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.

This was Leon Edwards' 19th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014.

Leon Edwards' UFC record stood at 14-4-0, 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 33 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 29 less professional rounds, 86 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 Kamaru Usman at UFC 286 on 18th March 2023 by majority decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at o2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten 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.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Nate Diaz at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

Before that, his fight against Belal Muhammad at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 ended in a no contest.

He was victorious against Rafael dos Anjos at UFC on ESPN 4 on 20th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio.

Cerrone had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Tony Ferguson at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at United Center, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Al Iaquinta at UFC on ESPN+ 9 on 4th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Mike Perry at UFC Fight Night 139 on 10th November 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Pepsi Center, Denver, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Leon Edwards at UFC Fight Night 132 on 23rd June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

He had defeated Yancy Medeiros at UFC Fight Night 126 on 18th February 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Frank Erwin Center, Austin, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Leon Edwards had been fighting more than Donald Cerrone.

Going to this contest, Leon Edwards had last fought 2 years, 3 months and 8 days ago, while Donald Cerrone's last outing had been 6 years and 18 days ago.

Edwards' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

Cerrone's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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