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Edmen Shahbazyan giving a head kick to Brad Tavares in UFC 244
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Edmen Shahbazyan giving a head kick to Brad Tavares in UFC 244
Just under 22-years of age, Edmen Shahbazyan was facing a nine-year old veteran Brad Tavares at the UFC 244 in the middle weight category on Saturday. Taveres might have a previosuous experience of facing a few of the best fighters in the world, but it hardly took three minutes for Shahbazyan to knock out Tavares to stamp his place as rising contender in the middleweight division.
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Shahbazyan started to the fight, trying to dominate Tavares from the start with continuous punches. Tavares was unable to escape the pressure of Shahbazyan, forced to backpedal until he was tagged with a massive left head kick.
The contest ended with the clock reading two minutes and 21 seconds.
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EDMEN SHAHBAZYAN IS FOR REAL!@EdmenShahbazyan stops Tavares in round 1! Wow! #UFC244 pic.twitter.com/qC8mSnM4JD
— UFC (@ufc) November 3, 2019
How twitter reacted:
Scratch that. Shahbazyan rolls through Tavares, his toughest challenge to date, like nothing.
He’s not ready for Izzy either in prep or rankings, but if he keeps this up, Shahbazyan vs. Adesanya is going to be incredible.
— Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) November 3, 2019
It’s true. @CoachEdmund went through a tough time when his arts were deemed ‘too lethal’ for the UFC, but Shahbazyan’s restrained approach has brought renewed interest to Tarverdyan-style. https://t.co/d2LTCUwfEz
— The Naked Gambler (@NakedGambling) November 3, 2019
Wow. Edmen Shahbazyan with a left head kick knockout of Brad Tavares. Kid is 21 years old. Future superstar out of Glendale Fighting Club. #UFC244
— Marc Raimondi (@marc_raimondi) November 3, 2019
Other Results at the UFC-244:
- Jorge Masvidal vs. Nate Diaz — Masvidal def. Diaz by TKO (cut) at 5:00 of Round Three
- Kelvin Gastelum vs. Darren Till — Till def. Gastelum by split decision (27-30, 29-28, 30-27)
- Vicente Luque vs. Stephen Thompson — Thompson def. Luque by unanimous decision (30-26 x2, 29-27)
- Blagoy Ivanov vs. Derrick Lewis — Lewis def. Ivanov by split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
- Kevin Lee vs. Gregor Gillespie — Lee def. Gillespie by KO (head kick) at 2:47 of Round One
- Corey Anderson vs. Johnny Walker — Anderson def. Walker by TKO (punches) at 2:07 of Round One
- Makwan Amirkhani vs. Shane Burgos — Burgos def. Amirkhani by TKO (punches) at 4:32 of Round Three
- Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Brad Tavares — Shahbazyan def. Tavares by KO (head kick) at 2:27 of Round One
- Andrei Arlovski vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik — Rozenstruik def. Arlovski by KO (punch) at 0:29 of Round One
- Katlyn Chookagian vs. Jennifer Maia — Chookagian def. Maia by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
- Lyman Good vs. Chance Rencountre — Good def. Rencountre by TKO (punches) at 2:03 of Round Three
- Julio Arce vs. Hakeem Dawodu — Dawodu def. Arce by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
