Burgos vs Barboza

Who won Burgos vs Barboza?

Edson Barboza beat Shane Burgos by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC 262, on Saturday 15th May 2021 at Toyota Center in Houston.

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).

Burgos vs Barboza stats

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

Edson Barboza made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Edson Barboza marked his 30th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2010.

Shane Burgos' UFC record stood at 8-3-0, while Edson Barboza's came in at 18-12-0.

The stats suggested that Burgos and Barboza have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Burgos and Barboza would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Shane Burgos was the younger man by 5 years, at 33 years old.

Burgos had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Burgos was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2013, 4 years and 3 months later than Barboza, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 39 less professional rounds, 49 to Barboza's 88.

Burgos vs Barboza form

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

In his last fight before 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.

Activity check

Burgos' last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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.

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