UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Gaethje
Mar 30, 2019
Wells Fargo Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs Gaethje Results

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Fight Card Ranking (strength of card on paper based on our exclusive Pound for Pound fighter rankings)

7,039 – below average

UFC on ESPN/FOX’s range between 8,400-6,400 points, with an average UFC Fight Night ranking 7,400

(click on fighter’s name for detailed scouting report)

(fighter ranking based on our exclusive Performance Based Ranking system – click fighter’s rank to check out the list)

Fight of the night: Justin Gaethje and Edson Barbosa

Performance awards: Jack Hermansson and Paul Craig

Main Card (ESPN – 7:00 pm Eastern)

Lightweights (five rounds):
Edson Barboza  (20-6,  #14 ranked lightweight) vs Justin Gaethje   (19-2,  #16 ranked lightweight) ***WINNER VIA KO (PUNCH)- ROUND 1 (2:30)

Middleweights:
David Branch  (22-5, #13 ranked middleweight) vs Jack Hermansson   (18-4, #11 ranked middleweight) *** WINNER VIA SUBMISSION (GUILLOTINE CHOKE)- ROUND 1 (0:49)

Featherweights:
Josh Emmett    (13-2, #16 ranked featherweight) *** WINNER VIA TKO (PUNCH)- ROUND 3 (4:14) vs. Michael Johnson    (19-13, #15 ranked featherweight)

Women’s Strawweights:
Karolina Kowalkiewicz  (12-3, #7 ranked women’s strawweight) vs Michelle Waterson  (16-6, #5 ranked women’s strawweight) ***WINNER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION (30-27 x 3)

Light Heavyweights:
Kennedy Nzechukwu   (6-0) vs Paul Craig    (10-3, #24 ranked light heavyweight) *** WINNER VIA SUBMISSION (TRIANGLE CHOKE)- ROUND 3 (4:20)

Featherweights:
Sodiq Yusuff   (8-1, #35 ranked featherweight) ***WINNER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION (29-27 29-28 x 2) vs Sheymon Moraes   (11-2, #43 ranked featherweight)

Prelims (ESPN – 5:00 pm Eastern)

Women’s Strawweights:
Marina Rodriguez  (10-0-1, #32 ranked women’s strawweight) ***WINNER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION (29-26 29-27 x 2) vs Jessica Aguilar   (20-7,  #28 ranked women’s strawweight)

Lightweights:
Ross Pearson  (20-15, 1 NC, #59 ranked lightweight) vs Desmond Green   (21-8, #38 ranked lightweight) *** WINNER VIA TKO (STRIKES)- ROUND 1 (2:52)

Featherweights:
Enrique Barzola    (15-3-1, #30 ranked featherweight) vs Kevin Aguilar  (16-1, #41 ranked featherweight) *** WINNER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION (29-28)

Middleweights:

Kevin Holland    (13-4, #42 ranked middleweight) ***WINNER VIA SPLIT DECISION (29-27, 28-29, 30-27) vs Gerald Meerschaert   (28-10, #19 ranked middleweight)

Early Prelims (ESPN+– 3:30 pm Eastern)

Bantamweights:
Ray Borg    (11-3, #21 ranked bantamweight) vs Casey Kenney    (11-1-1) ***WINNER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION (29-28 x 2, 30-27)

Women’s Flyweights:
Sabina Mazo    (6-0) vs Maryna Moroz    (8-3, #15 ranked women’s flyweight) ***WINNER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION (30-27, 29-28 x 2)

Bantamweights:
Alex Perez  (21-5, #28 ranked bantamweight) ***WINNER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION (30-27 x 3) vs Mark De La Rosa   (11-1, #37 ranked bantamweight)