Nurmagomedov vs Barboza

Who won Nurmagomedov vs Barboza?

Khabib Nurmagomedov beat Edson Barboza by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 219, on Saturday 30th December 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Khabib Nurmagomedov.

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).

Nurmagomedov vs Barboza stats

Khabib Nurmagomedov stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 24 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 8 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, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

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

Khabib Nurmagomedov's UFC record stood at 13-0-0, while Edson Barboza's came in at 18-12-0.

The stats suggested Nurmagomedov had a massive power advantage over Barboza, boasting a 33% knock out percentage over Barboza's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nurmagomedov had a massive advantage over Barboza, boasting a 33% submission rate over Barboza's 0%.

Khabib Nurmagomedov was the younger man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Barboza had a height advantage of 1 inch over Nurmagomedov. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Nurmagomedov's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Barboza's, having had 24 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 7 months earlier than Barboza, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 28 less professional rounds, 60 to Barboza's 88.

Nurmagomedov vs Barboza form

Nurmagomedov remained undefeated as a professional.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Dustin Poirier at UFC 242 on 7th September 2019 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had beaten Conor McGregor at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by submission in the 4th round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Al Iaquinta at UFC 223 on 7th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Before that, he was victorious against Edson Barboza at UFC 219 on 30th December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had won against Michael Johnson at UFC 205 on 12th November 2016 by submission in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Activity check

Nurmagomedov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 8 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Barboza's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 8 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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