UFC 262 (Main Card): Shane Burgos vs Edson Barboza Preview and Prediction

UFC 262 (Main Card): Shane Burgos vs Edson Barboza Preview and Prediction

Shane Burgos vs Edson Barboza

The first fight of UFC 262’s main card features the Featherweight fight between the number 9th ranked Featherweight fighter Shane Burgos and the number 13th ranked UFC Featherweight fighter, Edson Barboza. Here is the Shane Burgos vs Edson Barboza Preview and Prediction.

UFC 262: Shane Burgos vs Edson Barboza Preview

Shane Burgos is one of those fighters whose name needs no introduction in the UFC Featherweight division. He only lost two of his last eight fights with his last fight resulting in a unanimous decision loss against Josh Emmett at UFC on ESPN: Blaydes vs Volkov.

He holds remarkable victories over elite Featherweight fighters such as Cub Swanson, Makwan Amirkhani, and many others. Burgos is entering into this fight to face one of the veterans of the game Edson Barboza and this fight will help him to overshadow his latest loss.

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Edson Barboza is one of the veterans of UFC who fought many battles in the UFC Lightweight division with some of the greatest names in the division such as Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson, Justin Gaethje, Anthony Pettis and many others.

He made his Featherweight debut against Dan Ige on UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs Harris. Although he lost this one but in his next fight against Makwan Amirkhani he secured a unanimous decision victory.

Barboza is currently ranked number 13th in the division and with a win against Burgos, he’ll look forward to taking a leap in the rankings.

UFC 262: Shane Burgos vs Edson Barboza Prediction

Shane Burgos and Edson Barboza
Shane Burgos and Edson Barboza

Shane Burgos is the fan’s favorite entering into this fight with betting odds of -115 slightly in his favor against Edson Barboza who is entering this fight as an underdog with betting odds of +100 in his favor.

This fight is going to be a brawl between two of the hard hitting tacticians of the game that is going to be a delight for fight fans around the world.

Predicted Result: Shane Burgos def Edson Barboza

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