Lee vs Barboza

Who won Lee vs Barboza?

Kevin Lee beat Edson Barboza by knockout in the 5th round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 128, on Saturday 21st April 2018 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lee vs Barboza division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Lee vs Barboza stats

Kevin Lee stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 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.

Kevin Lee's UFC record stood at 11-8-0, while Edson Barboza's came in at 18-12-0.

The stats suggested Lee had a slight advantage in power over Barboza, with a 6% knock out percentage over Barboza's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lee had a massive advantage over Barboza, boasting a 50% submission rate over Barboza's 0%.

Kevin Lee was the younger man by 7 years, at 32 years old.

Barboza had a height advantage of 2 inches over Lee. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Lee was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 11 months later than Barboza, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 21 less professional rounds, 67 to Barboza's 88.

Lee vs Barboza form

Barboza had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Billy Quarantillo at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Allen on 15th April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Bryce Mitchell at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Giga Chikadze at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Before that, he had beaten Shane Burgos at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

He had defeated Makwan Amirkhani at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

Lee's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 10 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 11 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Barboza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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