Barboza vs Quarantillo

Who won Barboza vs Quarantillo?

Edson Barboza beat Billy Quarantillo by during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Allen, on Saturday 15th April 2023 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.

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

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).

Barboza vs Quarantillo stats

Edson Barboza stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 11 loses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Billy Quarantillo made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 7 of those wins by knock out and 5 by submission.

The stats suggested Barboza had an advantage in power over Quarantillo, with a 59% knock out percentage over Quarantillo's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Quarantillo had a large advantage over Barboza, boosting at 31% submission rate over Barboza's 5%.

Edson Barboza was the older man by 3 years, at 37 years old.

Barboza had a height advantage of 1 inch over Quarantillo. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Barboza was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 3 years and 9 months earlier than Quarantillo, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 24 more professional rounds, 77 to Quarantillo's 53.

Barboza vs Quarantillo 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 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 beat 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 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.

Quarantillo had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Alexander Hernandez at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Shane Burgos at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Gabriel Benitez at UFC Vegas 31 on 17th July 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Kyle Nelson at UFC Vegas 10 on 12th September 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Spike Carlyle at UFC Vegas 1 on 30th May 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Edson Barboza had last fought 1 year, 6 months and 19 days ago, while Billy Quarantillo's last outing had been 9 months and 14 days ago.

Barboza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Quarantillo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Barboza vs Quarantillo?

Edson Barboza was a 27/20 (+140) underdog going into the contest, while Billy Quarantillo made his way into the ring at 61/100 (-160) with oddsmakers.