MMAnytt Kamaru Usman “The Nigerian Nightmare”

15-1-0 entering this bout

Age 35 · 6′0″182.9 cm

Lost

Significant strikes landed / thrown
20/26
R1
12/42
23/26
R2
24/50
24/32
R3
17/32
25/41
R4
14/37
28/36
R5
20/44

Decision (Majority) Round 5 · 5:00 Referee Herb Dean

The cards

Judge Leon Edwards Kamaru Usman
Ben Cartlidge 48 46
Chris Lee 48 46
David Lethaby 47 47

Totals for the bout. No source on file publishes a round-by-round card.

Opening line
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Closing line
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Implied favourite
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Status
No odds have been ingested. Nothing here is estimated.
Leon Edwards Enters 8-2-1 against GRAPPLING
Kamaru Usman Enters 8-1-0 against HYBRID

Records count only bouts before this one. Opponent styles are career-aggregate and may draw on later fights.

Colour marks which fighter is which. Corner assignment is not in the corpus.

Round by round

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Leon Edwards    Kamaru Usman

Bout totals

120
Sig. strikes
87
123
Total strikes
113
34
To the head
57
36
To the body
24
50
To the legs
6
111
At distance
65
9
In the clinch
21
0
On the ground
1
0
Takedowns
4
0
Knockdowns
0
0
Sub. attempts
0
0:00
Control time
5:03

The full sheet

Every measure the corpus holds for this bout, per round, per corner.

Per-round statistics for both corners
Round Corner Sig. Total Head Body Leg Dist. Clinch Ground TD KD Ctrl
R1 Leon Edwards 20/26 20/26 5/11 6/6 9/9 20/26 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
Kamaru Usman 12/42 13/43 5/32 6/8 1/2 12/42 0/0 0/0 0/2 0 0:19
R2 Leon Edwards 23/26 23/26 9/11 6/6 8/9 22/25 1/1 0/0 0/1 0 0:00
Kamaru Usman 24/50 32/58 19/42 4/7 1/1 12/34 11/15 1/1 1/1 0 0:45
R3 Leon Edwards 24/32 25/33 2/9 8/8 14/15 24/31 0/1 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
Kamaru Usman 17/32 22/37 9/21 4/7 4/4 14/28 3/4 0/0 1/2 0 1:06
R4 Leon Edwards 25/41 26/42 9/22 4/6 12/13 25/40 0/1 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
Kamaru Usman 14/37 15/38 7/28 7/8 0/1 14/37 0/0 0/0 1/4 0 0:51
R5 Leon Edwards 28/36 29/37 9/16 12/13 7/7 20/28 8/8 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
Kamaru Usman 20/44 31/56 17/40 3/4 0/0 13/36 7/8 0/0 1/6 0 2:02

Who said so

Every field on this page is a claim made by a source, kept with the source attached. A lower rank is a source trusted further.

Field Value Source Rank Status
Is title fight Yes UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Is title fight Yes UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Referee Herb Dean UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Referee Herb Dean UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result detail Ben Cartlidge 46 - 48. Chris Lee 46 - 48. David Lethaby 47 - 47. UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result detail Ben Cartlidge 46 - 48. Chris Lee 46 - 48. David Lethaby 47 - 47. UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end round 5 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end round 5 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result method Decision - Majority UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result method Decision - Majority UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Scheduled rounds 5 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Scheduled rounds 5 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Weight class Welterweight UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Weight class Welterweight UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees

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