Barboza vs Dariush

Who won Barboza vs Dariush?

Edson Barboza beat Beneil Dariush by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night 106, on Saturday 11th March 2017 at Olympic Training Center in Fortaleza.

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).

Barboza vs Dariush stats

Edson Barboza stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Beneil Dariush made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Edson Barboza's 30th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010. Beneil Dariush marked his 24th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Edson Barboza's UFC record stood at 18-12-0, while Beneil Dariush's came in at 17-6-1.

The stats suggested that Barboza and Dariush have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Barboza and Dariush would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Edson Barboza was the older man by 3 years, at 39 years old.

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

Barboza was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2009, 7 months earlier than Dariush, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 29 more professional rounds, 88 to Dariush's 59.

Barboza vs Dariush form

Dariush had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Drakkar Klose at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Frank Camacho at UFC on ESPN+ 20 on 26th October 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Drew Dober at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, United States.

Before that, he was victorious against Thiago Moises at UFC Fight Night 139 on 10th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pepsi Center, Denver.

He had drawn with Evan Dunham at UFC 216 on 7th October 2017 by majority draw in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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Dariush's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 9 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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