UFC UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve Final

Leon Edwards vs Bryan Barberena

Leon Edwards
United Kingdom

Leon Edwards

“Rocky”

22-6

Winner

VS
Bryan Barberena
United States

Bryan Barberena

“Bam Bam”

18-12

Winner

Leon Edwards

Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 — 5:00

2 September 2017 · Ahoy Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Key takeaways

  • Leon Edwards beat Bryan Barberena by unanimous decision after three rounds.
  • Leon Edwards landed 58 of 87 total strikes and 3 of 6 takedowns, with 8:08 of control time.
  • Bryan Barberena landed more total strikes — 115 to 58 — and still lost the fight.
  • The judges scored it 29-28, 29-28, 29-28.

Tale of the tape

Leon EdwardsBryan Barberena
22-6Record18-12
26Age on fight night28
6′2″ (188 cm)Height6′0″ (183 cm)
74″ (188 cm)Reach72.5″ (184 cm)
170 lb (77.1 kg)Weight185 lb (83.9 kg)
SouthpawStanceSouthpaw
Team RenegadeTeamGym-O
Kingston, JamaicaFromMontclair, California, United States

Fight statistics

58of 87 · 67%Total strikes landed115of 163 · 71%
36of 64Head strikes80of 121
13of 14Body strikes11of 13
9of 9Leg strikes24of 29
3of 6Takedowns0
0Knockdowns1
3Submission attempts1
8:08Control time1:25

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Leon EdwardsRoundBryan Barberena
12/21strikes1/1TD0KD2:27controlR125/37strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
19/28strikes1/2TD0KD2:06controlR268/95strikes0/0TD1KD1:25control
27/38strikes1/3TD0KD3:35controlR322/31strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control

Judges’ scorecards

Ben Cartlidge

10R199R21010R39

29total28

Howard Hughes

10R199R21010R39

29total28

Paul Sutherland

10R199R21010R39

29total28

Form going into the fight

Leon Edwards

  1. WVicente Luqueunanimous decision2017
  2. WAlbert Tumenovsubmission R3 3:012016
  3. WDominic Watersunanimous decision2016
  4. WSeth BaczynskiKO/TKO R1 0:082015
  5. LClaudio Silva2014

Bryan Barberena

  1. WJoe ProctorKO/TKO R1 3:302017
  2. LColby Covingtonunanimous decision2016
  3. WWarlley Alvesunanimous decision2016
  4. WSage Northcuttsubmission R2 3:062016
  5. WJoe Ellenberger2014

Also on this card

Stefan Struve vs Alexander VolkovKO/TKO R3 3:30Siyar Bahadurzada vs Rob WilkinsonKO/TKO R2 3:10Marion Reneau vs Talita BernardoKO/TKO R3 4:54Darren Till vs Bojan Velickovicunanimous decisionMairbek Taisumov vs Felipe SilvaKO/TKO R1 1:24

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