Edson Barboza vs Esteban Ribovics Stats & Odds

Matchup read

Where each fighter holds an edge — offense against the opponent's defense.

Edson Barboza

edge

Esteban Ribovics

Striking

Even

Even striking exchange

Effective offense

A

74th

1.8

+21

A+

96th

3.1

Defense

D

40th

55%

+9

D

31st

54%

KO power

C

14 KO

0.5 KD

Even

C

7 KO

0.3 KD

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Wrestling

◂ Barboza

Barboza has the bigger wrestling edge on Ribovics — blunted by Ribovics's takedown defense

Takedowns landed

F

24th

0.4

Even

F

22nd

0.4

Takedown accuracy

50%

67%

Takedown defense

B

70th

73%

+13

C

56th

66%

Control time

F

21st

1.0 min

+10

F

11th

0.5 min

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Submission

Ribovics ▸

Ribovics is the bigger submission threat on Barboza

Submission attempts

D

37th

0.1

Even

D

41st

0.2

Sub win rate

C

57th

4%

1 sub

+17

A

74th

33%

5 subs

Submission defense

C

49th

5%

Even

C

48th

6%

See full Grappling →

Finishing

Even

Both hard to finish

Finish rate

C

43rd

50%

Even

D

36th

25%

KO durability

C

46th

16%

+15

B

61st

0%

Submission defense

C

48th

6%

+11

D

37th

14%

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Pace

Ribovics ▸

Ribovics pushes the higher work rate over the fight — Ribovics's pace builds while Barboza's fades

Work rate / min — full fight

4.5

7.7

Work rate / min — rounds 1–2

4.6

6.1

Pace trend

-5%/rd

+45%/rd

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Form

Ribovics ▸

Ribovics is in better recent form than Barboza

Win rate (career)

56%

Even

57%

After a win

56%

50%

Last 5

40%

60%

Win streakL3L1

See full Form →

Schedule

◂ Barboza

Barboza has faced the tougher schedule vs Ribovics

Schedule strength

62%

35%

Win quality

43%

Even

41%

Ranked opponents

18

1

Title-holder bouts

0

Even

0

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Activity

Ribovics ▸

Ribovics is fresher and more active than Barboza

Last bout

7mo

3mo

Bouts, last 12 mo

2

Even

2

Bouts, last 24 mo

2

4

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Tale of the tape

◂ Barboza

Barboza 6" reach · Barboza 3 cm · Ribovics 10y younger · Closed-stance matchup

Edson BarbozavsEsteban Ribovics

40

Age

10y

younger

30

5'11"

180cm

Height

1"

taller

5'10"

178cm

75"

191cm

Reach

6"

reach

69"

175cm

Edge sizeSlightNotableMajor

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Core metrics

Each fighter's career rates as a division percentile.

Edson BarbozaEsteban Ribovics

Percentile

Striking/min4.147.27

Accuracy%44%43%

Defense%55%54%

Takedowns/150.40.3

TD defense%73%66%

Submissions/150.10.2

Career rate as a percentile within the lightweight (421 fighters) — further right is better. Descriptive research, not a prediction.

Markets

UFC betting history

Career

BarbozaEdson Barboza

RibovicsEsteban Ribovics

1-150%

As pick'em

—

Notes

UFC betting history is each fighter’s record when favored vs. an underdog, across their priced UFC bouts. Pick’em = closing consensus within ~2 points of even — too close to call a true favorite.

Career splits

BarbozaEdson Barboza

Stat

RibovicsEsteban Ribovics

9

5

KO / TKO

1

0

2

Submission

0

1

9

7

Decision

3

2

11:58

Avg fight time

12:08

Edson Barboza’s splits

vs Ribovics

vs Southpaw

4-357%

vs Switch

1-0100%

vs Longer reach

0-30%

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Esteban Ribovics’s splits

vs Barboza

vs Southpaw

0-20%

vs Switch

3-0100%

vs Shorter reach

0-0no data

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Tale of the Tape

The biometric deltas where one side genuinely has an edge.

Edson BarbozavsEsteban Ribovics

40

Age

10y

younger

30

5'11"

180cm

Height

1"

taller

5'10"

178cm

75"

191cm

Reach

6"

reach

69"

175cm

Edge sizeSlightNotableMajor

Striking matchup

Each fighter's offense against the other's defense, per 15 minutes.

UFC only

Overall Striking

Striking

C

56th

Even

B

59th

Evenly matched striking — no clear edge either way.

Attacking

Barboza’s offensevsRibovics’s defense

Where Barboza attacks (green = high volume) vs where Ribovics gets hit (red = vulnerable) — Barboza’s green zones meeting Ribovics’s red zones are the openings.

