Nurmagomedov vs Barboza

Who won Nurmagomedov vs Barboza?

Khabib Nurmagomedov beat Edson Barboza by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 219, on Saturday 30th December 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Khabib Nurmagomedov.

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).

Nurmagomedov vs Barboza stats

Khabib Nurmagomedov stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 24 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 8 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.

Khabib Nurmagomedov's UFC record stood at 13-0-0, while Edson Barboza's came in at 18-11-0.

The stats suggested Nurmagomedov had a massive power advantage over Barboza, boasting a 33% knock out percentage over Barboza's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nurmagomedov had a massive advantage over Barboza, boasting a 33% submission rate over Barboza's 0%.

Khabib Nurmagomedov was the younger man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Barboza had a height advantage of 1 inch over Nurmagomedov. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Nurmagomedov's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Barboza's, having had 24 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 7 months earlier than Barboza, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 23 less professional rounds, 60 to Barboza's 83.

Nurmagomedov vs Barboza form

Edson Barboza had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, 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.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that 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.

Before that, he had won 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.

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.

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Barboza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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