Shahbazyan vs Imavov

Who won Shahbazyan vs Imavov?

Nassourdine Imavov beat Edmen Shahbazyan by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC 268, on Saturday 6th November 2021 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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).

Shahbazyan vs Imavov stats

Edmen Shahbazyan stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Nassourdine Imavov made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Nassourdine Imavov marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Edmen Shahbazyan's UFC record stood at 6-4-0, while Nassourdine Imavov's came in at 6-2-0.

The stats suggested Shahbazyan had a massive power advantage over Imavov, boasting a 82% knock out percentage over Imavov's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Imavov had a massive advantage over Shahbazyan, boasting a 40% submission rate over Shahbazyan's 9%.

Edmen Shahbazyan was the younger man by 2 years, at 26 years old.

Imavov had a height advantage of 1 inch over Shahbazyan. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Shahbazyan was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year later than Imavov, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 27 to Imavov's 43.

Shahbazyan vs Imavov form

Edmen Shahbazyan had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Dalcha Lungiambula at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, 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.

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

He had lost to Derek Brunson at UFC Vegas 5 on 1st August 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Shahbazyan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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