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Edson Barboza has named Kevin Lee as the physically strongest opponent he ever faced, saying Lee simply lifted him off the mat and slammed him down in a way that surprised him. Barboza said Khabib Nurmagomedov relied on technique rather than raw power, always staying one step ahead technically, and that he regards his loss to Khabib — taken on just five weeks' notice while still recovering from shoulder surgery — as something close to a moral victory. He also discussed his stoppage loss to Justin Gaethje, explaining he failed to execute his game plan by shifting left into a right overhand he never saw coming.
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