Barcelos vs Taha

Who won Barcelos vs Taha?

Raoni Barcelos beat Khalid Taha by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Vegas 13, on Saturday 7th November 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Raoni Barcelos.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Barcelos vs Taha stats

Raoni Barcelos stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Khalid Taha made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Raoni Barcelos' UFC record stood at 7-4-0, while Khalid Taha's came in at 1-4-0.

The stats suggested Taha had an advantage in power over Barcelos, with a 69% knock out percentage over Barcelos' 53%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Taha had a slight advantage over Barcelos, with a 15% submission rate over Barcelos' 13%.

Raoni Barcelos was the older man by 5 years, at 36 years old.

Barcelos had a height advantage of 2 inches over Taha. Despite this, Taha had 2-inch reach advantage.

Barcelos was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year earlier than Taha, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 56 to Taha's 38.

Barcelos vs Taha form

Raoni Barcelos had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Kyler Phillips at UFC Fight Night – Sandhagen vs. Font on 5th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov on 14th January 2023 by knockout in the 1st round.

Going into that contest, he had won against Trevin Jones at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Victor Henry at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim.

He had lost to Timur Valiev at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Barcelos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Taha's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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