UFC UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira Final

Raoni Barcelos vs Khalid Taha

Raoni Barcelos
Brazil

Raoni Barcelos

22-5

Winner

VS
Khalid Taha
Lebanon

Khalid Taha

“The Warrior”

16-6

Winner

Raoni Barcelos

Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 — 5:00

8 November 2020 · UFC Apex, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Raoni Barcelos beat Khalid Taha by unanimous decision after three rounds.
  • Raoni Barcelos landed 129 of 219 total strikes and 2 of 4 takedowns, with 3:15 of control time.
  • The judges scored it 30-27, 30-27, 30-27.
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Tale of the tape

Raoni BarcelosKhalid Taha
22-5Record16-6
33Age on fight night27
5′7″ (170 cm)Height5′5″ (165 cm)
67″ (170 cm)Reach69″ (175 cm)
135 lb (61.2 kg)Weight135 lb (61.2 kg)
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
Laerte Barcelos TeamTeamArena Dortmund
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilFromWarendorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Fight statistics

129of 219 · 59%Total strikes landed68of 222 · 31%
94of 178Head strikes48of 195
17of 22Body strikes11of 16
18of 19Leg strikes9of 11
2of 4Takedowns0of 1
1Submission attempts0
3:15Control time1:27

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

Round by round

Raoni BarcelosRoundKhalid Taha
25/38strikes1/3TD0KD1:32controlR125/62strikes0/0TD0KD0:58control
54/89strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR212/79strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
50/92strikes1/1TD0KD1:43controlR331/81strikes0/1TD0KD0:29control

Judges’ scorecards

Dave Hagen

10R1910R2910R39

30total27

Chris Lee

10R1910R2910R39

30total27

Ron McCarthy

10R1910R2910R39

30total27

Form going into the fight

Raoni Barcelos

  1. WSaid Nurmagomedovunanimous decision2019
  2. WCarlos HuachinKO/TKO R2 4:492019
  3. WChris Gutierrezsubmission R2 4:122018
  4. WKurt Holobaugh2018

Khalid Taha

  1. ?Bruno Silvaoverturned R3 3:002019
  2. WBoston SalmonKO/TKO R1 0:252019
  3. LNad Narimani2018

Also on this card

Glover Teixeira vs Thiago Santossubmission R3 1:49Andrei Arlovski vs Tanner Boserunanimous decisionGiga Chikadze vs Jamey SimmonsKO/TKO R1 3:51Claudia Gadelha vs Yan Xiaonanunanimous decisionTrevin Giles vs Bevon LewisKO/TKO R3 1:26

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