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

Edson Barboza had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Justin Gaethje at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Dan Hooker at UFC on FOX 31 on 15th December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, Milwaukee.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Kevin Lee at UFC Fight Night 128 on 21st April 2018 by knockout in the 5th round at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had been defeated by Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 219 on 30th December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Beneil Dariush at UFC Fight Night 106 on 11th March 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at Olympic Training Center, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Activity check

Felder's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 10 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Barboza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 10 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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