Ige vs Barboza

Who won Ige vs Barboza?

Dan Ige beat Edson Barboza by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night Jacksonville, on Saturday 16th May 2020 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Dan Ige.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Ige vs Barboza stats

Dan Ige stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Edson Barboza made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Dan Ige's UFC record stood at 10-6-0, while Edson Barboza's came in at 18-11-0.

The stats suggested Ige had a large advantage in power over Barboza, boasting a 23% knock out percentage over Barboza's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ige had a massive advantage over Barboza, boasting a 38% submission rate over Barboza's 0%.

Dan Ige was the younger man by 6 years, at 32 years old.

Barboza had a height advantage of 4 inches over Ige. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Ige was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 5 years and 1 month later than Barboza, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 20 less professional rounds, 63 to Barboza's 83.

Ige vs Barboza form

Ige had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Chan Sung Jung at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest in the United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Gavin Tucker at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Calvin Kattar at UFC Fight Island 1 on 15th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had beaten Edson Barboza at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

He had defeated Mirsad Bekti at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

Edson Barboza had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Justin Gaethje at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Dan Hooker at UFC on FOX 31 on 15th December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, Milwaukee.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Kevin Lee at UFC Fight Night 128 on 21st April 2018 by knockout in the 5th round at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had been beaten by Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 219 on 30th December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had won against Beneil Dariush at UFC Fight Night 106 on 11th March 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at Olympic Training Center, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Dan Ige had been fighting more than Edson Barboza.

Going to this contest, Dan Ige had last fought 2 years, 10 months and 14 days ago, while Edson Barboza's last outing had been 5 years, 1 month and 3 days ago.

Ige's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Barboza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 6 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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