Bessette vs Barzola Result & Stats: Barzola wins by UD · UFC 220, Sat, Jan 20, 2018

UFCUFC 220: Miocic vs Ngannou

Matt Bessette

“The Mangler” · 22-9-0 (1 NC)

RESULT

Unanimous Decision

ROUND 3 · 5:00

Judges29-2830-2729-28

Featherweight3 rounds scheduled

Full card

Enrique BarzolaWIN

“El Fuerte” · 17-5-2

Saturday, January 20, 2018TD Garden, Boston, United States

Enrique Barzola defeated Matt Bessette by Unanimous Decision in round 3 (5:00) in the Featherweight bout of UFC 220: Miocic vs Ngannou, held Saturday, January 20, 2018 at TD Garden, Boston. The judges scored it 29-28, 30-27, 29-28, Enrique Barzola won the decision.

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The result

Enrique BarzolaWIN

def. Matt Bessette

Unanimous Decision

Round 3 · 5:00

Judges29-2830-2729-28

Referee: Steve Rita
Time format: 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Who called it

Every forecast, graded against the result

Matt BessetteEnrique Barzola

53%Power Index✗ Missed47%

46%Market · 5 sportsbooks✓ Called it54%

Model opinion, not betting advice. 18+. See the full Power Index

Betting Odds

Average moneyline across 5 sportsbooks.

Matt Bessette

+140

42% implied win probability · Open: +174

Enrique Barzola

+103

49% implied win probability · Open: -213

Line Movement

Matt BessetteEnrique Barzola

Every sportsbook is in the Odds tab.

What happened

Enrique Barzola controlled Matt Bessette for 4:32 of the fight.
Enrique Barzola landed 5 of 10 takedowns.
Enrique Barzola landed 45% of significant strikes to Matt Bessette's 29%.

Tale of the tape

22-7-0

Record

13-3-1

Age

5'10" · 178 cm

Height

5'7" · 170 cm

70" · 178 cm

Reach

70" · 178 cm

Orthodox

Stance

Orthodox

Win Streak

1747

Power Index

1727

4-0

Last 5

4-1

Green marks the edge where one exists: younger, taller, longer, the streak, the higher rating and the better recent form. Record and stance are facts, not edges.

Fight stats: totals

Same scale left and right on every row; the pale tail behind a bar is attempts

Matt BessetteEnrique Barzola

Knockdowns

43 / 146

Significant strikes

55 / 122

29%

Sig. strike accuracy

45%

55 / 158

Total strikes

73 / 143

0 / 0

Takedowns

5 / 10

0:00

Control time

4:32

Where it landed

Significant strikes landed by target in this fight

Matt BessetteEnrique Barzola

2763%

Head

2545%

1535%

Body

1324%

12%

Leg

1731%

Where it happened

Where the landed significant strikes came from

Matt Bessette

95%

Enrique Barzola

78%22%

DistanceClinchGround

Range × target

Significant strikes landed by range and target in this fight · landed / attempted in each cell

Matt Bessette43 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

2525/110

1515/31

11/2

Clinch

22/3

Ground

Enrique Barzola55 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

1616/63

1010/13

1717/22

Clinch

Ground

99/20

33/4

Judges' Scorecards

Douglas Crosby

#	Bessette	Barzola
1	9	10
2	9	10
3	10	9

Total2829

David Ginsberg

#	Bessette	Barzola
1	9	10
2	9	10
3	9	10

Total2730

Mike Mena

#	Bessette	Barzola
1	9	10
2	9	10
3	10	9

Total2829

Media Scores

Matt Bessette

Enrique Barzola

●30-27 Barzola×9●29-28 Barzola×8●29-28 Bessette×2

All 19 media scorecards

Danny Segura · MMAFighting.com30-27Barzola
Dominik Durniat · Extreme Sports Channel30-27Barzola
MMAJunkie.com30-27Barzola
José Youngs · FanSided.com30-27Barzola
Craig Amos · BleacherReport.com30-27Barzola
Steve Duncan · mma.uno30-27Barzola
Nolan King · MMA-Today.com30-27Barzola
Brian Knapp · Sherdog.com30-27Barzola
Josh Stillman · Sherdog.com30-27Barzola
MMAMania.com29-28Barzola
Josh Nason · Wrestling Observer29-28Barzola
Mookie Alexander · BloodyElbow.com29-28Barzola
Chris Nelson · Sherdog.com29-28Barzola
Ryan Frederick · WrestlingObserver.com29-28Barzola
Rob Tatum · CombatPress.com29-28Barzola
John Pollock · POST Wrestling29-28Barzola
Rafael Oreiro · MMABrasil.com.br29-28Barzola
Paul Fontaine · WrestlingObserver.com29-28Bessette
Nick Baldwin · BloodyElbow.com29-28Bessette

