Edson Barboza Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
◆	Esteban RibovicsUpcoming Lightweight	—	—	—	—	UFC 330: Makhachev vs Machado Garry	Aug 15, 2026
L	#13Jalin Turner Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	2:24	UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2	Dec 6, 2025
L	Drakkar Klose Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev	Aug 16, 2025
L	#14Lerone Murphy Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy	May 18, 2024
W	#11Sodiq Yusuff Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza	Oct 14, 2023
W	Billy Quarantillo Featherweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head At Distance	R1	2:37	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen	Apr 15, 2023
L	#11Bryce Mitchell Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal	Mar 5, 2022
L	#10Giga Chikadze Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R3	1:44	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze	Aug 28, 2021
W	#9Shane Burgos Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R3	1:16	UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler	May 15, 2021
W	Makwan Amirkhani Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen	Oct 10, 2020
L	#15Dan Ige Featherweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris	May 16, 2020
L	#10Paul Felder Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier	Sep 7, 2019
L	#7Justin Gaethje Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:30	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje	Mar 30, 2019
W	#14Dan Hooker Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Body At Distance	R3	2:19	UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta	Dec 15, 2018
L	#7Kevin Lee Lightweight	KO/TKO	—	R5	2:18	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee	Apr 21, 2018
L	#2Khabib Nurmagomedov Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm	Dec 30, 2017
W	#9Beneil Dariush Lightweight	KO/TKO	Flying Knee Head	R2	3:35	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum	Mar 11, 2017
W	#5Gilbert Melendez Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Holm vs. Shevchenko	Jul 23, 2016
W	#3Anthony Pettis Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux	Apr 23, 2016
L	#7Tony Ferguson Lightweight	Submission	D'Arce Choke On Ground	R2	2:54	The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale	Dec 11, 2015
W	Paul Felder Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Dillashaw vs. Barao II	Jul 25, 2015
L	#12Michael Johnson Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Mir	Feb 22, 2015
W	King Green Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson	Nov 22, 2014
W	Evan Dunham Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Body At Distance	R1	3:06	UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller	Jul 16, 2014
L	#8Donald Cerrone Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	3:15	UFC on FOX: Werdum vs. Browne	Apr 19, 2014
W	Danny Castillo Lightweight	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2	Dec 14, 2013
W	Rafaello Oliveira Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kicks to Leg At Distance	R2	1:44	UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman	Jul 6, 2013
W	Lucas Martins Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground Submission to Strikes	R1	2:38	UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Bisping	Jan 19, 2013
L	Jamie Varner Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head In Clinch	R1	3:23	UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir	May 26, 2012
W	Terry Etim Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick	R3	2:02	UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes	Jan 14, 2012
W	Ross Pearson Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami	Aug 27, 2011
W	Anthony Njokuani Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones	Mar 19, 2011
W	Mike Lullo Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kicks to Leg At Distance	R3	0:26	UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida	Nov 20, 2010

Outside the UFC

6-0across 6 bouts · 4 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 1 subRMMA · ROC 30 · ROC 28 · RFC 17

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Marcelo Giudici8-4-1	KO/TKO	Leg Kicks	R1	3:01	ROC 30	Jun 11, 2010
W	Jose Figueroa13-7	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	3:55	RMMA	Mar 5, 2010
W	Nabih Barakat3-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:09	ROC 28	Feb 19, 2010
W	Lee King17-18-1	Submission	Anaconda Choke	R1	2:04	RMMA	Nov 20, 2009
W	Lee King17-18-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:14	RMMA	Jun 13, 2009
W	Aaron Steadman2-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:34	RFC 17	Apr 17, 2009

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

14 wins, 5 losses

W14

L5

Submission

1 win, 2 losses

W1

L2

Decision

9 wins, 7 losses

W9

L7

Finishes

UFC KOs

9

Above avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.50

Above avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.06

Below avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Edson Barboza

PowerChin

Knockout rate

28%

9 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

16

2.31 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

5

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

9

0.69 per 100 head

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

Decision behavior

Judging

14 scorecards on file

Edson Barboza

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 2 of 3 coin-flip decisions — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 6 of 10 rounds they disagreed on (60%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

2–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

6–4

Won – Lost

60% went their way

Unanimous11 decisions · 79%

6W5L

Split2 decisions · 14%

1W1L

Majority1 decision · 7%

1W

10-8 rounds

14 rounds total

1

Won

13

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC56th

44%1,586 / 3,551

Striking accuracy

55%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.54 differential

Landed4.14

Absorbed4.68

64%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-1%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

