Gaethje vs Barboza

Who won Gaethje vs Barboza?

Justin Gaethje beat Edson Barboza by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC on ESPN 2, on Saturday 30th March 2019 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Gaethje vs Barboza stats

Justin Gaethje stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 16 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.

This was Justin Gaethje's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Edson Barboza marked his 30th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2010.

Justin Gaethje's UFC record stood at 9-5-0, while Edson Barboza's came in at 18-12-0.

The stats suggested Gaethje had a massive power advantage over Barboza, boasting a 84% knock out percentage over Barboza's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gaethje had a slight advantage over Barboza, with a 5% submission rate over Barboza's 0%.

Justin Gaethje was the younger man by 3 years, at 36 years old.

Barboza had a 5-inch reach advantage.

Gaethje was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 21 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years and 4 months later than Barboza, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 19 less professional rounds, 69 to Barboza's 88.

Gaethje vs Barboza form

Gaethje had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Rafael Fiziev at UFC 313 on 8th March 2025 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Max Holloway at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by knockout in the 5th round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Dustin Poirier at UFC 291 on 29th July 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Before that, he had defeated Rafael Fiziev at UFC 286 on 18th March 2023 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at o2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

He had been beaten by Charles Oliveira at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by submission in the 1st round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Activity check

Gaethje's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Barboza's last 4 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.3 rounds on average.

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