Derek Brunson proves himself again; Registers TKO win over Edmen Shahbazyan

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Derek Brunson once again proved that he is one of the highly experienced veterans in UFC Middleweight Division in the main event of UFC Vegas 5.
He is currently ranked 8th at the Middleweight and entered fight as the underdog. In the fight, he faced the undefeated Edmen Shahbazyan. However, the event was converted to three rounds instead of five rounds.
Despite the best 15-minute time limit, Derek Brunson did the job for himself in a spectacular fashion.
Derek Brunson finishes off Edmen Shahbazyan with an impressive TKO

Edmen Shahbazyan started the fight in an aggressive manner. He took center stage and immediately started punching. But Derek was smart enough to counter these punches and immediately took former down. Then after some moments, Shahbazyan tried a knee but Brunson locked in and then the first round came to close.
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As the fight restarted in the second round, Brunson connected some solid shots. His left hand shot seemed to rock Shahbazyan. Shahbazyan did try to stay in the fight but an eye poke from Brunson stopped the as referee Herb Dean pulled the fighters apart.
After the fight restarted, Derek went into beast mode and used his tremendous wrestling skills. He managed to secure a takedown and this indicated the beginning of the end for Shahbazyan. With brutal punches and elbows, Shahbazyan suffered heavy damage. Brunson kept hitting the former until the round came to a close after it did seem like Herb Dean had called the fight off at the buzzer.
But the doctor checked Shahbazyan and the third round was decided. Brunson picked up where he had left and the referee immediately stopped the fight.
With this Derek Brunson scored a huge win over Edmen Shahbazyan in the third and final round via TKO.
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