Edmen Shahbazyan
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Search complete. 7 mentions across 4 episodes found for "Edmen Shahbazyan".
Oct 11, 2026
Mike HeckHOST
When, like, Nardeev's fine.
Mike HeckHOST
Shahbazyan's fine.
Mike HeckHOST
Roman, I don't mind.
Mike HeckHOST
Roman Kopylov, unless they fought already.
Jed MeshewHOST
It's tough for Brendan Allen to, again, be getting, like, in this position.
Jed MeshewHOST
Now, this is better than Edmen Shahbazyan, right? Like- CLD is ranked at least.
Jed MeshewHOST
He's on a run.
Jed MeshewHOST
You, you can kind of...
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Jed MeshewHOST
It's not, "I wanna take away what you do," it's, uh, "This is what I wanna do, and how can I make what I wanna do the most efficient against what you wanna do?" And so I think if I just had to say one, it would be that.
Jed MeshewHOST
But also, it's possible he has, Luke.
Jed MeshewHOST
Like, it's possible he has, like, technically and stylistically turned the corner, but he's fighting Edmen Shahbazyan, [laughs] and so we don't know, 'cause he's not getting these upper tier opportunities yet.
Luke ThomasHOST
His last three wins, Marvin Vettori is, uh, we talked about, that was the Fight of the Night winner.
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And yet for the second fight in a row in 2026, Brendan Allen is not only fighting backward, but significantly so.
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His most recent bout in June, where he would secure a decision win, was against Edmen Shahbazyan, who didn't even have a ranking, and now he's fighting someone six spots back from him in Christian Leroy Duncan, who sits at number 10.
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Even though prior to that he had taken out former title challenger Marvin Vettori and finished Ranier Dantas, who was in the top five at the time of that fight.
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And his only two losses in the last four and a half years were to Nassourdine Imavov, who's the number one middleweight in the world, awaiting a title shot, and Anthony "Fluffy" Hernandez, who at the time of that bout was on a six-fight win streak and still currently sits in the top 10, now number eight.
speaker_0HOST
And Brendan has finished 20 of his 27 wins, with 14 of those by way of submission.
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However, maybe not as durable as CLD, having been stopped in three of his seven losses.
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And in Brendan Allen's last fight against Edmen Shahbazyan in June, he chose to pretty much strike with him for 15 minutes, only attempting four total takedowns, getting one of them successfully, and just 28 seconds of control time.
speaker_0HOST
And we pretty much saw a dead even striking affair, with Brendan Allen nearly edging Shahbazyan out in both significant and total strikes.
Nick PeetHOST
Chris Curtis, not a big guy, not a massive middleweight, certainly not a big hitter.
Nick PeetHOST
Um, but then of late, the reason he's top five in the world is goes through Vettori, stops Renat Garriev, which he- everyone thought he was gonna be the next guy in this division, coming off a good win over Edmen Shahbazyan as well, who was on the bounce back himself, who was doing well.
Nick PeetHOST
So he's right there.
Nick PeetHOST
And the only two guys he's lost to, Imavov and Fluffy Hernandez, they're the only guys above him in the, in the rankings really.