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Edson Barboza says Kevin Lee was the physically strongest opponent he ever faced, describing being lifted off the mat and slammed despite believing Lee could not take him down. Barboza contrasted this with Khabib Nurmagomedov, whom he says won through technical wrestling rather than raw power, and admitted he went into the Khabib fight with just five weeks of training after major shoulder surgery. On his knockout loss to Justin Gaethje, Barboza explained that he broke the game plan by shifting left into Gaethje's overhand right near the fence — a mistake he attributes to not seeing the punch rather than being outpowered.
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