Sean Brady vs. Leon Edwards

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

Tale of the tape

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

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

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

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

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

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

Sean Brady

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

Leon Edwards

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

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

Sean Brady

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

Leon Edwards

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Brady L/AAccWelterweight med Edwards L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 430 / 845 50.9% 38.6% 662 / 1345 49.2% 38.6%
In the clinch 24 / 29 82.8% 67.8% 119 / 143 83.2% 67.8%
On the ground 145 / 251 57.8% 67.2% 92 / 118 78.0% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 432 / 926 46.7% 37.2% 490 / 1145 42.8% 37.2%
To the body 40 / 54 74.1% 70.7% 206 / 266 77.4% 70.7%
To the legs 127 / 145 87.6% 82.9% 177 / 195 90.8% 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 Brady L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Edwards L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 348 / 934 37.3% 39.0% 594 / 1434 41.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 47 / 61 77.0% 68.9% 118 / 156 75.6% 68.9%
On the ground 12 / 19 too few to rate 68.0% 107 / 144 74.3% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 261 / 819 31.9% 35.6% 503 / 1295 38.8% 35.6%
To the body 87 / 126 69.0% 69.6% 192 / 261 73.6% 69.6%
To the legs 59 / 69 85.5% 82.1% 124 / 178 69.7% 82.1%

Grappling

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