Split decision. 2 of 3 judges scored the bout for Edson Barboza; Paul Sutherland had it for Ross Pearson.
Scorecards as recorded by PropSports round data · source ↗ · fighter attribution derived from the recorded result, not assumed from score order · how this is built
Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.
Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.
| Round | Fighter | KD | Sig. str. | Total | TD | Sub | Ctrl | Head | Body | Leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 |
| Edson Barboza |
| 0 |
| 17/68 |
| 17/68 |
| 0/0 |
| 0 |
| 0:00 |
| 9 |
| 6 |
| 2 |
| Ross Pearson | 0 | 21/67 | 22/68 | 0/2 | 0 | 0:19 | 15 | 5 | 1 |
| R2 | Edson Barboza | 1 | 22/68 | 22/68 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:01 | 12 | 9 | 1 |
| Ross Pearson | 0 | 19/60 | 19/60 | 0/2 | 0 | 0:02 | 16 | 1 | 2 |
| R3 | Edson Barboza | 0 | 16/54 | 16/54 | 0/1 | 0 | 0:00 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Ross Pearson | 0 | 20/59 | 21/60 | 0/2 | 0 | 0:18 | 16 | 1 | 3 |