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

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

Sig. strikes by position

91%Standing

Standing91%1,447
Clinch5%79
Ground4%60

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Edson Barboza

Landed per 15

Head

C

49th

27.2

49th

Body

A+

93rd

19.6

93rd

Leg

A+

87th

15.3

87th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

F

13th

51.0

13th

Body

C

50th

9.6

50th

Leg

D

33rd

9.6

33rd

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	27.2	694	2,329	30%
Body	19.6	500	720	69%
Leg	15.3	392	502	78%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	51.0	1,302	3,359	39%
Body	9.6	244	387	63%
Leg	9.6	246	298	83%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Edson Barboza

50%

Takedown accuracy

73%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.7 min net

On top1.0

On bottom2.6

Offense

Takedowns

D

28th

0.4

28th

TD accuracy

A

72nd

50%

72nd

Sub attempts

D

40th

0.1

40th

Control

D

25th

1.0 min

25th

Defense

TD defense

B

70th

73%

70th

Controlled

2.6 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	11 / 22
Submission attempts	2
Control time	24:39

Defense

TDs defended	76 / 104
Control absorbed	66:53

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (383min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

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

UFC only

Edson Barboza

32 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 383 min

101%

R3 pace · 22 bouts

Barboza builds (+10% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Barboza sustains 101% of round-1 output by round 3 (22 bouts).

Barboza ▲ 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

What drives the pace · per round

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

Sig. strikes landed

Barbozalanded / min

Takedown attempts

Barbozaattempts / min

Control time

Barboza% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.5	4.3	4.6	0.03	4%	32
R2	4.8	4.2	4.6	0.08	10%	25
R3	4.1	3.7	3.9	0.05	5%	22
R4	4.6	4.5	8.8	0.00	2%	3
R5	7.0	5.5	6.7	0.33	13%	3

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.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Edson Barboza

32 resolved UFC bouts · 18 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

57/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

88th

62%

88th

Win quality

B

60th

43%

60th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

3

8

11

4

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	3	1-2	33%
Top-5	8	3-5	38%
Top-15	11	6-5	55%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Established	4	4-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	4	3-1	75%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Jalin Turner#13	Top-15	68	Dec 6, 2025
L	Drakkar Klose	Contender-level	45	Aug 16, 2025
L	Lerone Murphy#14	Top-5	76	May 18, 2024
W	Sodiq Yusuff#11	Top-15	68	Oct 14, 2023
W	Billy Quarantillo	Established	30	Apr 15, 2023
L	Bryce Mitchell#11	Top-15	69	Mar 5, 2022
L	Giga Chikadze#10	Top-15	71	Aug 28, 2021
W	Shane Burgos#9	Top-15	70	May 15, 2021
W	Makwan Amirkhani	Established	30	Oct 10, 2020
L	Dan Ige#15	Top-15	68	May 16, 2020
L	Paul Felder#10	Top-15	73	Sep 7, 2019
L	Justin Gaethje#7	Champion	91	Mar 30, 2019
W	Dan Hooker#14	Top-5	74	Dec 15, 2018
L	Kevin Lee#7	Top-5	78	Apr 21, 2018
L	Khabib Nurmagomedov#2	Champion	96	Dec 30, 2017
W	Beneil Dariush#9	Top-5	79	Mar 11, 2017
W	Gilbert Melendez#5	Top-5	86	Jul 23, 2016
W	Anthony Pettis#3	Champion	94	Apr 23, 2016
L	Tony Ferguson#7	Top-5	87	Dec 11, 2015
W	Paul Felder	Top-15	52	Jul 25, 2015
L	Michael Johnson#12	Top-5	74	Feb 22, 2015
W	King Green	Top-15	49	Nov 22, 2014
W	Evan Dunham	Top-15	53	Jul 16, 2014
L	Donald Cerrone#8	Top-5	82	Apr 19, 2014
W	Danny Castillo	Established	30	Dec 14, 2013
W	Rafaello Oliveira	Unproven	8	Jul 6, 2013
W	Lucas Martins	Building	15	Jan 19, 2013
L	Jamie Varner	Unproven	8	May 26, 2012
W	Terry Etim	Established	30	Jan 14, 2012
W	Ross Pearson	Top-15	46	Aug 27, 2011
W	Anthony Njokuani	Unproven	8	Mar 19, 2011
W	Mike Lullo	Unproven	8	Nov 20, 2010

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

32 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

2-1

3 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

9-8

17 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

6-5

11 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

7-6

13 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

10-8

18 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

0-1

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

7 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Edson Barboza

Within a year

7 monthssince last bout

vs Jalin Turner · Dec 6, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 13-8As underdog 5-6

55.5

DK avg

58.8

Median

101.8

Ceiling

11.2

Floor

28%

Boom

25%

Bust

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