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Derek Brunson will look to derail another hype train when he faces one of sport’s biggest rising stars.

After bouncing Edmen Shahbazyan out of the ranks of the unbeaten in August, Brunson (21-7 MMA, 12-5 UFC) will headline UFC Fight Night on March 20 when he takes on Kevin Holland.

Brunson has competed against a who’s who of the UFC’s middleweight class, but has found motivation in taking on the young guns of the division. Holland may have had an incredible 2020 – including a knockout over Ronaldo Souza – but Brunson expects to have the advantage over him on fight night.

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  1. Brunson (born January 4, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes in the middleweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of August 4, 2020, he is #7 in the UFC middleweight rankings.
  2. Aug 01, 2020 Cookie policy The UFC Vegas 5 main event was the setting where the MMA brand’s #8 ranked middleweight, Derek Brunson, put a hurting on the #9 ranked, Edmen Shahbazyan. It was neck and neck in the.
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“I see myself just putting it on Holland,” Brunson told Mike Swick on the “Real Quick” podcast. “I don’t really see any one place that he’s better than me. His cardio is not better than mine, his wrestling isn’t better than mine, his striking isn’t better than mine, his BJJ isn’t better than mine.”


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The pair share a prior history, as Brunson explains that he tried to recruit Holland (21-5 MMA, 8-2 UFC) as a training partner when he was preparing to face Israel Adesanya at UFC 230 in November 2018. He claims that a young Holland went from showering him with praise to calling him out on numerous occasions just a couple of years later.

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“He’s been calling me out for the past three fights,” Brunson said. “And it’s funny, because I was gonna fly him in to train with me for Izzy and I think at this point I was like, ‘Man, you look good out there, good job.’ He was like, ‘Oh man, it’s just a blessing. It’s such an honor to have a UFC guy talking to me,’ and then he went from that to calling me out, so I’m all about it.”

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Weight: 185 lbs (83.91 kgs)
Country: USA

Fight History

Edmen Shahbazyan

DateEventOpponentResultTime
8/1/20 UFC Fight Night 173: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan Edmen Shahbazyan Won TKO (punches) Rounds: 3Time: 0:26
8/17/19 UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 Ian Heinisch Won unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Rounds: 3Time: 5:00
5/4/19 UFC Fight Night 151: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy Elias Theodorou Won unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) Rounds: 3Time: 5:00
11/3/18 UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis Israel Adesanya Lost TKO (strikes) Rounds: 1Time: 4:51
1/27/18 UFC on FOX 27: Jacare vs. Brunson 2 Ronaldo Souza Lost knockout (head kick, punches) Rounds: 1Time: 3:50
10/28/17 UFC Fight Night 119: Brunson vs. Machida Lyoto Machida Won knockout (punches) Rounds: 1Time: 2:30
6/10/17 UFC Fight Night 110: Lewis vs. Hunt Daniel Kelly Won knockout (punches) Rounds: 1Time: 1:16
2/11/17 UFC 208: Holm vs. de Randamie Anderson Silva Lost unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) Rounds: 3Time: 5:00
11/26/16 UFC Fight Night 101: Whittaker vs. Brunson Robert Whittaker Lost TKO (head kick, punches) Rounds: 1Time: 4:07
9/17/16 UFC Fight Night 94: Poirier vs. Johnson Uriah Hall Won knockout (punch) Rounds: 1Time: 1:41
2/21/16 UFC Fight Night 83: Cowboy vs. Cowboy Roan Carneiro Won TKO (punches) Rounds: 1Time: 2:38
8/8/15 UFC Fight Night 73: Saint Preux vs. Teixeira Sam Alvey Won TKO (punches) Rounds: 1Time: 2:19
1/31/15 UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz Ed Herman Won TKO (punches) Rounds: 1Time: 0:36
8/30/14 UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto Lorenz Larkin Won unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Rounds: 3Time:
1/15/14 UFC Fight Night 35: Rockhold vs. Philippou Yoel Romero Lost TKO (strikes) Rounds: 3Time: 3:23
11/6/13 UFC Fight Night 31: UFC Fight for the Troops 3 Brian Houston Won submission (rear-naked choke) Rounds: 1Time: 0:48
12/29/12 UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez 2 Chris Leben Won unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Rounds: 3Time: 5:00
8/18/12 Strikeforce: Rousey vs. Kaufman Ronaldo Souza Lost knockout (punches) Rounds: 1Time: 0:41
11/18/11 Strikeforce Challengers 20: Britt vs. Sayers Nate James Won unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Rounds: 3Time: 5:00
7/30/11 Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Henderson Lumumba Sayers Won submission (rear-naked choke) Rounds: 1Time: 4:33
6/24/11 Strikeforce Challengers 16: Fodor vs. Terry Jeremy Hamilton Won unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Rounds: 3Time: 5:00