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.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Edmen Shahbazyan had been fighting more than Derek Brunson.

Going to this contest, Derek Brunson had last fought 8 years, 2 months and 26 days ago, while Edmen Shahbazyan's last outing had been 6 years, 5 months and 7 days ago.

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