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 in favor of the 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 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

Derek Brunson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Ray Cooper at PFL 10: 2023 PFL World Championship on 24th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Anthem, Washington, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jared Cannonier at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he had beaten Darren Till at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Kevin Holland at UFC Vegas 22 on 20th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Brunson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Shahbazyan's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 8 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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