Brunson vs Shahbazyan

Who won Brunson vs Shahbazyan?

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

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Derek Brunson.

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 ring with a record of 20 wins, 7 loses 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 ring with an unblemished record of 11 wins and 0 draws, with 9 of those by knock out and 1 by submission.

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

Derek Brunson was the older man by 14 years, at 38 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 37 more professional rounds, 58 to Shahbazyan's 21.

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Brunson's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 8 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.