Edson BarbozaOffense

Head44%49th694
Body32%90th500
Leg25%87th392

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Esteban RibovicsDefense

Head73%12th361
Body20%19th97
Leg7%55th35

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share absorbed · partly opponent-dependent

Barboza — by position

91%Standing

Standing91%1,447
Clinch5%79
Ground4%60

Ribovics — absorbed by position

94%Standing

Standing94%464
Clinch3%13
Ground3%16

Each lane: the attacker’s strike rate (offense) vs the other’s rate absorbed (defense), graded on the division. The bar leans toward whoever wins the exchange — longer + greener = a bigger, higher-quality edge.

Barboza’s offensevsRibovics’s defense

Head

C

49th

27.5

+37

F

12th

53.1

Body

A+

90th

18.6

+71

F

19th

14.8

Leg

A+

87th

14.6

+32

C

55th

6.9

Ribovics’s offensevsBarboza’s defense

Head

A+

96th

63.5

+81

F

15th

49.1

Body

A

79th

15.2

+30

C

49th

9.6

Leg

B

65th

9.0

+31

D

34th

9.5

Full breakdown — all zones, both views

Zone	Fighter	Landed / 15	Accuracy	Absorbed / 15	Career landed
Head	Edson Barboza	around division average27.5	30%	well below average49.1	694
Head	Esteban Ribovics	elite — top of division63.5	38%	bottom of the division53.1	460
Body	Edson Barboza	top 10% of division18.6	69%	around division average9.6	500
Body	Esteban Ribovics	top 21% of division15.2	72%	well below average14.8	101
Leg	Edson Barboza	top 13% of division14.6	78%	below division average9.5	392
Leg	Esteban Ribovics	above division average9.0	83%	above division average6.9	54

Per-15-minute rates are sourced from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Division percentile is computed against every UFC fighter who has competed in this weight class with at least two recorded bouts. Lower “absorbed” values are better — the percentile is inverted so “top of division” always means better outcome.

Grappling matchup

Takedowns, submission threat, and control, per 15 minutes.

UFC only

Edson Barboza

Esteban Ribovics

Overall Grappling

Grappling

C

47th

Even

C

42nd

Evenly matched grappling — no clear edge either way.

Takedowns

D

28th

0.4

Even

D

36th

0.4

Takedown accuracy

A

72nd

50%

11/22

67%

2/3

Takedown defense

B

70th

73%

76/104

+13

C

56th

66%

37/56

Submission threat

D

40th

0.1

+10

C

49th

0.2

Control time

D

25th

1.0 min

Even

D

28th

0.5 min

Full breakdown — career grappling totals

Metric	Edson Barboza	Esteban Ribovics
Takedowns landed / 15career takedowns	0.411	0.42
Takedown accuracycareer landed / attempted	50%11 / 22	67%2 / 3
Takedown defensecareer stopped / faced	73%76 / 104	66%37 / 56
Submission attempts / 15career attempts	0.12	0.21
Control time / 15 (min)career total	1.0 min24:39	0.5 min2:51
Time controlled by opponent / 15 (min)career total	2.6 min66:53	3.9 min21:53

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Takedown defense = stops ÷ attempts. Under 8 attempts shown ungraded.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked against every UFC fighter (≥3 bouts).

UFC only

Edson Barboza

57

Schedule Score

Esteban Ribovics

39

Schedule Score

UFC experienceTotal octagon time + bouts

383 min

32 bouts

Octagon time

298 min

more

85 min

7 bouts

Schedule strength

62%

35%

Win quality

43%

41%

Ranked opponents

18

1

Title-holder bouts

0

Even

0

Per-tier records + bout-by-bout

Per-tier records

Tier	Edson Barboza	Esteban Ribovics
Champion	1-2	—
Top-5	3-5	0-1
Top-15	6-5	—
Contender-level	0-1	1-1
Established	4-0	—
Building	1-0	2-1
Unproven	3-1	1-0

Edson Barboza — bouts

Esteban Ribovics — bouts

0–100 ratings. Schedule strength = average opponent quality faced; Win quality = quality of opponents beaten. Composite = 65% schedule + 35% wins, scored on rank-at-time-of-fight.

Recent form

Last five pro bouts and recent opposition.

Edson Barboza

Esteban Ribovics

Barboza — last 5

recent → old

Ribovics — last 5

recent → old

Last 5 record

2-3

3-2

Current streak

L3

L1

Ranked opps

3 of 5

1 of 5

Layoff

7 mo

3 mo

Career cohorts

Each fighter’s record by situation, over every completed UFC bout. Read down a fighter’s column; bold marks the better win rate (3+ bouts).