Fan Scorecards

15 fan scorecards submitted

13%

Matt Bessette

87%

Enrique Barzola

●30-27 Barzola60%●29-28 Barzola26.7%●29-28 Bessette13.3%

Fans' round-by-round verdict

67%

Barzola

100%

Barzola

80%

Barzola

Betting Odds

Matt Bessette

+140

42% implied win probability

Open: +174

Enrique Barzola

+103

49% implied win probability

Open: -213

Average moneyline across 5 sportsbooks.

Line Movement

Matt BessetteEnrique Barzola

Sportsbook	Matt Bessette	Enrique Barzola
BetOnline	+215	-255
Bookmaker	-245	+205
Bovada	-250	+195
Pinnacle	+215	-247
sports-interaction	+190	-265

Odds are for information only.

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Insights

Enrique Barzola lands 3.44 takedowns per 15 minutes, more than 92% of UFC fighters.
Matt Bessette absorbs 5.34 significant strikes a minute, more than 91% of UFC fighters.

Style & credentials

Matt Bessette

No background on record

Camp · Underdog BJJ

Enrique Barzola

No background on record

Camp · AKA (American Kickboxing Academy)

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

69%

Head

66%

27%

Body

19%

Leg

15%

Time in position

Where their significant strikes are thrown

Matt Bessettelast 2 fights

86%12%

Enrique Barzolalast 16 fights

56%11%32%

DistanceClinchGround

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Matt Bessette Enrique Barzola· incl. 6 fights outside the UFC

Strikes landed / min

3.853.78

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Matt Bessette · Good · better than 64% of UFC fightersEnrique Barzola · Good · better than 62% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

5.343.10

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Matt Bessette · Poor · better than 9% of UFC fightersEnrique Barzola · Good · better than 60% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

0.003.44

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Matt Bessette · Poor · better than 0% of UFC fightersEnrique Barzola · Elite · better than 92% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

0%45%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Matt Bessette · Poor · better than 0% of UFC fightersEnrique Barzola · Good · better than 66% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

56%62%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Matt Bessette · Below avg · better than 34% of UFC fightersEnrique Barzola · Average · better than 45% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.000.40

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Matt Bessette · Poor · better than 0% of UFC fightersEnrique Barzola · Average · better than 48% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1490 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

3.85

Strikes landed / min

3.78

5.34

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.10

0.00

Takedowns landed / 15 min

3.44 / 7.6

Takedown accuracy

45%

56%

Takedown defence

62%

0:47

Control time / fight

3:29

0.00

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.40

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Matt Bessette2 UFC fights · 43 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

58%25/110

35%15/31

2%1/2

Clinch

5%2/3

0%0/0

Ground

0%0/0

Enrique Barzola10 UFC fights · 587 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

39%230/913

16%95/139

17%99/114

Clinch

4%21/37

2%13/15

1%3/4

Ground

17%97/158

4%24/27

1%5/5

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Matt Bessette18 of 29 ended early · 62%11 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

9 early stoppages have no logged time

Enrique Barzola8 of 17 ended early · 47%9 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

5 early stoppages have no logged time

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Matt Bessette4-0

NC
Kurt Holobaugh
Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series 1· Jul 11, 2017
· R1 · 2:59 · Featherweight
W
Rey Trujillo
CES 44: Bessette vs. Trujillo· May 12, 2017
TKO · R2 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Kevin Croom
CES 41: Bessette vs. Croom· Jan 27, 2017
TKO · R3 · 0:32 · Featherweight
W
Joe Pingitore
CES 37: Summer Gold· Aug 12, 2016
· R2 · 4:38 · Featherweight
W
Ran Weathers
CES 36: Andrews vs. Muro· Jun 10, 2016
· R1 · 4:50 · Lightweight

