Edwards vs Barberena

Who won Edwards vs Barberena?

Leon Edwards beat Bryan Barberena by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night 115, on Saturday 2nd September 2017 at Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Leon Edwards.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Edwards vs Barberena stats

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

Bryan Barberena made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Leon Edwards' UFC record stood at 14-2-0, while Bryan Barberena's came in at 9-10-0.

The stats suggested Barberena had a massive power advantage over Edwards, boasting a 69% knock out percentage over Edwards' 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Edwards had a slight advantage over Barberena, with a 23% submission rate over Barberena's 15%.

Leon Edwards was the younger man by 2 years, at 32 years old.

Edwards had a height advantage of 2 inches over Barberena. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Edwards was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year and 7 months later than Barberena, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 77 to Barberena's 73.

Edwards vs Barberena form

Edwards had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, his fight against Belal Muhammad at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 ended in a no contest.

Previous to that, he had won against Rafael dos Anjos at UFC on ESPN 4 on 20th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Gunnar Nelson at UFC on ESPN+ 5 on 16th March 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Donald Cerrone at UFC Fight Night 132 on 23rd June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

He was victorious against Peter Sobotta at UFC Fight Night 127 on 17th March 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

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Edwards' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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