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.

Edmen Shahbazyan marked his 12th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Derek Brunson's UFC record stood at 14-7-0, while Edmen Shahbazyan's came in at 7-5-0.

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 41 years old.

Shahbazyan had a height advantage of 1 inch over Brunson. Despite this, he had a 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 33 more professional rounds, 63 to Shahbazyan's 30.

Brunson vs Shahbazyan form

Brunson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Ian Heinisch at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Elias Theodorou at UFC on ESPN+ 9 on 4th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Israel Adesanya at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Ronaldo Souza at UFC on FOX 27 on 27th January 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Spectrum Center, Charlotte.

He had defeated Lyoto Machida at UFC Fight Night 119 on 28th October 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Activity check

Brunson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 6 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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