Paul Felder vs Edson Barboza — UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier Result, Stats & Scorecards

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UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier
Paul Felder vs Edson Barboza

Lightweight · 3 rounds · Card

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UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier

Saturday, September 7, 2019 · Abu Dhabi · Abu Dhabi

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Result

Paul Felder def. Edson Barboza

Split Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Herb DeanHowie Booth · 30-27David Lethaby · 28-29Maria Makhmutova · 27-30Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Split Decision · R3 · 5:00

Paul FelderRound 3Edson Barboza

23 / 57Sig. strikes15 / 26

40%Accuracy58%

28 / 63Total strikes16 / 27

0Knockdowns0

0 / 0Takedowns0 / 2

0Sub. attempts0

0:33Control0:21

4.6Pace / min3.0

61%Control share39%

Paul Felder

Targethead 83% · body 13% · leg 4%

Phasedistance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%

Edson Barboza

Targethead 47% · body 40% · leg 13%

Phasedistance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgePaul Felder landed 23 significant strikes to 15.Striking edgeEdson Barboza struck at 58% accuracy to 40%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Target shiftPaul Felder's head share of landed strikes moved +18 pts, to 83% head with 13% body and 4% leg.
Phase shiftPaul Felder's ground share of landed strikes moved -20 pts, to 0% on the ground against 100% at distance.
Pace downEdson Barboza's significant-strike pace moved -29% from R2 to R3, 3.0 against 4.2 per minute.
Phase shiftEdson Barboza's ground share of landed strikes moved -24 pts, to 0% on the ground against 100% at distance.
Control swingEdson Barboza's control time moved -68s, 21s against 89s.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Paul Felder

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Edson Barboza

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

56Paul Felder sig. strikes

60Edson Barboza sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+54%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Paul Felder)