Barboza vs Hooker

Who won Barboza vs Hooker?

Edson Barboza beat Dan Hooker by knockout in the 3rd round during the co-main event of UFC on FOX 31, on Saturday 15th December 2018 at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center in Milwaukee.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Barboza vs Hooker stats

Edson Barboza stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Dan Hooker made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Edson Barboza's UFC record stood at 18-11-0, while Dan Hooker's came in at 13-8-0.

The stats suggested Hooker had a massive power advantage over Barboza, boasting a 53% knock out percentage over Barboza's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hooker had a massive advantage over Barboza, boasting a 41% submission rate over Barboza's 0%.

Edson Barboza was the older man by 4 years, at 38 years old.

Hooker had a height advantage of 1 inch over Barboza. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Barboza's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Hooker's, having had 24 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 1 month later than Hooker, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 10 more professional rounds, 83 to Hooker's 73.

Barboza vs Hooker form

Barboza had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Billy Quarantillo at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Allen on 15th April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Bryce Mitchell at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Giga Chikadze at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Before that, he had beaten Shane Burgos at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

He had defeated Makwan Amirkhani at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Dustin Poirier at UFC Vegas 4 on 27th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Paul Felder at UFC on ESPN+ 26 on 22nd February 2020 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

Going into that contest, he had won against Al Iaquinta at UFC 243 on 5th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia.

Before that, he had beaten James Vick at UFC on ESPN 4 on 20th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at AT&T Center, San Antonio, United States.

He had lost to Edson Barboza at UFC on FOX 31 on 15th December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, Milwaukee.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Edson Barboza had last fought 1 year and 11 days ago, while Dan Hooker's last outing had been 3 years, 9 months and 30 days ago.

Barboza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Hooker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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