Barboza vs Hooker

Who won Barboza vs Hooker?

Edson Barboza beat Dan Hooker by knockout in the 3rd round during the co-main event of UFC on FOX 31, on Saturday 15th December 2018 at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center in Milwaukee.

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.

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 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 15 more professional rounds, 88 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 won against 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.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

He had beaten Dan Hooker at UFC on FOX 31 on 15th December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, Milwaukee.

Dan Hooker had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Islam Makhachev at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by submission in the 1st round.

Previous to that, he had defeated 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.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Michael Chandler at UFC 257 on 23rd January 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had been defeated by Dustin Poirier at UFC Vegas 4 on 27th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He was victorious against Paul Felder at UFC on ESPN+ 26 on 22nd February 2020 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

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 3 years, 9 months and 14 days ago, while Dan Hooker's last outing had been 2 years, 8 months and 24 days ago.

Barboza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Hooker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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