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Edson Barboza Expects War With Shane Burgos at UFC 262

Edson Barboza returns to action at UFC 262 against Shane Burgos and being on the second pay-per-view event having fans return to the UFC, Barboza seems excited to go to war with Burgos. Knowing that he is on the second card bringing back fans, when ask…

Edson Barboza vs. Shane Burgos Slated For UFC 262 Event

Edson Barboza makes his return against fellow featherweight Shane Burgos at the UFC 262 event on May 15. While the venue or location has yet to be announced, the first to announce the news was Combate. At UFC 262 Edson Barboza will look to double down …

Report: Edson Barboza vs. Shane Burgos Added To UFC 262

A featherweight contest between Edson Barboza and Shane Burgos has been added to UFC 262. That’s according to multiple outlets following an initial report from Combate stating it would take place at the pay-per-view event set for May 15. No location has been confirmed for now, but it will either take place in Las Vegas […]

A featherweight contest between Edson Barboza and Shane Burgos has been added to UFC 262.

That’s according to multiple outlets following an initial report from Combate stating it would take place at the pay-per-view event set for May 15. No location has been confirmed for now, but it will either take place in Las Vegas or Abu Dhabi.

It follows the news of Barboza signing a new multi-fight contract with the UFC late last month. The Brazilian recently snapped a three-fight losing streak with a unanimous decision victory over Makwan Amirkhani in October.

Currently ranked No. 14 in the featherweight rankings, the former lightweight will undoubtedly be looking to climb the ranks further in hopes of becoming a UFC champion for the first time.

A win over the No. 12-ranked Burgos would certainly help Barboza go closer to that goal, but it won’t be an easy task.

Although Burgos is coming off a unanimous decision defeat to Josh Emmett, “Hurricane” is one of the most durable and entertaining fighters in the division who is also a winner of six of his eight UFC outings.

A win over a veteran in Barboza would arguably be the biggest of his career and put him back on track for his own goal of becoming UFC champion.

No matter what happens, it promises to be a violent war.

Here is how the UFC 262 card currently looks:

Priscila Cachoeira vs. Gina Mazany
Viviane Araujo vs. Katlyn Chookagian
Alex Perez vs. Matt Schnell
Andrea Lee vs. Antonina Shevchenko
Edson Barboza vs. Shane Burgos

What do you make of the fight and how the card is shaping up so far?

Edson Barboza Re-Signs With The UFC To Continue Decade-Plus Run

Edson Barboza will be continuing his lengthy UFC run for at least another few fights. MMA Fighting has revealed that Edson Barboza has re-signed with the UFC on a multi-fight deal. No additional details about the contract were made public. Barboza’s ma…

Edson Barboza Inks New Multi-Fight Deal With The UFC

Longtime UFC lightweight contender and recent featherweight mover, Edson Barboza has put pen to paper on a new multi-fight deal with the UFC — furthering his so far eleven-year stay with the North American-based organization. A staple of the promotion’s lightweight top-ten and top-five on occasion, the Muay Thai ace recently tested featherweight waters in […]

A staple of the promotion’s lightweight top-ten and top-five on occasion, the Muay Thai ace recently tested featherweight waters in a somewhat surprising move last May — and has so far established a 1-1 record at 145-pounds, claiming the #14 rank.

Debuting at the featherweight limit at a UFC Fight Night event in Jacksonville, Florida in May — Barboza dropped a hugely-contentious split decision defeat to Hawaii’s, Dan Ige on his divisional bow. Returning eventually in October, Barboza got off the mark at featherweight with an impressive short-notice unanimous decision win over Makwan Amirkhani after a planned pairing with Sodiq Yusuff was shelved.

Attempting to make what may be a final run at Octagon gold, Barboza’s manager, Alex Davis revealed the news of his re-signing to MMA Fighting in a statement released this afternoon.

“The UFC has opted to re-sign (Edson) Barboza and keep him on the roster, and keep him active going forward,” Davis said. “Barboza and I believe he has what it takes to make a run for the belt and become the champion, and that’s his focus.“

A twenty-four fight UFC veteran, Barboza had previously called for his release from the promotion in the early months of 2020 — citing his frustration with his lack of activity since his close rematch loss to Paul Felder at UFC 242 in September the previous year in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Scoring fifteen wins under the UFC’s banner, the Nova Friburgo kicker has notched an eye-catching twelve knockout victories over the course of his twelve-year professional career.

The 35-year-old has bested the likes of Ross Pearson, Danny Castillo, Evan Dunham, Bobby Green, the above mentioned, Felder, former champion Anthony Pettis, Gilbert Melendez, Beneil Dariush, Dan Hooker, and the above mentioned Amirkhani. Scoring a whopping three separate stoppages via leg kicks alone, Barboza also scored the first wheel-kick knockout in promotional history — dispatching Terry Etim via a massive spinning effort at UFC 142 in January of 2012.

Quote: Conor McGregor Is No More Talented Than 99% of UFC Roster

Edson Barboza believes that despite all the fortune and fame, Conor McGregor is just your average, everyday UFC fighter when it comes to the action between the battle lines. Edson Barboza spent nearly a decade in the UFC’s lightweight division, so it i…