Edson Barboza
“Junior”
Lightweight
BrazilUFCNot Fighting4-fight losing streak
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24WINS
15LOSSES
0DRAWS
14KO/TKO
1SUB
9DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 40 · born Jan 21, 1986 UFC.com
- Height
- 5′11″ 180 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 75″ 190 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 41″ 104 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Lightweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- Striker UFC.com
- Team / gym
- Ricardo Almeida / Valor MMA UFC.com
- Born
- Nova Friburgo, Brazil UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- Brazil UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Nov. 21, 2010 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 8 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
45%Striking accuracy1616 of 3615 landed
32%Takedown accuracy7⚑ of 22 landed
4.15Sig. strikes landedper min
4.76Sig. strikes absorbedper min
56%Striking defense
0.42Takedownsper 15 min
73%Takedown defense
0.08Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.62Knockdownsper 15 min
11:49Average fight time
⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 33 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Esteban Ribovics | KO/TKO | 2 | Aug 15, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Jalin Turner | KO/TKO | 1 | Dec 6, 2025 | ↗ |
| L | Drakkar Klose | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Aug 16, 2025 | ↗ |
| L | Lerone Murphy | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | May 18, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | Sodiq Yusuff | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Oct 14, 2023 | ↗ |
| W | Billy Quarantillo | KO/TKO | 1 | Apr 15, 2023 | ↗ |
| L | Bryce Mitchell | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Mar 5, 2022 | ↗ |
| L | Giga Chikadze | KO/TKO | 3 | Aug 28, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Shane Burgos | KO/TKO | 3 | May 15, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Makwan Amirkhani | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Oct 10, 2020 | ↗ |
| L | Dan Ige | Decision - Split | 3 | May 16, 2020 | ↗ |
| L | Paul Felder | Decision - Split | 3 | Sep 7, 2019 | ↗ |
| L | Justin Gaethje | KO/TKO | 1 | Mar 30, 2019 | ↗ |
| W | Dan Hooker | KO/TKO | 3 | Dec 15, 2018 | ↗ |
| L | Kevin Lee | TKO - Doctor's Stoppage | 5 | Apr 21, 2018 | ↗ |
| L | Khabib Nurmagomedov | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Dec 30, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Beneil Dariush | KO/TKO | 2 | Mar 11, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Gilbert Melendez | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jul 23, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Anthony Pettis | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Apr 23, 2016 | ↗ |
| L | Tony Ferguson | Submission | 2 | Dec 11, 2015 | ↗ |
| W | Paul Felder | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jul 25, 2015 | ↗ |
| L | Michael Johnson | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Feb 22, 2015 | ↗ |
| W | King Green | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Nov 22, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Evan Dunham | KO/TKO | 1 | Jul 16, 2014 | ↗ |
| L | Donald Cerrone | Submission | 1 | Apr 19, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Danny Castillo | Decision - Majority | 3 | Dec 14, 2013 | ↗ |
| W | Rafaello Oliveira | KO/TKO | 2 | Jul 6, 2013 | ↗ |
| W | Lucas Martins | KO/TKO | 1 | Jan 19, 2013 | ↗ |
| L | Jamie Varner | KO/TKO | 1 | May 26, 2012 | ↗ |
| W | Terry Etim | KO/TKO | 3 | Jan 14, 2012 | ↗ |
| W | Ross Pearson | Decision - Split | 3 | Aug 27, 2011 | ↗ |
| W | Anthony Njokuani | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Mar 19, 2011 | ↗ |
| W | Mike Lullo | KO/TKO | 3 | Nov 20, 2010 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.