Burgos vs Barboza

Who won Burgos vs Barboza?

Edson Barboza beat Shane Burgos by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC 262, on Saturday 15th May 2021 at Toyota Center in Houston.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Burgos vs Barboza stats

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

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

Shane Burgos' UFC record stood at 8-3-0, while Edson Barboza's came in at 18-11-0.

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

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

Shane Burgos was the younger man by 5 years, at 33 years old.

Burgos had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Burgos was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2013, 4 years and 3 months later than Barboza, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 34 less professional rounds, 49 to Barboza's 83.

Burgos vs Barboza form

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

In his last fight before this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had won against Shane Burgos at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he had beaten 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.

He had been defeated by 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.

Activity check

Burgos' last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 1 month and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Barboza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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