UFC on Fox 20 has a lightweight co-main event that fans will be standing to watch.
The human highlight reel that is Edson Barboza (17-4) takes on the returning Gilbert Melendez (22-5) in Chicago. Barboza checks in at No. 7 on the Bleacher Report MMA rankings.
Barboza is coming off a win over former UFC champion Anthony Pettis at UFC 197. The performance erased the stinging defeat he suffered at the hands of Tony Ferguson in December and put him back in elite company in the division. Melendez returns after more than a year away and hopes to avoid losing three straight.
Two high-output strikers will meet and exchange, but only one will move forward in the shark-infested waters of the UFC’s lightweight division.
How does this fight break down? Who will come out on top in Chicago? Those are the questions we are here to answer. This is your look at UFC on Fox 20’s co-main event from head to toe.