Edson Barboza re-signs with UFC on multi-fight deal
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UFC veteran Edson Barboza is sticking with the promotion he’s called home for over a decade.
Barboza’s management told MMA Fighting that Barboza, a longtime lightweight contender currently competing at 145 pounds, has re-signed with the UFC on a multi-fight deal. The exact terms of the contract were not disclosed.
According to Barboza’s manager Alex Davis, Barboza had one fight remaining on his previous contract.
“The UFC has opted to re-sign 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 champion, and that’s his focus.”
Team Edson Barboza confirms the fan-favorite has signed a new deal with the UFC
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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 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.
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