Barboza vs Dariush

Who won Barboza vs Dariush?

Edson Barboza beat Beneil Dariush by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night 106, on Saturday 11th March 2017 at Olympic Training Center in Fortaleza.

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 Dariush stats

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

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

Edson Barboza's UFC record stood at 18-11-0, while Beneil Dariush's came in at 16-6-1.

The stats suggested that Barboza and Dariush have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Barboza and Dariush would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

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

Barboza had a height advantage of 1 inch over Dariush. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Barboza was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2009, 7 months earlier than Dariush, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 83 to Dariush's 56.

Barboza vs Dariush form

Edson Barboza had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to 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.

Previous to that, he had been beaten 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had been defeated by Kevin Lee at UFC Fight Night 128 on 21st April 2018 by knockout in the 5th round at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

He had lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 219 on 30th December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Barboza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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