Leon Edwards vs. Sean Brady

UFC 14-5-0 (1 NC) vs. 9-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
14-5-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
9-2-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
34
AgeΔ 1 yrs
33
6'2"
HeightΔ 4"
5'10"
74"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
8.7
Layoff (months)Δ 5.7 mo
3
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Sean Brady hunts takedowns — 3.58 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Sean Brady owns the mat — in control 47% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.
Leon Edwards is accurate with strikes at range — lands 49%, vs a 39% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Leon Edwards

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 145
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.33 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 10-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.2 wins over .500

Sean Brady

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 92
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.6 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 9-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.4 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8732.60/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
5994.08/min · norm 3.17
8192.44/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4072.77/min · norm 3.06
54.4%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
53.2%norm 44.9%
52.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
59.9%norm 55.25%
50.22/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.10/15 · norm 0.38

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Leon Edwards

Distance 83.7% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 8.9% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.3% (norm 8.1%)

Sean Brady

Distance 75.1% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 22.3% (norm 8.1%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Leon Edwards

Head 71.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 16.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.1% (norm 8.4%)

Sean Brady

Head 82.3% (norm 78.2%) · Body 4.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 12.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Edwards L/AAccWelterweight med Brady L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 662 / 1345 49.2% 38.6% 430 / 845 50.9% 38.6%
In the clinch 119 / 143 83.2% 67.8% 24 / 29 82.8% 67.8%
On the ground 92 / 118 78.0% 67.2% 145 / 251 57.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 490 / 1145 42.8% 37.2% 432 / 926 46.7% 37.2%
To the body 206 / 266 77.4% 70.7% 40 / 54 74.1% 70.7%
To the legs 177 / 195 90.8% 82.9% 127 / 145 87.6% 82.9%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Edwards L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Brady L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 594 / 1434 41.4% 39.0% 348 / 934 37.3% 39.0%
In the clinch 118 / 156 75.6% 68.9% 47 / 61 77.0% 68.9%
On the ground 107 / 144 74.3% 68.0% 12 / 19 too few to rate 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 503 / 1295 38.8% 35.6% 261 / 819 31.9% 35.6%
To the body 192 / 261 73.6% 69.6% 87 / 126 69.0% 69.6%
To the legs 124 / 178 69.7% 82.1% 59 / 69 85.5% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2837.3% acc · 1.25/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
3551.5% acc · 3.58/15 · norm 1.27
7963.7% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1386.7% def · norm 63.9%
70:2621.0% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
69:3947.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
89:133:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
5:580:36 per 15 · norm 3:15
80.36/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
80.82/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Edwards has more cage time on record.