Brunson vs Shahbazyan

Who won Brunson vs Shahbazyan?

Derek Brunson beat Edmen Shahbazyan by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC Vegas 5, on Saturday 1st August 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Brunson vs Shahbazyan stats

Derek Brunson stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Edmen Shahbazyan made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 11 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Derek Brunson's UFC record stood at 14-7-0, while Edmen Shahbazyan's came in at 6-4-0.

The stats suggested Shahbazyan had a large advantage in power over Brunson, boasting a 82% knock out percentage over Brunson's 55%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brunson had a slight advantage over Shahbazyan, with a 15% submission rate over Shahbazyan's 9%.

Derek Brunson was the older man by 14 years, at 40 years old.

Shahbazyan had a height advantage of 1 inch over Brunson. Despite this, he had 3-inch reach advantage.

Brunson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 years and 9 months earlier than Shahbazyan, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 36 more professional rounds, 63 to Shahbazyan's 27.

Brunson vs Shahbazyan form

Edmen Shahbazyan had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against AJ Dobson at UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas on 23rd March 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Anthony Hernandez at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Dalcha Lungiambula at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Nassourdine Imavov at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He had been defeated by Jack Hermansson at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Activity check

Shahbazyan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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