Edson Barboza

Nickname“Junior”

Record

24-14

Streak

Age

Date of birth

Jan 21, 1986

Fighting out of: Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro
Born: Brazil
Camp: American Top Team
Weight class: Lightweight
Height: 5'11" · 180 cm
Reach: 75" · 191 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Aug 15, 2026
Cut risk: 51%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Esteban Ribovics

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R2 · 1:32

UFC 330: Makhachev vs Machado Garry · Aug 15, 2026

KO/TKO

R2 · 1:32

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC 330: Makhachev vs Machado Garry

Aug 15, 2026

#13Jalin Turner

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R1 · 2:24

UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 · Dec 6, 2025

KO/TKO

R1 · 2:24

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2

Dec 6, 2025

Drakkar Klose

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev · Aug 16, 2025

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev

Aug 16, 2025

#14Lerone Murphy

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy · May 18, 2024

Decision

R5 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy

May 18, 2024

#11Sodiq Yusuff

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza · Oct 14, 2023

Decision

R5 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza

Oct 14, 2023

Billy Quarantillo

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Head At Distance · R1 · 2:37

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen · Apr 15, 2023

KO/TKO

R1 · 2:37

Knee to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen

Apr 15, 2023

#11Bryce Mitchell

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal · Mar 5, 2022

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal

Mar 5, 2022

#10Giga Chikadze

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R3 · 1:44

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze · Aug 28, 2021

KO/TKO

R3 · 1:44

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze

Aug 28, 2021

#9Shane Burgos

Featherweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R3 · 1:16

UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler · May 15, 2021

KO/TKO

R3 · 1:16

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler

May 15, 2021

Makwan Amirkhani

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen · Oct 10, 2020

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen

Oct 10, 2020

#15Dan Ige

Featherweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris · May 16, 2020

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Split

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris

May 16, 2020

#10Paul Felder

Lightweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier · Sep 7, 2019

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Split

UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier

Sep 7, 2019

#7Justin Gaethje

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 2:30

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje · Mar 30, 2019

KO/TKO

R1 · 2:30

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje

Mar 30, 2019

#14Dan Hooker

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Body At Distance · R3 · 2:19

UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta · Dec 15, 2018

KO/TKO

R3 · 2:19

Punches to Body At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta

Dec 15, 2018

#7Kevin Lee

Lightweight · KO/TKO · R5 · 2:18

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee · Apr 21, 2018

KO/TKO

R5 · 2:18

—

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee

Apr 21, 2018

#2Khabib Nurmagomedov

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm · Dec 30, 2017

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm

Dec 30, 2017

#9Beneil Dariush

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Flying Knee Head · R2 · 3:35

UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum · Mar 11, 2017

KO/TKO

R2 · 3:35

Flying Knee Head

UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum

Mar 11, 2017

#5Gilbert Melendez

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FOX: Holm vs. Shevchenko · Jul 23, 2016

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC on FOX: Holm vs. Shevchenko

Jul 23, 2016

#3Anthony Pettis

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux · Apr 23, 2016

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux

Apr 23, 2016

#7Tony Ferguson

Lightweight · Submission · D'Arce Choke On Ground · R2 · 2:54

The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale · Dec 11, 2015

Submission

R2 · 2:54

D'Arce Choke On Ground

The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale

Dec 11, 2015

Paul Felder

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FOX: Dillashaw vs. Barao II · Jul 25, 2015

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC on FOX: Dillashaw vs. Barao II

Jul 25, 2015

#12Michael Johnson

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Mir · Feb 22, 2015

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Mir

Feb 22, 2015

King Green

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson · Nov 22, 2014

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson

Nov 22, 2014

Evan Dunham

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Body At Distance · R1 · 3:06

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller · Jul 16, 2014

KO/TKO

R1 · 3:06

Kick to Body At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller

Jul 16, 2014

#8Donald Cerrone

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 3:15

UFC on FOX: Werdum vs. Browne · Apr 19, 2014

Submission

R1 · 3:15

Rear Naked Choke

UFC on FOX: Werdum vs. Browne

Apr 19, 2014

Danny Castillo

Lightweight · Decision · Majority · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2 · Dec 14, 2013

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Majority

UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2

Dec 14, 2013

Rafaello Oliveira

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Kicks to Leg At Distance · R2 · 1:44

UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman · Jul 6, 2013

KO/TKO

R2 · 1:44

Kicks to Leg At Distance

UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman

Jul 6, 2013

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

KO/TKO

R1 · 2:38

Punches to Head On Ground Submission to Strikes

UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Bisping

Jan 19, 2013

Jamie Varner

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head In Clinch · R1 · 3:23

UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir · May 26, 2012

KO/TKO

R1 · 3:23

Punches to Head In Clinch

UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir

May 26, 2012

Terry Etim

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick · R3 · 2:02

UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes · Jan 14, 2012

KO/TKO

R3 · 2:02

Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick

UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes

Jan 14, 2012

Ross Pearson

Lightweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami · Aug 27, 2011

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Split

UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami

Aug 27, 2011

Anthony Njokuani

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones · Mar 19, 2011

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones

Mar 19, 2011

Mike Lullo

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Kicks to Leg At Distance · R3 · 0:26

UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida · Nov 20, 2010

KO/TKO

R3 · 0:26

Kicks to Leg At Distance

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) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallC56th

44%1,616 / 3,615

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%49th707
Body32%91st511
Leg25%87th398

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

Sig. strikes by position

91%Standing

Standing91%1,476
Clinch5%80
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

48th

27.2

48th

Body

A+

93rd

19.7

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

13th

51.7

13th

Body

49th

9.8

49th

Leg

31st

9.9

31st

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	707	2,371	30%
Body	19.7	511	736	69%
Leg	15.3	398	508	78%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	51.7	1,343	3,460	39%
Body	9.8	254	398	64%
Leg	9.9	258	312	83%

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

Pace & fade

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

UFC only

Edson Barboza

33 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 390 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	4.8	0.03	4%	33
R2	4.8	4.2	4.7	0.08	10%	26
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

33 resolved UFC bouts · 18 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

52/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

85th

57%

85th

Win quality

58th

42%

58th

Opponent quality distribution

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

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #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%
Ranked 6–15	11	6-5	55%
Contender-level	1	0-1	0%
Established	5	4-1	80%
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	Esteban Ribovics	Established	26	Aug 15, 2026
L	Jalin Turner#13	Ranked 6–15	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	Ranked 6–15	68	Oct 14, 2023
W	Billy Quarantillo	Established	30	Apr 15, 2023
L	Bryce Mitchell#11	Ranked 6–15	69	Mar 5, 2022
L	Giga Chikadze#10	Ranked 6–15	71	Aug 28, 2021
W	Shane Burgos#9	Ranked 6–15	70	May 15, 2021
W	Makwan Amirkhani	Established	30	Oct 10, 2020
L	Dan Ige#15	Ranked 6–15	68	May 16, 2020
L	Paul Felder#10	Ranked 6–15	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	Ranked 6–15	52	Jul 25, 2015
L	Michael Johnson#12	Top-5	74	Feb 22, 2015
W	King Green	Ranked 6–15	49	Nov 22, 2014
W	Evan Dunham	Ranked 6–15	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	Ranked 6–15	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.

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

TDs defended	76 / 104
Control absorbed	67:12

Edson Barboza

UFC fight history

Outside the UFC

Method of victory & defeat

Finishes

KO history

Judging

Career striking

Striking zones

Grappling

Pace & fade

What drives the pace · per round

Schedule Score

Career cohorts

Activity & layoff

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring