Barcelos vs Phillips

Who won Barcelos vs Phillips?

Kyler Phillips beat Raoni Barcelos by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night – Sandhagen vs. Font, on Saturday 5th August 2023 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Kyler Phillips.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Barcelos vs Phillips stats

Raoni Barcelos stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Kyler Phillips made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Raoni Barcelos' 12th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Kyler Phillips marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Raoni Barcelos' UFC record stood at 8-4-0, while Kyler Phillips' came in at 6-2-0.

The stats suggested Phillips had a slight advantage in power over Barcelos, with a 50% knock out percentage over Barcelos' 47%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Phillips had a slight advantage over Barcelos, with a 20% submission rate over Barcelos' 12%.

Raoni Barcelos was the older man by 9 years, at 38 years old.

Phillips had a height advantage of 1 inch over Barcelos. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Barcelos was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 11 months earlier than Phillips, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 25 more professional rounds, 59 to Phillips' 34.

Barcelos vs Phillips form

Raoni Barcelos had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov on 14th January 2023 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Trevin Jones at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Victor Henry at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Before that, he had been defeated by Timur Valiev at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Khalid Taha at UFC Vegas 13 on 7th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Barcelos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Phillips' last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Barcelos vs Phillips?

Raoni Barcelos was a 17/10 (+170) underdog going into the contest, while Kyler Phillips made his way into the ring at 1/2 (-200) with oddsmakers.