Barboza vs Hooker

Who won Barboza vs Hooker?

Edson Barboza beat Dan Hooker by during the co-main event of UFC on FOX 31, on Saturday 15th December 2018 at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center in Milwaukee.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Edson Barboza.

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 Hooker stats

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

Dan Hooker made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Edson Barboza's UFC record stood at 18-11-0, while Dan Hooker's came in at 13-8-0.

The stats suggested Hooker had a massive power advantage over Barboza, boasting a 53% knock out percentage over Barboza's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hooker had a massive advantage over Barboza, boasting a 41% submission rate over Barboza's 0%.

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

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

Barboza's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Hooker's, having had 24 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 1 month later than Hooker, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 10 more professional rounds, 83 to Hooker's 73.

Barboza vs Hooker form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Giga Chikadze at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Enterprise, United States.

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

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had been beaten 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.

He had been defeated 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.

Hooker had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Jalin Turner at UFC 290 on 8th July 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Claudio Puelles at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Arnold Allen at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had been beaten by Islam Makhachev at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by submission in the 1st round.

He had won against Nasrat Haqparast at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Dan Hooker had been fighting more than Edson Barboza.

Going to this contest, Edson Barboza had last fought 2 years, 7 months and 21 days ago, while Dan Hooker's last outing had been 9 months and 10 days ago.

Barboza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Hooker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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