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.
This was Edson Barboza's 30th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010.
Edson Barboza's UFC record stood at 18-12-0, 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 3 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 32 more professional rounds, 88 to Dariush's 56.
Barboza vs Dariush form
Barboza 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 won against Shane Burgos at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.
Previous to 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.
Going into that 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.
Before 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.
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.
Activity check
Barboza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 23 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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