UFC Fight Night 128 Results: Barboza vs Lee
With a near-faultless performance, Kevin Lee continually out-grappled Edson Barboza en route to a fifth-round stoppage victory despite coming through some brief adversity in the third round.
From the very start of the bout, Lee pressured Barboza to the cage and routinely took his Brazilian counterpart down, controlling the fight with some heavy ground and pound.
With two commanding rounds in the bag for ‘The Motown Phenom’, the third round saw Barboza kick into gear and land a spinning heel kick which rocked Lee down to his foundations. Recovering quickly, however, Lee went back to work with his takedowns and with a cut over Barboza’s eye growing bigger and bigger, referee Keith Peterson invited the doctors into the cage in the final stanza who ultimately called the bout off.
Main Card
Kevin Lee def. Edson Barboza via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) (Round 5, 2:18)
Frankie Edgar def. Cub Swanson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Justin Willis def. Chase Sherman via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
David Branch def. Thiago “Marreta” Santos via KO (Round 1, 2:30)
Aljamain Sterling def. Brett Johns via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Dan Hooker def. Jim Miller via KO (Round 1, 3:00)
Preliminary Card
Ryan LaFlare def. Alex Garcia via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Ricky Simon def. Merab Dvalishvili via TKO (Round 3, 5:00)
Siyar Bahadurzada def. Luan Chagas via KO (Round 2, 2:40)
Corey Anderson def. Patrick Cummins via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)
FightPass Undercard
Tony Martin def. Keita Nakamura via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)