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W
Keith Richardson
Bellator 153: Koreshkov vs Henderson· Apr 22, 2016
TKO · R2 · 3:14
W
Taurean Bogguess
CES 33: Soukhamthath vs. Nordby· Mar 11, 2016
· R1 · 2:42 · Catchweight
W
Kevin Roddy
Bellator 144: Halsey vs Carvalho· Oct 23, 2015
SUB · R1 · 3:47 · Featherweight
L
Lenny Wheeler
CES 30: Lane vs Felix II· Aug 14, 2015
TKO · R1 · 0:39 · Catchweight
W
Khama Worthy
CES 29· Jun 12, 2015
TKO · R2 · 2:42 · Featherweight
W
Josh LaBerge
Bellator 134: British Invasion· Feb 27, 2015
TKO · R2 · 5:00 · Lightweight
L
Scott Cleve
Bellator MMA: Bellator 123· Sep 5, 2014
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
L
Daniel Weichel
Bellator MMA: Bellator 114· Mar 27, 2014
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Diego Nunes
Bellator MMA: Bellator 110· Feb 28, 2014
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Nick Piedmont
Bellator MMA: Bellator 98· Sep 7, 2013
KO · R1 · 1:41
W
Jeff Anderson
Reality Fighting· Jan 5, 2013
Unanimous Decision · Catchweight
W
Paul Barrow
BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 81· Nov 16, 2012
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00
W
Aniss Alhajjajy
Reality Fighting· Sep 22, 2012
Unanimous Decision · Lightweight
L
Andres Jeudi
Reality Fighting· Jun 2, 2012
· R3 · 4:43 · Lightweight
W
Saul Almeida
BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 63· Mar 30, 2012
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00
L
Joe Proctor
Reality Fighting· Oct 8, 2011
Unanimous Decision · Lightweight
W
John Benoit
GFL 10: Benoit vs. Bessette· Apr 15, 2011
· R2 · 4:59 · Lightweight
W
Anthony Kaponis
Reality Fighting 30· Oct 9, 2010
Split Decision · Lightweight
W
Andy Amaral
Reality Fighting 28· Jul 17, 2010
· R2 · 3:30 · Lightweight
W
Andrew Carron
Reality Fighting 26· Nov 7, 2009
Unanimous Decision · Lightweight
L
Chris Chappell
Untamed 26· Feb 28, 2009
W
Jeff Camara
Reality Fighting 19· Jul 19, 2008
TKO · R2 · 2:18
W
Andres Lebron
Reality Fighting 18· Apr 12, 2008
L
Bill Jones
Reality Fighting 17· Jan 19, 2008
Split Decision
W
Chris Correira
Reality Fighting· Sep 15, 2007

Enrique Barzola4-1

W
Gabriel Benitez
UFC 211: Miocic vs Dos Santos 2· May 13, 2017
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Chris Avila
UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs Ferguson· Nov 5, 2016
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
L
Kyle Bochniak
UFC Fight Night: Maia vs Condit· Aug 27, 2016
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
W
Horacio Gutierrez
UFC Fight Night: Magny vs Gastelum· Nov 21, 2015
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Ultimate Fighter Latin America 2 Lightweight
W
Fernando Perez
Peru FC 18: Mollinedo vs. Enciso· Sep 17, 2014
TKO · R2 · 4:36 · Featherweight

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L
Martin Mollinedo
Fusion FC 9· Jul 16, 2014
Unanimous Decision
W
Manuel Meza
Inka FC 26: Jon Jones En Lima· May 24, 2014
Unanimous Decision
W
Humberto Bandenay
Inka FC 25: No to Racism· Apr 16, 2014
L
Fernando Bruno
300 Sparta 5· Feb 4, 2014
Unanimous Decision
W
Marcos Anatoly
300 Sparta 5· Feb 4, 2014
TKO
W
Missael Silva
SFE 2· Nov 30, 2013
TKO · R2 · 2:25 · Featherweight
W
Joel Iglesias Hologuin
Inka FC 24: Peru vs. Brazil· Oct 23, 2013
TKO · R2 · 3:29
W
Jorge Antonio Enciso Huaman
300 Sparta 4· Oct 10, 2013
Featherweight
D
Gonzalo Vallejo
300 Sparta 2· Jul 17, 2013
DRAW
W
Emiliano Nielli
Inka FC 21: Private· May 19, 2013
W
Jorge Luis Durand
300 Sparta 1· Apr 24, 2013
Unanimous Decision
W
Arturo Frias
Inka FC 19· Dec 12, 2012

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Frequently asked questions

Who won Matt Bessette vs Enrique Barzola?

What were the judges' scorecards for Matt Bessette vs Enrique Barzola?

The judges scored it 29-28, 30-27, 29-28, Enrique Barzola won the decision.

Was Matt Bessette vs Enrique Barzola a robbery?

Public scoring backed the judges: 89% of 19 media scores picked Enrique Barzola.

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