Felder vs Barboza

Who won Felder vs Barboza?

Paul Felder beat Edson Barboza by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 242, on Saturday 7th September 2019 at du Arena in Abu Dhabi.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Paul Felder.

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).

Felder vs Barboza stats

Paul Felder stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

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.

Paul Felder's UFC record stood at 9-6-0, while Edson Barboza's came in at 18-12-0.

The stats suggested Felder had a massive power advantage over Barboza, boasting a 63% knock out percentage over Barboza's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Felder had a slight advantage over Barboza, with a 6% submission rate over Barboza's 0%.

Paul Felder was the older man by 2 years, at 40 years old.

Barboza had a 5-inch reach advantage.

Felder was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 20 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years and 7 months later than Barboza, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 29 less professional rounds, 59 to Barboza's 88.

Felder vs Barboza form

Felder had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Dan Hooker at UFC on ESPN+ 26 on 22nd February 2020 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

Previous to that, he had won against Edson Barboza at UFC 242 on 7th September 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had beaten James Vick at UFC on ESPN 1 on 17th February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Mike Perry at UFC 226 on 7th July 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas.

He had defeated Stevie Ray at UFC Fight Night 113 on 16th July 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at SSE Hydro Arena, Glasgow, Scotland.

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 been defeated by 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 lost to 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 was victorious against Shane Burgos at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, 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.

He had been beaten by 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.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Paul Felder had last fought 4 years, 5 months and 2 days ago, while Edson Barboza's last outing had been 2 years, 4 months and 19 days ago.

Felder's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Barboza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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