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Edson Barboza vs. Billy Quarantillo

UFC 18-15-0 vs. 6-6-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
18-15-0
UFC record
6-6-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Featherweight
40
AgeΔ 3 yrs
37
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
75"
ReachΔ 5"
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
2.2
Layoff (months)Δ 0.2 mo
2.4
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Edson Barboza carries real power — 0.62 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Billy Quarantillo is a submission threat — 0.98 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Featherweight norm.
Billy Quarantillo outworks the Featherweight division — 6.80 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.52 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Edson Barboza

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1814
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.06 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 13-13 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500

Billy Quarantillo

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 75
Tier 3 — regional circuit 112

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.0 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

16164.15/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
9366.80/min · norm 3.52
18554.76/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
8366.07/min · norm 3.50
44.7%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
50.3%norm 44.7%
55.5%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
44.3%norm 54.8%
160.62/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
20.22/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Edson Barboza

Distance 94.7% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 2.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 2.5% (norm 8.0%)

Billy Quarantillo

Distance 80.0% (norm 85.9%) · Clinch 10.0% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 10.0% (norm 6.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Edson Barboza

Head 65.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 14.1% (norm 8.0%)

Billy Quarantillo

Head 79.5% (norm 77.5%) · Body 15.6% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 4.8% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Barboza L/AAccLightweight med Quarantillo L/AAccFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1476 / 3425 43.1% 38.3% 641 / 1488 43.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 80 / 98 81.6% 67.5% 151 / 187 80.7% 70.5%
On the ground 60 / 92 65.2% 68.8% 144 / 186 77.4% 69.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 707 / 2371 29.8% 35.1% 649 / 1480 43.9% 37.1%
To the body 511 / 736 69.4% 69.1% 214 / 291 73.5% 68.0%
To the legs 398 / 508 78.3% 81.8% 73 / 90 81.1% 80.3%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Featherweight: 127 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Barboza L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Quarantillo L/AOpp accFeatherweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1494 / 3662 40.8% 38.8% 664 / 1253 53.0% 39.3%
In the clinch 90 / 134 67.2% 68.6% 114 / 147 77.6% 70.3%
On the ground 271 / 374 72.5% 68.0% 58 / 100 58.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 1343 / 3460 38.8% 35.2% 590 / 1190 49.6% 35.9%
To the body 254 / 398 63.8% 68.2% 161 / 214 75.2% 68.0%
To the legs 258 / 312 82.7% 81.5% 85 / 96 88.5% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1150.0% acc · 0.42/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
1425.9% acc · 1.53/15 · norm 1.17
7673.1% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
3260.4% def · norm 61.5%
24:396.3% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
34:5625.4% of cage time · norm 16.5%
67:122:35 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
35:233:51 per 15 · norm 3:11
20.08/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
90.98/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Barboza has more cage time on record.