Emmers vs Barbosa

Who won Emmers vs Barbosa?

Jamall Emmers beat Rafael Barbosa by submission in the 3rd round during the main event of LFA 81, on Friday 31st January 2020 at The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa.

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).

Emmers vs Barbosa stats

Jamall Emmers stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Rafael Barbosa made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Jamall Emmers' LFA record stood at 3-0-0, while Rafael Barbosa's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Emmers had a slight advantage in power over Barbosa, with a 44% knock out percentage over Barbosa's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Barbosa had an advantage over Emmers, with a 25% submission rate over Emmers' 13%.

Jamall Emmers was the older man by 8 years, at 34 years old.

Barbosa had a height advantage of 2 inches over Emmers. Despite this, he had 2-inch reach advantage.

Emmers was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 7 months earlier than Barbosa, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 26 more professional rounds, 67 to Barbosa's 41.

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Barbosa's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 6 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Emmers vs Barbosa?

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