Edson Barboza News

bjpenndotcom - April 13, 2017

UFC lightweight veteran Edson Barboza has been on a bit of a tear recently. After being submitted by streaking contender Tony Ferguson in 2015, Barboza bounced back by rattling off three straight wins over top ranked opponents. To kick off 2016, Barboza stepped into the Octagon with former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis for a pivotal showdown at UFC 197. Barboza proved that he was more than capable of hanging with the best of the best at lightweight as he picked up a unanimous decision win over ‘Showtime’. In his very next fight, Barboza stepped into the Octagon with Gilbert Melendez for another pivotal showdown. Once again, Barboza picked up an impressive unanimous decision win, cementing his place at the top of the lightweight division.

Russell Ess - March 13, 2017

On Saturday night, #5 UFC ranked lightweight Edson Barboza added another highlight reel knockout to his collection.

Tom Taylor - March 12, 2017

Last night, the UFC touched down in sunny Fortaleza, Brazil, with UFC Fight Night 106. This card was an extremely stacked one as far as Fight Nights go. In the evening’s middleweight main event, we saw former welterweight contender Kelvin Gastelum maul former light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort to a first-round TKO win. In the co-main event, meanwhile, we saw Pride legend Mauricio “Shogun” Rua score a vintage win by clobbering Gian Villante to a third-round TKO. Other highlights of the main card included a nice submission win from Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira, and close battles between Bethe Correia and Marion Reneau, and Ray Borg and Jussier “Formiga” Da Silva. In terms of pure spectacle, however, no fight on the card delivered quite like Edson Barboza’s flying knee knockout of Beneil Dariush. Despite this emphatic win, Barboza was actually having difficultly in the early portions of the fight, as he gave up the first round, unable to land his patented offense in the face of Dariush’s ceaseless pressure. Ultimately, however, he found his opening, unleashing the jump knee as Dariush shot in on a telegraphed takedown. And just like that, it was lights out.

Tom Taylor - March 12, 2017

Last night, the UFC returned to our screens with UFC Fight Night 106. The card produced plenty in the way of memorable finishes, as Kelvin Gastelum zapped Vitor Belfort in the main event, and aging Pride legend Mauricio “Shogun” Rua dazzled with a third-round stoppage of Gian Villante in the co-main event. Of the many impressive stoppages on this card, however, none were quite as jaw-dropping as Edson Barboza’s knockout of fellow lightweight contender Beneil Dariush, which he produced with a rocket-fuelled flying knee to the chin. With this win, Barboza extended his win-streak, as he has defeated former UFC lightweight champ Anthony Pettis and former Strikeforce lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez in his next most recent bouts. Riding high off these wins, Barboza is now eager for a shot at lightweight gold – but not against undisputed champ Conor McGregor, who is currently transfixed on a possible boxing mega-fight with Floyd Mayweather.

bjpenndotcom - January 14, 2017

14 Ocak 2012 | #UFC142Edson Barboza, Terry Etim'i muhteşem bir tekme ile nakavt ediyor… pic.twitter.com/bdOKefcerL — UFC Türkiye (@ufc_turkey) August 24, 2016

Tom Taylor - December 7, 2016

Edson Barboza, who currently holds the number-5 spot in the stacked UFC lightweight division, is known as one of the best leg-kickers in the game. In fact, he might just be the best leg-kicker in MMA outright. Time after time, the Brazilian has dazzled fans and bewildered his opponents by bludgeoning legs into useless stumps of bruised flesh. Unfortunately, Barboza is starting to think his fearsome leg kick game is scaring off his prospective opponents.

bjpenndotcom - July 23, 2016

https://youtu.be/MG_1LIByVG0 In the co-main event of ‘UFC on FOX 20’ Gilbert Melendez made his return to the Octagon against Edson Barboza.

Chris Taylor - July 23, 2016

Edson Barboza utilized some nasty leg kicks to earn a unanimous decision victory over former Strikeforce title holder Gilbert Melendez at last night’s UFC on FOX 20 event in Chicago.