Lee vs Barboza

Who won Lee vs Barboza?

Kevin Lee beat Edson Barboza by knockout in the 5th round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 128, on Saturday 21st April 2018 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lee vs Barboza division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Lee vs Barboza stats

Kevin Lee stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

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

Kevin Lee's UFC record stood at 11-8-0, while Edson Barboza's came in at 18-11-0.

The stats suggested Lee had a slight advantage in power over Barboza, with a 6% knock out percentage over Barboza's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lee had a massive advantage over Barboza, boasting a 50% submission rate over Barboza's 0%.

Kevin Lee was the younger man by 7 years, at 31 years old.

Barboza had a height advantage of 2 inches over Lee. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Lee was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 11 months later than Barboza, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 67 to Barboza's 83.

Lee vs Barboza form

Lee had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Rafael dos Anjos at UFC on ESPN+ 10 on 18th May 2019 by submission in the 4th round at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Al Iaquinta at UFC on FOX 31 on 15th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, Milwaukee.

Going into that contest, he had won against Edson Barboza 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 defeated by Tony Ferguson at UFC 216 on 7th October 2017 by submission in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Michael Chiesa at UFC Fight Night 112 on 25th June 2017 by submission in the 1st round at Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City.

Barboza had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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.

Previous to that, he had lost to Dan Ige 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.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Paul Felder at UFC 242 on 7th September 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, 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.

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.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Kevin Lee had last fought 4 years, 11 months and 10 days ago, while Edson Barboza's last outing had been 3 years, 6 months and 18 days ago.

Lee's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Barboza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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