Edson Barboza

Esteban Ribovics

Post-result bounce

SituationBarboza Ribovics

After a loss

7-654%

2-0100%

After a win

10-856%

2-250%

Camp length

SituationBarboza Ribovics

Short turnaround< 100 days

2-167%

—

Typical camp100–180 days

9-853%

3-175%

Long layoff> 180 days

6-555%

1-150%

Rematches

SituationBarboza Ribovics

All rematchesany repeat opponent

0-10%

—

Encore boutswon the first

0-10%

—

Finishing & durability

How fights end for each — finish rate and durability.

Edson Barboza

Esteban Ribovics

When their fights end

every pro finish on the fight clock

Barboza15W–7L by finish

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

Ribovics11W–1L by finish

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

0:00

5:00

10:00

15:00

20:00

25:00

Win(above)Loss(below)KO / TKOSubmissionPosition = when the fight ended

Finish & durability rates

Full professional career

Finish rate

↑17%·Ribovics

percent of wins ending by KO or submission

↑17%·Ribovics

D

36th

63%

+26

B

62nd

80%

Goes the distance

Even

percent of resolved bouts going to a decision (style read, not quality)

Even

42%

28%

KO durability

↑13%·Ribovics

percent of resolved bouts ending in a KO/TKO loss

↑13%·Ribovics

D

29th

13%

+49

A

78th

0%

Submission defense

Even

percent of resolved bouts ending by submission loss

Even

C

51st

5%

Even

C

48th

6%

Full method breakdown

Outcome	Edson Barboza	Esteban Ribovics
Wins
by KO / TKO	14(58%)	7(47%)
by submission	1(4%)	5(33%)
by decision	9(38%)	3(20%)
Losses
by KO / TKO	5(36%)	0(0%)
by submission	2(14%)	1(33%)
by decision	7(50%)	2(67%)

Full professional career method splits, graded against the full-pro division distribution. Career KO losses are the total — clean knockouts and cut/injury stoppages can’t be separated outside the UFC corpus. Finish-time pace is UFC-only.

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability, head-to-head (UFC).

Edson Barboza

vs

Esteban Ribovics

28%

9 KO/TKO in 32 bouts

Knockout rate

25%

2 KO/TKO in 8 bouts

16

2.3 / 100 head

Knockdowns dealt

2

0.4 / 100 head

5

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

9

0.7 / 100 head

Knockdowns absorbed

1

0.3 / 100 head

Chin bars use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Edson BarbozaFinish timeline

Last time KO'd
vs Jalin Turner7 months ago
UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · Dec 6, 2025 · R1 · 2:24
Last time submitted
vs Tony Ferguson10y 6mo ago
The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale · Dec 11, 2015 · R2 · 2:54

Esteban RibovicsFinish timeline

Last time KO'd
Never finished by strikes in the UFC
Last time submitted
vs Mateusz Gamrot2 months ago
UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg · Apr 11, 2026 · R2 · 4:19

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Edson Barboza

101%

R3 vs R1 · 22 bouts reaching R3

Esteban Ribovics

234%

R3 vs R1 · 5 bouts reaching R3

Cardio edge to Ribovics: Ribovics builds (+45% per round through round 3) while Barboza fades (-4% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Barboza sustains 101% of round-1 output by round 3, Ribovics 234%.

Barboza ▼ FADES

Ribovics ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown — both fighters

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs. Splitting them out shows whether a fighter’s work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control — and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Barboza

Ribovicslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Barboza

Ribovicsattempts / min

Control time

Barboza

Ribovics% of round

Round	Fighter	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	Edson Barboza	4.5	4.3	4.6	0.03	4%	32
R1	Esteban Ribovics	4.0	3.9	4.1	0.00	2%	7
R2	Edson Barboza	4.8	4.2	4.6	0.08	10%	25
R2	Esteban Ribovics	8.2	7.8	6.8	0.07	4%	6
R3	Edson Barboza	4.1	3.7	3.9	0.05	5%	22
R3	Esteban Ribovics	10.9	10.6	6.7	0.04	4%	5
R4	Edson Barboza	4.6	4.5	8.8	0.00	2%	3
R4	Esteban Ribovics	—	—	—	—	—	—
R5	Edson Barboza	7.0	5.5	6.7	0.33	13%	3
R5	Esteban Ribovics	—	—	—	—	—	—

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length — a 2:30 stoppage counts as 2.5 minutes, not five — so an early finish doesn’t distort the per-minute pace.