Lee vs Barboza

Who won Lee vs Barboza?

Kevin Lee beat Edson Barboza by during the main event of UFC Fight Night 128, on Saturday 21st April 2018 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Kevin Lee.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lee vs Barboza division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Lee vs Barboza stats

Kevin Lee stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

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

The stats suggested Lee had a slight advantage in power over Barboza, with a 6% knock out percentage over Barboza's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lee had a massive advantage over Barboza, boasting at 50% submission rate over Barboza's 0%.

Kevin Lee was the younger man by 6 years, at 31 years old.

Barboza had a height advantage of 2 inches over Lee. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Lee was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 year and 11 months later than Barboza, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 10 less professional rounds, 67 to Barboza's 77.

Lee vs Barboza form

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

Activity check

Lee's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 1 month and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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.

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